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Everyone thinks of driving a ground rod and many places here you can't drive them 8ft. We dug a trench along my barn and mine are laying...
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I had a similar problem a few years ago which turned out to be the depth of the ground rod. I have hard pan about 2 - 3 feet below the...
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Not really, the problem is likely the ground you're on if you have a lot of rock. Measure your voltage between the ground output and...
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At least 3 6-8ft ground rods 8ft apart.
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You don't have the hot side going to the ground rod do you? If your hearing a pop at the ground rod you need a better clamp also.
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The whole "miles" thing on fence chargers is just marketing. What really matters is the joules of output. My guess is that the output...
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Add another ground rod or two at least the length of the rods apart from one another.
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your lost voltage is between your ground output and earth ground most likely. Add another ground rod several feet away
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You can sometimes have a problem if your electric fence grounding rod(s) is located close to another voltage source's ground rod, such...
May 5, 2024
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Thanks. Should it be close to the charger?
May 5, 2024
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The ground rod is about 12’ from the charger. The charger is for 50 miles. Should the ground be close to the charger? Thanks
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There are a lot of unanswered questions here. What is the size of your charger? How close to the charger is the ground rod and is it...
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I just set up a four-line fence around the garden to keep the deer out. My charger is inside a shed about 10 feet from the beginning of...
May 5, 2024
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