Electric fence

Elsie161211

Hi, I'm trying to set up an electric fence . What I have is a 12v battery from a car, it's fully charged. I ran 2 lines of fence, 1 low and 1 high. I have a PEL 901b electric fence unit. I have the positive side of the unit going to the 2 lines of fence and the negative side of the unit going onto an earth bar I have driven into the ground. I can only get a tiny shock from, nowhere near the shocks I've received off fences over the years. The earth rod I used is a little rusty, would this effect the severity of the shock

braddun

how long is the fence,how charged is the battery

Elsie161211

Both lines would be around 200m each. The battery just came of charge this evening, also put a meter on it and it's fully charged. The fence unit is making the clicking noise every few seconds like I've heard others make

Elsie161211

I only have the one earth rod driven

Elsie161211

Do the 2 ends if lines need to be joined?

georgepower

The earth rod should be galvanised really, not rusty. If you touch off the rod and you get a shock its not doing its job and you need a better one or maybe another earth bar adding to set up.