Kenny Thomas, Got Your Ears On?

[Chuckie]

Hey Kenny, I have a question about something you posted a good while back. It is about how you keep the surging electrical charge from lightening going into your fence charger by sending it straight down in the ground.

I really like this idea and I have a question about the hot wire looped down to the grounding pole. I showed this to a friend, and he fixed his the same way, but not sure if he has it going to the correct grounding rod. Do you have two separate grounding rods for this? One ground rod for the negative side of the charger that makes the electrical current to pass from the animal to the ground. Then one ground rod for the hot wire "loop jump" to direct the strong current straight into the ground with a separate ground rod??

The way this man has his rigged, is that he uses only one ground rod. He has the loop set over the ground rod that is connected to the negative side of his fence charger.

I am thinking that with him using the same ground rod that if he takes a strike, as it deflects on the shared ground rod, that it will send a charge back up to his fence charger and knock it out. What do I know, right?

I am setting a ground rod for my fence charger, and then am not sure how close can I put this lightening surge ground rod to my actual ground rod to make the charger shock the livestock.

Sorry for making this sound so confusing. I keep trying to word it where it makes sense and seems I get worse each time I correct it. Just going to post it and see if this makes sense to you. Thanks Kenny!!

 

[kenny thomas]

I have a seperate rod that is 100 ft probably from my fence controller ground rod. I want the lightning to hit the ground rod a long way away from my controller and my barn.
And yes it totally makes sense.

 

[Chuckie]

Thank you so much Kenny. That was such a great idea you posted on this lightning surge deflector!!!!

 

[Chuckie]

I am thinking again here. You have your lightning surge ground loop 100 feet from your fence charger. Does this mean that your fence is 100 feet away from the electric fencer or do you have the lightning deflection rod set 100 feet away along the fence line. So say you may have that heavy plastic coated wire attached to your electric fence 100 feet with the ground rod? I am wondering if that would work with the ground rod along the fence line. I suppose you could actually set different areas with that same ground rod if you fences run long ways from the source. It would be extra work. Just trying to figure out where the lightning hits; if it is at the farthest point, it still comes to the box. But I guess it can be put at the far end or midways and still short out on the grounding rod before it comes back to the barn?? It can run backwards on the fence as well as running forward to the charger??

Ha-ha!! No, you would not want me to be in charge of your electrical system. But if I don't ask, I will never know.

 

[kenny thomas]

My charger is inside the barn with a heavy coated wire that goes overhead from high up on the barn to a 2x6 thats nailed to a post and then down to where the fence starts. That coated line is probably 12-14 ft overhead. I drive underneath it to get into my fields. You can see the coated wire starting up the post in the pictures.
You can also see a coated wire going down the post on the left side. This is carrying the charge under a gate on the left side just out of the picture.
Gates to 4 pastures allow cattle to come to a big tire water trough there and to my lots beyond it.

 

[kenny thomas]

Some more pictures

 

[Chuckie]

Thanks Kenny Thomas!! You went an extra step that explains it all.

 

[sstterry]

You can also buy them. This model, which I have, is adjustable so that you make sure the gap is sufficient.