This message is from: "Janet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi Melinda,
do you have a fence tester, or could you borrow a fence tester? especially
useful would be a digital tester with a fault finder. test your ground
stake to see if there is any voltage there. If you find there is voltage on
your ground stake, this means that there is a very big short on your fence
and/or that your ground is not adequate. Many of the larger fencers require
5 to 8 ground stakes placed as far apart as they are long and connected
together. yet many people only put in one stake.
If the ground is not your problem, then try and locate the arching (try
looking at night). this is where the digital tester is really helpful if it
shows you the direction of the fault.
Trees definitely sap energy from your fence much more so than grasses
because of the deep root system acts like a ground rod.
Janet
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