Intelligent Fencing Systems :: Electric Fence Alarms with Weed Alert

You know your livestock requirements better than we do, but we do know Electric Fence Security.

We're not going to tell you how to pen your animals, but we can tell you how to connect an electric fence that will be secure and protect your animals.

Recommendations:

We recommend a voltage monitor on your fence, so that you will know if you lose voltage on your fence before your animals are hiking down the road.
When using a voltage monitor, we suggest that you connect your fence conductors as shown. This provides an electrical loop so that all your "high voltage" conductors are monitored for breaks or shorts.
We recommend that you use a separate ground rod for your voltage monitor, so that you are monitoring your fence ground connection and conductivity as well as the voltage on the fence, as the single most common fault with electric fences is a lost or poor ground.
Below are simple loop suggestions on how to use a fence monitor or fence alarm to best advantage.

Single Strand Enclosure

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Double (2) Strand Enclosure

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(3) Strand Enclosure with alternate center ground

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(4) "Hi-V" (4) Strand Enclosure

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On a two or more wire/conductor enclosure, if you parallel the high voltage conductors instead of making an electrical loop, your high voltage monitor will not detect a wire/conductor break. DO NOT connect your high voltage strands together (parallel wiring), as shown below:

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This type of connection is just fine if you are not using a voltage monitor, however, there is no way to sense a wire or conductor break, Actually, if you are going for distance (miles and miles) this provides an effective larger conductor and has less voltage drop. However, when connecting in the manner, a single conductor cannot be supervised.

Connecting in such a way to make an electrical loop is critical to security! This is the only way to securely monitor the integrity of the wire or conductor. Wire, rope, tape, barbed wire, is all the same electrically.

Below is an example of how to make the connections if the "fence charger" and "high voltage monitor" are not located beside an entrance location. This a common situation. The only addition that is required is an "in-line" or "corner" type insulator used in this fashion.


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If you have any additional questions, please Contact Us and we will be happy to offer what we can.

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