Temporary Horse Pasture - Fencing advice please

[MossflowerWoods]

You can connect it to one wire/rope and it does not have to be a loop it can just dead end...either-or.
It will work with one ground, but it will not be as strong and you want it to operate at top strength so I would add 2 more ground rods(hey they are cheap...don't chinch now:laughing

Did you get the 100 mile Zareba and did you spring for the digital tester? I had a hard time getting the cash out for the tester, but I use it every time I work on the fence and it instantly tells me if I have a short and how bad.

Rick,

I am not an electrician, but I played one on TV... :laughing:

Seriously, I do understand electricity from my 29 years in high tech hardware. I want to be VERY CLEAR, you are saying, I can have a single 1200' loop of electrobraid, connect it to the RED (+) and it will work? (I am assuming when the circuit closes to GND by animal touch it takes shortest path). This makes sense to me.

With as little electric as I am running, the TSC guy got me this one Zareba Solar Low Impedance Charger - 3604308 | Tractor Supply Company.

10 mile would be overkill, 100 mile way too much (maybe I goofed?).

Thanks,
David

 

[bullbreaker]

David tons of quick questions answered on these 2 sites regarding electric fenceing.

Electric Fence Supplies for Fine Electric Fencing

Parker McCrory Mfg Co

WARNING !
Urinating on HOT electric fences I hear is one of the leading causes of male impotence. :laughing:



Boone

 

[blueriver]

David tons of quick questions answered on these 2 sites regarding electric fenceing.

Electric Fence Supplies for Fine Electric Fencing

Parker McCrory Mfg Co

WARNING !
Urinating on HOT electric fences I hear is one of the leading causes of male impotence. :laughing:



Boone

Boone ... I'm so sorry ... And how old where you when this happened?

David ... I use a solar fencer and love it. You can hook to the top wire and it will make the loop at the end and come back ... With wet soil I'd think one ground shall work ... and please listen to Boone.

 

[MotorSeven]

That's the one I started out with. The output is only .4 Joule. My horses kept getting out so I went to the 100 mile & it's output is 6 joule(not .6)...huge difference. I now use the solar one on the chicken coop to keep out predators and it works great there on coons & opossums.
Try it, and hopefully your horses will respect it...mine did not. They darn sure respect the 100 mile

 

[bullbreaker]

Boone ... I'm so sorry ... And how old where you when this happened?

WARNING !
Urinating on HOT electric fences I hear is one of the leading causes of male impotence.


:laughing:
Partner thanks for your concern but thats not the reason I was trading you for your mules.
Read my response carefully : I said I heard not that it happened to me !
I hope your not suffering from tunnel vision from that new ranch-hand.
Wishing All Big Blessings / Great Healthty Prosporous New Year !

Boone

 

[blueriver]

Boone ... I'm so sorry ... And how old where you when this happened?

WARNING !
Urinating on HOT electric fences I hear is one of the leading causes of male impotence.


:laughing:
Partner thanks for your concern but thats not the reason I was trading you for your mules.
Read my response carefully : I said I heard not that it happened to me !
I hope your not suffering from tunnel vision from that new ranch-hand.
Wishing All Big Blessings / Great Healthty Prosporous New Year !

Boone

I know but... "they" say (those guys in black t's) that anyone who says "I Heard" is speaking from experience ... thats why one should say "I have been told" .... My vision? Well I did need new reading glasses the other day????

So I don't get accused of stealing this thread ... David it should work well. (not the peeing on the fence idea)

 

[MossflowerWoods]

Wishing All Big Blessings / Great Healthty Prosporous New Year !

Boone

Can I get that book at Amazon? :laughing: I think I need it!

David

 

[blueriver]

Can I get that book at Amazon? :laughing: I think I need it!

David

I think its published in Florida.

 

[MossflowerWoods]

So I don't get accused of stealing this thread ... David it should work well. (not the peeing on the fence idea)

Blue,

You and Boone can steal my threads anytime! :laughing:

But... Back on topic...

My plan is to have a single 1200' loop (top and bottom rope) and at the end I will connect the loop with a single wire to the RED (+) on the Zareba solar fencer. I am using 12 gauge copper insulated wire (do I NEED 20,000v insulation?)

I will have 1 6' grounding rod a short distance from the Zareba Fencer and connect it to the BLACK (-) with 12 gauge insulated copper wire.

Do I need to worry about lightning?

Thanks,
David

 

[MossflowerWoods]

I think its published in Florida.

BUMMER! It is out of print!

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:laughing:

David