Author: Mandy
Date: 07-29-10 09:53
Tim,
Start testing at the PRS without the fence hooked up. Take your fence tester and stick the probe in the ground. On the back of the tester, towards the top is a metal loop. Hook the red clip coming off of the PRS to that loop. What you should see is at least 4 of those lights lit up. If you don't get that many lights, we probably have something wrong with the energizer/battery. On the fence, the loop at the top of the tester is looped/touching the fence and the little probe is stuck in the ground. Here, we want at least 3500v on the fence.
If that isn't happening, you probably have a short on your fence. 2 main things to look for are 1) the posts- make sure (especially the end posts) that the bottom white strand has not slipped off of the plastic and down around the metal spike, 2) The bottom white strand cannot lay and touch the ground. We also want to keep the grass touching the fence to a minimum- it doesn't have to be perfectly clean, but each blade of grass that touches the fence takes away a little bit of energy and when you add moisture (rain or dew) the energy loss goes up.
Yes, you can use 1/2" PVC to help prop up the fence- anything Fiberglass or plastic will work as extra support rod. You may also be able to put just a bit more tension between the existing posts by pressing your foot against the metal spike. This will help take out some of the sag as well.
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