Parmak Problem ?

[Stocker Steve]

Have a newer red 12V unit that is only putting out 3,000 volts.
Watered the grounding rods for a couple hours. No effect.
Disconnected most of the fence even though it showed only a 2 amp load. Went up to 4,000 volts.
Swapped battery even though needle is in the green. No effect.
Cows moved themselves last night...
Went back to watering.

Am I missing something?

 

[callmefence]

Disconnect all the fence and check at the charger. Also pay close attention to the terminals on the charger
Paramark do sometimes develop a short to the case there.

 

[Caustic Burno]

Disconnect all the fence and check at the charger. Also pay close attention to the terminals on the charger
Paramark do sometimes develop a short to the case there.

Sometimes the terminals will get loose for some unknown reason causing the problem fence described.

 

[Stocker Steve]

Good troubleshooting tip. Disconnected and cleaned at terminals. Then she showed 11,600 volts no load and 5,400 volts loaded.

Have a dirty fence I could drop off the system. I like to see more like 7,000 volts.

 

[Caustic Burno]

Good troubleshooting tip. Disconnected and cleaned at terminals. Then she showed 11,600 volts no load and 5,400 volts loaded.

Have a dirty fence I could drop off the system. I like to see more like 7,000 volts.

You have something touching somewhere. Do you have a fault finder?

 

[Stocker Steve]

I have two fault finders. I run a lot of poly cross fence off high tensile hung on tee posts.

 

[Caustic Burno]

I have two fault finders. I run a lot of poly cross fence off high tensile hung on tee posts.

I had an plastic insulator give me fits for a couple days before.