Faulty fencer?

[bigbruh]

I didn't think my powerwizard p1000 was hitting hard enough. It was getting 3k volts at the beginning, but over time the voltage continued to drop. When it dropped down to 1.4kv, I decided to make a change. I walked the fence and noticed no obvious grounding issues. I then purchased a Parmak super energizer 5. It worked good for about 4 minutes, then started tripping the gfci. Is it the box or the power source? Please advise.

 

[jkwilson]

I'd be wondering about your fence ground. GFCI outlets are cheap and they do fail often. Try the fencer on an extension cord from a different circuit and see what happens.

 

[dun]

I'd be wondering about your fence ground. GFCI outlets are cheap and they do fail often. Try the fencer on an extension cord from a different circuit and see what happens.

There are small GFI connectors that can be plugged into a none GFI receptacle . I would try one of those in a none GFI receptacle and see if it still happens.

 

[farmboy80]

Plug it in to a nongfci outlet. And if it still not getting the voltage it's supposed to. Try pouring a bucket of water around your ground rod. If that fixes it, you need a longer ground rod.