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Fault finders

  • 17-03-2016 12:08am
    #1
    MF290
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 728 ✭✭✭


    What are people using and how do ye find it? Using a forcefield one this while and it seems to be on its last legs.


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  • #2
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Pre electronic tester here.
    Stab the crow bar into the ground and slowly push the top of the bar towards the wire.
    Judge how strong the spark is as it jumps the gap.


  • #3
    Genghis Cant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,980 ✭✭✭Genghis Cant


    Nekarsulm wrote: »
    Pre electronic tester here.
    Stab the crow bar into the ground and slowly push the top of the bar towards the wire.
    Judge how strong the spark is as it jumps the gap.

    Similar method here except I use a blade of grass instead of a crow bar. It's generally handier finding a blade of grass than a bar!
    I'm threatening to jump into the 21st century the whole time though.


  • #4
    RightTurnClyde
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,141 ✭✭✭RightTurnClyde


    Gallagher Smartfix here, have it years, have changed the battery in it a few times. Not cheap but it will point you straight to the fault. Wouldn't be without it


  • #5
    MF290
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 728 ✭✭✭MF290


    RightTurnClyde wrote: »
    Gallagher Smartfix here, have it years, have changed the battery in it a few times. Not cheap but it will point you straight to the fault. Wouldn't be without it

    The forcefield one was only so so at finding faults. The local place are looking for 120 for a speedrite one, would the Gallagher one be pricier?


  • #6
    Midfield9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 160 ✭✭Midfield9


    MF290 wrote: »
    The forcefield one was only so so at finding faults. The local place are looking for 120 for a speedrite one, would the Gallagher one be pricier?

    https://www.coopsuperstores.ie/Farming/Farm-Hardware--Equipment/Fencing/Fencing-Accessories/Gallagher-Smartfix-Fault-Finder-0761190

    I think I paid something similar last year although I thought it was closer to 100. A few weeks later at the ploughing I happened to enquire on the Gallagher stand how much were they. €70 he said. Sickened! Ha


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  • #7
    limo_100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭limo_100


    I bought a pel one last year 120 I thought it was the best made one and it's being a useful tool and also lets me know what kind of power the neighbours are putting out :)


  • #8
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,757 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Long wave radio on the jeep! Drive around the fields and stop and have a look when the 'clicks' are loudest:D €120 for a fence tester??

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



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