On Jun 11, 5:26*pm, Karl Townsend
wrote:
Plugged in the electric fencer and the meter reads “short” but it
still *shocks the **** out of you. Don’t ask me how I know this.

Not having a volt indication will be a real problem, no way to know if
grass etc. is knocking down the effectiveness. *A fencer puts out a
high volt burst a small percent of the time. On the order of 7K volts
for 50 miliseconds once per second. Is there an easy way to add a volt
meter? Just a relative indication is all that’s needed. or time to buy
another unit? ($250)

Karl

You could make a small coil and connect it to a galvanometer:

http://www.hometrainingtools.com/gal.../p/EL-GALVAN1/

and pass one of the HV fence wires through it. If the resistance it
too low you might get an idea of current flow. Good for a relative
measurement (just not quantative).