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<blockquote data-quote="oscarsteve" data-source="post: 1458582" data-attributes="member: 23995"><p>I just finished putting in cross fencing using a 2-strand hot wire with 3 ground rods set 10 feet apart. I was having the same issue. Voltmeter was reading 9.5 kV at the energizer terminals, but only 2.0-2.5 kV on the wire itself. This was my first experience with HT wire and an AC energizer. I built my fence like I always have for barbed wire; including H-braces with brace wire at the ends. Realized I was getting electrical "leak" from the hot wires to the brace wires. They were about two inches apart. Cut all the brace wires out of the fence braces and now the hot wires are carrying the full 9.0+ volts they're supposed to. Don't know if that helps or not, but your issue sounded so much like what was happening with mine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oscarsteve, post: 1458582, member: 23995"] I just finished putting in cross fencing using a 2-strand hot wire with 3 ground rods set 10 feet apart. I was having the same issue. Voltmeter was reading 9.5 kV at the energizer terminals, but only 2.0-2.5 kV on the wire itself. This was my first experience with HT wire and an AC energizer. I built my fence like I always have for barbed wire; including H-braces with brace wire at the ends. Realized I was getting electrical "leak" from the hot wires to the brace wires. They were about two inches apart. Cut all the brace wires out of the fence braces and now the hot wires are carrying the full 9.0+ volts they're supposed to. Don't know if that helps or not, but your issue sounded so much like what was happening with mine. [/QUOTE]
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