Jon Elson wrote:

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.


Make sure to clean the body oil off them, and that you don't exceed
the rated voltage for each resistor.