Author: Andrea
Date: 07-23-13 12:31
Hi Bryan,
Thank you for contacting Premier 1 Supplies! Grounding in really dry, hard soils can be difficult for many reasons. In most cases, it can be hard for the netting to work properly as the moisture in the soil is extremely important! Without the moisture, your animals may not ground properly. This also adds to the issue you present. How do you manage your grounds for portable fencing in hard, dry soils? There are a couple solutions! Many folks will go ahead and utilize an ATV or UTV to pull their grounds up if using one or two long ground rods put in the ground all the way. You can also use several grounds together and put them in a shorter amount. For instance, if your energizer requires 12ft of ground rod, you can use two 6ft ground rods all the way in the ground. You can use four 3ft ground rods and put them in their entire length. Or you can use size 3ft ground rods and just put them in a portion of the way! Of course, this adds to your ground surface size as ground rods should be placed 4 ft apart when using 3ft rods and from each other or 9ft from each other when using 6ft rods.
Positive/Negative would be a great set up for you as it is not going to entirely rely on the use of the moisture in the ground. This situation allows the animal to touch both a positive and a negative strand to get an effective shock! A ground rod must still be used for the energizer and the negative strand(s) can be directly connected to the same ground rod. I still recommend to always water your ground, however. A great tip is to drill a hole in the bottom of a five gallon bucket of water and let it drip/soak your ground rod! Please let us know if this helps!
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