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)

I'd add a neon lamp and a high-value series resistor, maybe
a string of a couple dozen 100 K resistors. You need a bunch
in series so they don't arc over. As long as the lamp is
blinking, it is still working.

Jon