
Fencing Guidelines
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Mains Fence Energisers
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Battery/Solar Fence Energisers
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Fence Earth System

*Important Notes:
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Ensure fence earth system is at least 10M from any ESB earth systems. This includes ESB poles, transformers and pump houses.
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Fence earth systems should not be setup up within 50-100M of a dairy parlour.
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Earth bars for mains fence controllers should be 3-4M apart, preferably in damp ground.
*Many farmers are needlessly reducing the effectiveness of their electric fences by failing to earth them adequately. Almost 75% of poor results are directly due to faulty earthing systems.
Common causes of poor results are:
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Insufficient earth rods.
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Badly jointed wires.
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Poor connections to earth rods.
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Earth rods too close together.
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Earth rods not long enough.