On 6/11/2013 3:26 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

Go to your local farm store and buy a fence tester. You need one anyway
to find breaks in the fence. They are a series of high value resistors
with neon bulbs across the resistors.

Use the tester when you need to, or just hook it permanently to the charger.

Paul