This was great! I've been needing to learn this but it has seemed too complicated and I haven't taken any time to learn. This is so easy I could do it this evening!
"It does do 15 miles, I told you"..... This made me laugh! I guess b/c I can relate. Good video! Now I will stop buying the connectors to energize top and bottom strands; just use insulated wire to energize. Common sense
If you have the AC charger, what is the reason for connecting that to the two 6-volt batteries instead of just having your fence wire directly connected to the charger?
I have about 400’ of single wire to run in a straight line. Can I put my charger and ground rods at about the 200’ point and expect the juice will flow both directions? Or, do I need to put them at either one end of the fence wire…or the other? Appreciate your good work. Thanks from Kansas.
Shane says "Continue doing what your doing. You would be better to have it in the middle and go both directions. That way you would not see any line loss." Thanks for watching!
You can use it where ever. The power will go all directions. To get shocked. The cycle has to be completed by the animal touching the hot wire and the ground. If ground is drier the further away the animal is from the "ground" the weaker the shock. I think if you have energizer in middle and grounding spread throughout the area the shock will be better. I'm still trying to learn. I know it shocks the hell out of me 😅
Hi. Great tutorial. I'm thinking of electric wires to stop squirrels on my balcony. Balcony is concrete. For the 'grounding' are there any other options? Balcony is no where near ground level. I'm going to sound ridiculous here... but will 'grounding' work if pole was driven into huge planters?
What gauge wire do you use to connect the lines on your fence? I noticed it's not that nasty double insulated steel ground wire that's so hard to bend.
@@allenbarnes7202Check your grounding point(s), in drier and especially more alkaline soil you might need multiple grounding points, depending on fence length. Also, if things are touching the wire such as grass that can also cause the system to short out. It could also very well be the charging/battery unit itself isn't working properly. With most units if you hear a ticking sound things are connected properly and/or the unit itself is working.
