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6.4 FENCE RETURN SYSTEM
The Fence Return configuration for electric fences is used where the soil
could be too dry to complete the circuit, or the animals are likely to try
to force their way through between the fence wires. In this system earth
wire(s) are also run along the fence with the live wire(s) to provide a low
resistance path for the current to return to the energiser. In this system if
the soil is moist enough it will also function as a return path for the cur-
rent when the animal touches the live wire, but if the soil is not moist or
has poor conductance, this system will keep your fence effective provided
the animal touches both a live and the earth wire simultaneously.
Due to the dry soil, there
is not adequate current
flow in the ground, and
a good circuit is not
completed
The circuit is closed when the
animal nudges both the live and
Earth wires of a fence
The earthed fence wire provides
the current flow required to
complete the circuit when the
ground can not.
Earth
Stake
