Re: Portable Electric fence

["Steven Proe" <trails@aaahawk.com>]

Hi Lisa: I have a solar fence unit which I use for my pasture all the time,
I have a copper pipe that I have hammered into the ground with a wire
attached  to the negative post that goes to the battery. The only thing that
may affect the operation of this type of unit is how much moisture is in the
ground. I would suggest setting it up and the pouring slowly a  5 gal.
bucket of water adjacent to the grounding rod, so that there is a good
ground. You can check the unit for operation by using a section of the
corral wire and grounding/touching it to the trailer, it should give out a
spark. You may wish to set the corral up prior to the ride with the fence
working, with your horse in it. Once he knows that its a electric fence, he
may not ever wish to test it especially if you horse is used to a hot wire
fence. When I have used this at rides, I mostly go thru the motions of
putting the fence up and the horse doesn't even check. during the evening
and at night is when I normally energize it. This might be there website
http://www.premier1supplies.com/store/prod_search.html?pcat_id=23&cat_id=23

HTH
Steven
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lisa M Pardus" <bludoglady@juno.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 11:37 AM
Subject: RC: Portable Electric fence


> Hey all,
>  My neighbor has graciously offered me the use of her portable fence for
> a tie out at the CTR clinic in Sept. She brought it over and we set it
> up, however we could not figure out how to ground it. It is a small
> cylindrical type can with a positive and negative to hook up to the
> battery. It has one more clip that goes to the fence. I am hoping that
> someone  here has used this brand of electric fence charger. I would like
> to know how to ground it. I know the charger is working, we can hear it
> tick after the batter is hook up to it.
>  It is a Premier 1 made in England. She bought it from a dealer at a CTR
> ride up North. It says it is the Shepherd Model. My neighbor thought she
> had all the accessories that go with it, but there is either no way to
> ground it, or no way to clip it to the fence. The directions on the
> charger do not tell us anything about grounding it, except that the
> grounding pole must be six inches deep.
>  If any one knows how we can fix it, or has used this brand please help.
> The clinic is next weekend. They only had so many stalls available, so I
> am relying on using this as my tie out, or I need to find my own portable
> charger, so I will need time to look for one. :0)
>  Please respond privately as the list is already on a different thread.
> Thank you.
> In His Hands,
> Lisa P.
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