The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Floyd on April 10, 2013, 01:17:40 pm
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I have my electric fence netting in a square. However I have conflicting views as to should I connect the energizer to both end of the net.
My thinking is that you would do that with a home circuit creating a loop to the consumer unit and this would maybe protect from a broken link in one of the lines.
I know that it will work on a single one ended strand but was wondering if there is any problems/benefits if I do. Don't wont to blow it up by linking both ends.
Many thanks in advance for any replies
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With an electric fence the circuit is completed when an animal touches the fence - the current flows through their body, then through the ground to the earth stake(s):
(http://www.afence.com/ElectricFenceJPG/warnin7.jpg)
So long as you have current to all parts of the net it'll work - there's no need to make it a loop.
HTH. :)
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Floyd
Yes your thinking is correct.
It would not hurt at all to put power to both ends of the net. It would indeed help in the case of a broken wire in the net.