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<blockquote data-quote="Lee VanRoss" data-source="post: 1775933" data-attributes="member: 40072"><p>With all due respect, you are under gunned in regards to the energizer you are using. Use joules not volts or miles to rate power to the wire.</p><p>A good 8 joule energizer should be adequate. You should get some good suggestions as to brand here but do your own research.</p><p>Your grounding rods are definitely inadequate as witnessed by the lack of respect shown by the calves. You should have at least or more</p><p>8' ground rods either copper or steel. <em>NOTE </em> Your ground rod wire running from the energizer to the ground rod should be made of the</p><p>same material as the ground rod. Your line wire can be different from the ground wire but do not mix different metal types in the line wire.</p><p>Steel wire and rope wire are OK . I use 9 strand rope wire for cross fencing and #14 steel or barbless # 12 for perimeter or lane applications.</p><p>To the extent economically practical stay away from steel posts and use fiber to avoid inadvertent grounding. Put your 5 light tester away</p><p>and invest in a good directional tester that will show the joules and the direction of any short in the line. Also and you will hear me say this</p><p>again and again, Never ever walk an animal over a wire for any reason. It teaches a bad habit. Good Luck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lee VanRoss, post: 1775933, member: 40072"] With all due respect, you are under gunned in regards to the energizer you are using. Use joules not volts or miles to rate power to the wire. A good 8 joule energizer should be adequate. You should get some good suggestions as to brand here but do your own research. Your grounding rods are definitely inadequate as witnessed by the lack of respect shown by the calves. You should have at least or more 8' ground rods either copper or steel. [I]NOTE [/I] Your ground rod wire running from the energizer to the ground rod should be made of the same material as the ground rod. Your line wire can be different from the ground wire but do not mix different metal types in the line wire. Steel wire and rope wire are OK . I use 9 strand rope wire for cross fencing and #14 steel or barbless # 12 for perimeter or lane applications. To the extent economically practical stay away from steel posts and use fiber to avoid inadvertent grounding. Put your 5 light tester away and invest in a good directional tester that will show the joules and the direction of any short in the line. Also and you will hear me say this again and again, Never ever walk an animal over a wire for any reason. It teaches a bad habit. Good Luck [/QUOTE]
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