On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:18:34 -0700
Paul Drahn wrote:

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

They make Electric Fence Testers nowadays. For instance:

"Get accurate and reliable voltage readings of your fence line or fence
charger with simple, one-touch operation. Use the Zareba® Digital
Electric Fence Tester to measure fence line and fence charger voltage.
-Combines digital accuracy with ease and convenience
-Rugged easy-to-carry pocket-size case made of heavy duty ABS plastic
-Digital accuracy from 500 to 9,900 volts
-Large easy-to-ready LCD display
-volt battery operation (battery included)
-Automatic on/off that prolongs battery life..."

http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/stor...r?cm_vc=-10005

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Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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