Im having trouble with my electric fence. The box is grounded but obviously the ground is very frozen. Is there anything I can do differently next year to keep the electricity flowing?
Posted 2018-02-06 11:42 AM Subject: RE: Frozen tundra peeps
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Make darn sure that the wire isn't touching and grounding itself out-when the wind whips the wire with frost on it-it can become tangled around a post or other fence or become loose. If that isn't happening check the connections to your fencer and then if you can find your grounding rod and pour a bucket of water around it-that might help-Ours shocked through the snow drifts last winter-thankfully. We usually find a spot where there are tall grass that the fence has sagged to and is touching it when we are having trouble.
veintiocho - 2018-02-04 7:12 AM What type of charger is it? Solar or electrical?
Its electrical. Will solar work better for winters? They still have to be grounded, correct?
No, I was going to say that I had a solar one that would quit working when it got too cold. First year it quit at -20* and this winter it quit working right at 0* so I just went and got an electric one. Have not had any issue with the electric hookup one.
I would guess something is wrong with the unit or you are grounding out somewhere.
We haven't had any issues with our electric one. Our ground hard definitely hard freezes. I'd take a look at your grounding method. We use around a 4 ft copper grounding pole buried with about 8 inches left out for the connector.
Thanks for all of the input so far! Im going to go home and double check everything. I know the unit is working- but no electricity flowing. My colt is getting mighty brave leaning on the fence so I really want to nip this is the bud! QUICK!
Frozen tundra peeps
