Digital Voltmeter

To test electric fence and trouble shoot an energizer.

• Hard plastic body is 6" x 3" x 3/4"
• Protective case included
• 1" x .75" digital display
• 4.5" ground probe
• 37" ground cable
• 9v battery included (normally lasts over 1 year)

• Gives an exact reading of volts on the fence line
• Can test your ground rod and energizer
• Large black numbers are easy to read, even in sunlight.

To test the fence:

1. Insert probe into the ground.
2. Clip the red fence clip to the live fence wire.
3. Read the digital readout of volts. It is shown in kV (2.7 kV = 2700 volts).
4. Remove voltmeter clip from fence, then gently remove the probe from the ground (do not pull the wire, only grab the metal probe to remove).

1. Turn off energizer.
2. Disconnect ground wire and fence wire from energizer.
3. Turn on energizer.
4. Touch probe from tester to ground terminal on energizer.
5. At same time touch the red fence clip to fence terminal on energizer.
6. The tester should light up to 6000 volts or more.

Make sure to remove tester from fence and then pull out the ground probe.

If your fence voltage is below 2000 volts or has diminished significantly from previous tests, perform the following steps to determine if the problem is your tester or your fence.

1. Disconnect the fence from your energizer and test across the two terminals on the energizer. If the readout is higher that what you found when you tested the fence, the fence is the culprit. However, if the voltage readout remains suspicious, the problem may be with the voltmeter. Check the battery (see information below) before "giving up" on the tester.
2. The internal battery can also affect the accuracy of the digital reading. If either of the following is observed, change the battery (remove the screw on the back of the voltmeter to do so) and retest your fence.
• The luminosity of the output reading becomes weak.
• Voltage readings drop with each pulse (at the same fence location).