Electric fence question

[tatra805]

we have about 2000 feet of electrified fencing, lowest running at 1ft+ from ground.

Beside a couple of die-hard tree seedlings no maintenance to do at all. It simply sparks the weeds dead. Even the tree seedlings die eventually but our horses are nervous about the spark sounds so i rather cut them.

Just make sure your device is strong build (heavily over dimensioned is also not good as it short-circuits itself in short time) and you should have no problems.

I see a lot of hand-sized devices lately (and for only 400ft thats the standard now) but i cant see how good cappacitors can be build in. So go for a good brand and a good experienced supplier and you should get the right directions.

Oh, almost forgot. Ours has a led indicator showing when a critical loss-level is reached. Working almost 10 years now with no problems.

 

[psuedofarmer]

Thanks for the replies. After talking with the fence dealer and speaking with other local farmers, we decided on a 3 line wire fence - I will use a trimmer to keep the cover crop below the wires. The top wire is about 6' off the ground (not tall enough for deer), and the bottom wire is about 12". Will not keep the wood chucks out, but with a rifle and traps, I'm less concerned about them..

The deer pressure is not that bad (thanks to a few years of successful hunting), so we should be OK (with the understanding that at some point, a deer is going to jump that fence).

Purchased a solar unit with enough capacity for future growth.

Thx again.
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