electric fence tip

[dexterfarm]

When an electric fence shorts the current makes an audible pinging sound on the wire. It is very faint but is there. If you take a geotec fiberglass post and rest it on the wire and put the other end up to your ear you can hear this ping sound. In my case my fence branches all over the place. you will here the sound anywhere between the short and the fencer. the sound does carry along the wire. I can here it for about 30' down the working branch but after that it fades to nothing. A metal post would work but might be a little more painful
check near the fencer first if you dont here the sound the fencer is not powerful enough to generate it or the short in the fence is not bad enough. The one I was tracking down last night in the dark. the electric had gotten tangled in the barb. happens a lot this time of year with the dear out and moving.

[genebo]

While it's nowhere near as inexpensive, a fence compass is an outstanding tool. It costs about $100.00. You place it on the fence and it tells you how big the short (leak) is and which direction to go to get to it.

www.amazon.com/Stafix-Fault-Finder-Fence-Compass/dp/B002C6FTHE

I depend upon it implicitly. My hot wire leaves the charger going two different directions. The first thig I do is read the two legs to see which direction to go from there. I follow the arrow until I've passed the problem. Then the arrow reverses direction and I go back. I can usually find a short in my 10 miles of fence within 15 minutes.