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Temporary electric fencing
PATURA offers a range of products that allow the
farmer to construct a temporary electric fence.
A temporary fence that can be quickly erected and
easily moved allows the farmer to:
• Make smaller paddocks (fields).
• Keep herds of animals separated.
• Ration feed.
Note:
Use more wires for smaller animals and wild
animals. Polytape should be used when greater
visibility is required (e.g. horses).
Installing and testing an earth
system
Select a suitable site for the earth system. Sites need
to be:
• At least 10 m (33’) from other earth systems (e.g.
telephone, mains power or the earth system from
another energiser).
• Away from stock or other traffic that could interfere
with the installation.
• At a site that can be easily observed for
maintenance.
• Ideally at a site that has damp soil
(e.g. a shaded or swampy location).
Note that the earth does not need to be directly
adjacent to the energiser installation.
Drive the PATURA earth stake into the ground. Connect
the green earth lead from the energiser to the earth
stake.
Often, especially with bad conducting soil or dry soil
more respectively longer earth stakes are necessary.
Continuously connect them with the existing earth stakes
respectively with the earth terminal on the energiser.
Provide a good connection. The length of the earth stake
should be at least 0.65 m.
Test the earth system, using the following procedure:
1. Turn off the energiser.
2. At least 100 m (330’) away from the energiser, short
circuit the fence by laying several steel stakes or
lengths of pipe against the fence. For best results, the
fence voltage should be lowered to 2,000 V or less. In
dry or sandy conditions, it may be necessary to drive
the stakes up to 300 mm (12”) into the earth.
3. Turn the energiser back on.
4. Using a PATURA Digital Voltmeter, ensure that the
fence voltage is below 2 kV.
5. Check your earth system. Insert the voltmeter’s earth
probe into the ground at the full extent of the lead,
and hold the hook against the last earth stake. The
tester should not read more than 0.5 kV. Anything
higher than this indicates that better earthing is
required. Either add more earth stakes or find a better
ground area to drive in the earth stakes. A voltage
below 0.2 kV would be best.
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