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A Very Safe Fence at a Very Low Cost
When to wire under a gate
Wiring Gates
Dig a trench under your gate. If it is a narrow, walk through gate, 4”-6” deep will
suffice. However, if heavy equipment, such as trucks or tractors will be going through
the gate, the trench should be 8” to 10” deep.
NOTE: We recommend you thread all positive wiring through conduit (a piece of ¾”
flexible, Poly water pipe) to avoid abrasion and to prevent shorting between negative
and positive wires. Bury the pipe 8” to 10” deep. Strap the ends of the pipe to the gate
posts with the ends turned down to prevent rain and dirt from filling the pipe.
NOTE: The insulation on the underground wire should not breakdown at less than
15,000 volts. If the guard voltage is less than 15,000 volts, the wire may leak electricity,
which will affect the integrity of your fence. Your animals may not want to cross over
the buried wire if they sense electricity beneath them.
Connect a piece of copper insulated lead-out wire to one of the strands by connecting
the wire to the Braid
™
with a poly rope splicer. Run the wire underground and re-attach
it to the strand on the opposite side of the gate, using another poly rope splicer. To
electrify additional strands, jump the electricity, vertically, from that strand to other
strands to be electrified, as described above.
TIP – When running underground wires be sure to apply tape to the
wire that will serve as the negative wire. The use of tape is to allow you
to identify the negative wire to avoid shorting out the entire system by
accidentally cross wiring the negative and positive wires.
