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<blockquote data-quote="agmantoo" data-source="post: 764379" data-attributes="member: 8973"><p>Ground is just a term for using the earth as a common carrier to give the charge a path back to one side of the output transformer of the energizer. You cannot connect the hot side of the energizer to where it is shared by another energizer. If you do in time it will damage the energizer. However, you can share the earth ground. Do not use the earth ground of the electrical meter or the incoming power ground. Lightning can come in to an energizer via the AC power or via the fence itself. Lightning is going to take the path of least resistance to earth ground. You do not want that path to include anything associated with the house ground because of the potential damage.</p><p></p><p>As for a ground, most energizer manufacturers want you to install 3 earth rods that are 6 ft plus in length and 8 to 10 feet apart. This recommendation is to avoid having a poor electrical earth ground due to the type of soil or the absence of moisture. I would buy 3 each galvanized steel rods at less than $10 each and I would clamp a galvanized wire* from the energizers to the 3 ground rods that are driven as deep as possible using 3 galvanized ground clamps. When electricity flows through different types of metal it creates a situation to accelerate corrosion which you do not want. Corrosion is less conductive and could create resistance in your fence system. Always buy grade 3 galvanized products. * NOTE(use a continuous length of 12 1/2 gauge galvanized wire from the energizer to all 3 ground rods) </p><p></p><p>I do not like your choice of energizers as their output is marginal at best. You need not less that 3500 volts at the far end of your fence to contain the animals.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="agmantoo, post: 764379, member: 8973"] Ground is just a term for using the earth as a common carrier to give the charge a path back to one side of the output transformer of the energizer. You cannot connect the hot side of the energizer to where it is shared by another energizer. If you do in time it will damage the energizer. However, you can share the earth ground. Do not use the earth ground of the electrical meter or the incoming power ground. Lightning can come in to an energizer via the AC power or via the fence itself. Lightning is going to take the path of least resistance to earth ground. You do not want that path to include anything associated with the house ground because of the potential damage. As for a ground, most energizer manufacturers want you to install 3 earth rods that are 6 ft plus in length and 8 to 10 feet apart. This recommendation is to avoid having a poor electrical earth ground due to the type of soil or the absence of moisture. I would buy 3 each galvanized steel rods at less than $10 each and I would clamp a galvanized wire* from the energizers to the 3 ground rods that are driven as deep as possible using 3 galvanized ground clamps. When electricity flows through different types of metal it creates a situation to accelerate corrosion which you do not want. Corrosion is less conductive and could create resistance in your fence system. Always buy grade 3 galvanized products. * NOTE(use a continuous length of 12 1/2 gauge galvanized wire from the energizer to all 3 ground rods) I do not like your choice of energizers as their output is marginal at best. You need not less that 3500 volts at the far end of your fence to contain the animals. [/QUOTE]
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