Electric fence ground ?

Anonymous-0 · Jul 4, 2010

Hey folks,
I'm a little thick headed here. I know I need a good ground. In the case of one of my chargers it says 1 6-8 ft or multiple shorter.
Question is (and this is what I may be misunderstinding), I have one small pasture that is in a place where the ground water is about 3 ft underground. If I drive a rod in as deep as the ground water, will that act as super duper ground because the whole area under the pasture is wet 3ft down?
Nother ??? Have some solar chargers that came with a galvanized stake about a foot long for a ground. They work fine in most cases because my pastures are small. Question is, would they perform better (especially when it's so dry) if I used 6ft rods?

Thanks, Dave

paul · Jul 4, 2010

Yes.

Yes. Tho those cheapies never work 'good' no matter what you do....

--->Paul

Anonymous-0 · Jul 4, 2010

(quoted from post at 11:27:03 07/04/10) Yes.

Yes. Tho those cheapies never work 'good' no matter what you do....

--->Paul

Thanks! The solar chargers are parmak 6 volt. Have been real good but think they could be a little better with the better ground and better fencing (bought the cheaper stuff out of ignorance and have am replacing now).

Dave

36F30 · Jul 4, 2010

A general recommendation use three 6' ground rods per fencer, space as far apart as you can. The better the ground the better the shock. The lower the resistance on your ground system translates into more effective shock. Also if you use copper rods, use copper wire and copper clamps. If you use galvanized rods use galvanized wire and clamps. Dissimilar metals react and corrode and lose conductivity.

RMinVa · Jul 4, 2010

With a digital fence tester, check the voltage at
the ground rod when the charger is on. Anything over
300 volts you need to add another ground rod. Ad
rods till it"s 300 or below. I have charger that has
11 ground rods on it. Another (same brand same size)
with less fence on it with 3 rods.

What I found is if there"s 1,500 volts going to
ground it takes 4-5 extra rods to take care of it.

kyplowboy · Jul 4, 2010

Dave,

Maybe and yes.

As a general rule the more and better a fencer is grounded the better the sysem works. If you have a small fencer around a small wet pasture you may be able to get by with one rod down 3'. Good luck and hope life is treat'n you well.

Dave

36 Coupe · Jul 4, 2010

Use an 8 foot copper clad ground rod.Old buggy axles and rusty rebar dont work.

camju · Jul 4, 2010

Electric fencers DO NOT use moisture in the ground they use minerals.The more mineral in the ground the less ground rods you need.In most cases 3-4 galvinized rods 6 ft long placed 10 ft apart is all you need.Placing rods 3ft apart is almost useless.I use galvinized over head door track as it is a wider surface in contact with more minneral, and in my soil 2 rods is lots.

Inno · Jul 4, 2010

What about in clay? I guess that would depend on the mineral content in the clay.

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