I’ve got coated wired electric fencing. When the gate is wet, either from rain, or dew in the mornings, the gate itself is hot. It seems to apply to the latch too. What could be causing this?
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You may find there is a break in the coating. Water then conducts this to the gate.
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if by chance you have used standard household electrical wiring on the gate. That wire’s insulation coating is only rated to 600 volts, it will leak voltage. The double insulated wiring recommended for fence charger use is rated to 20,000 volts
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Induction?
[URL=“https://blog.kencove.com/10-electric-fence-problems-part-3/”]https://blog.kencove.com/10-electric-fence-problems-part-3/
Induction is very common with electric fences. Have you ever touched the gate to open it and surprisingly got shocked? This is a result of induction. The transfer of electricity from an electrified wire to a non-electrified wire, gate, or any metal object without physically touching each other is known as induction. The only way to solve this problem is to ground the non-electrified wires or gates. Induction has minimal effect on the voltage of the fence line and is more common in damp conditions.
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I should have mentioned the gate is not electric. It is the old fashioned, pipe manual gate.
I’d be looking at how the current is being passed under the gate, assuming it is. We were at a barn once where they didn’t use proper insulation on the wire that carried the current from one side of the gate to the other (through a trench under the gate) so you’d get that same thing where you got shocked if you touched the metal gate when the ground was wet.
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And just who found that out? No help with a solution.
apparently it is now
