Invisible fence

[tjkubota93]

Funny. Curious, how's the wire get broken?

Either stupid people with a tractor using box blade, loader or backhoe, or tree branch fall and stick in ground and cut it, or at+t goob with a trencher replacing line diagnosed as bad.

 

[Stancoll]

Either stupid people with a tractor using box blade, loader or backhoe, or tree branch fall and stick in ground and cut it, or at+t goob with a trencher replacing line diagnosed as bad.

yea, I suppose so. Usually most folks have a general idea where their plumbing or electrical wirse run, but I'm assuming they've been on their property for awhile. My Pastor and I were talking about installing an invisible fence on the parsonage ground but only after calling 811 and finding out a general idea of what we would encounter. Lots of things could happen. I remember back in the 1980's I was in the USAF Reserves on temporary duty in Germany. I was in a Civil Engineering outfit (PRIME BEEF) and was part of the heavy equipment squad. We were widening the area around the Civil Engineering Headquarters compound. The task involved removing a section of rocky hill. We asked our active duty counterparts abouts schematic/blueprints of the electrical and plumbing layout around the compound. There was none, they said just to cut away until we hit something, most likely nothing was there (this airbase has been there since WWII). Real comforting, but orders are orders. I was operating a articulating loader and about halfway through when the commanding officer came running out all excited and yelling. Seems we cut his telephone line as he was in the middle of a intercontinental call (way before cell phones). Well we did ask! PLus there's all kinds of equipment nowadays to detect water, gas, electrical lines now, beats guessing.

 

[HillStreet]

I also had lighting hit my invisible fence. Blew the controller and the GFI outlet it was plugged into right off the wall.

My system was 2 weeks old when it got destroyed.

Same happened to me. Turned it into junk real fast.

 

[Lbdg8885]

I used this adaptation and installed about 500’ in 10 minutes. Works great. I have a video but can’t add it here. If you want to see it I will upload to YouTube.

 

[ray66v]

Funny. Curious, how's the wire get broken?

When I was regularly doing handyman work, I had enough calls to repair breaks in invisible fence wire to invest in tracing equipment.

Usually, it was clearly cut from digging.

It's not always installed properly, and buried deep enough to avoid hazards like core aerators, and people edging with weed whips.

I would usually put plastic conduit over the wire, if it was in an area like a flower bed.

 

[tjkubota93]

When I was regularly doing handyman work, I had enough calls to repair breaks in invisible fence wire to invest in tracing equipment.

Usually, it was clearly cut from digging.

It's not always installed properly, and buried deep enough to avoid hazards like core aerators, and people edging with weed whips.

I would usually put plastic conduit over the wire, if it was in an area like a flower bed.

What type of tracer did you use? I have heard not many work with buried wire.

 

[txdon]

I need to put an invisible fence around my fence, I have a jumper. How far does the signal go out from the buried wire, I don't want to make the dogs yard much smaller.

I understand the wire needs to be in a loop and the wires need to be 6 feet apart if you just loopback around to the control box is this right?

If it is I will need to go along the gutter on the roof on the loop back instead of making the yard 6' smaller. Will the signal coming from the wire on the roof gutter activate the collar?

Thanks.

 

[ray66v]

What type of tracer did you use? I have heard not many work with buried wire.

I have a system similar to the one in the video below, mine is an older version.

It locates buried tracer wires for gas lines too.

It has easily worked to find wire a foot down so far.

I got it used on e-bay, for a fair price.

Underground Wire Locator - YouTube

 

[Pawatch]

Dog Watch hidden fence system works great for me.
I've had it for 5 years.

 

[newbury]

After the fence got her the first time, our beagle looked straight at us and pooped on the floor in the house to avoid going outside. (Guess the rolled up paper was preferable to the shock) She wouldn't go outside for a couple days. Funny now, not funny then. It wore off and the fence works great when the wire isn't broke.

DARN man!! ROFLMAO!