PetSafe box keeps beeping, though loop is not open

Manuel

Hi!
I've finally realised I can stop checking for breaks or weaknesses in the wire when the box beeps "open loop", as basically it's the box that's faulty.

Now whenever it beeps I just take out the two perimeter wire ends, replace them with the ends of a spare length of wire that I have in the garage (and that clearly has no break in it), plug it in again, and then there's no beep, then I re-insert the perimeter wire ends and it works fine again.

Clearly this isn't a sustainable solution. Has anybody else had this experience, and will I just have to bite the bullet and replace the box? It's about 5 years old.

Thanks!
/M.

sillysmiles

What's a petsafe box?

Manuel

Sorry, electronic containment system for keeping dogs inside your site.
Wire goes around the site perimeter and gives Pooch a little "dart" if he gets too near.
He soon learns not to.

sillysmiles

In that case then **** the whole lot in the bin and get a proper dog proof fence that they can't get through and doesn't rely on electric shocking your dog would be my suggestion - but obviously not the one you want!

Manuel

All suggestions appreciated.

Calm the **** down.

dashoonage

If your not sure if the loop is broken or not then test it. Put the collar on yourself and cross the loop...sure tis only a wee dart.

kylith

Those shock fences are notoriously unreliable; dogs will run through them, ignoring the shock, if they really want to get to what's on the other side and then are prevented from getting back because they'll be shocked. Dogs often turn up in the pound with shock collars on. Some dogs will learn to lie near enough for it to beep and run down the battery then come and go as they please, and some dogs become terrified of their own garden because they keep getting, from their point of view, randomly electrocuted in what was previously a safe place.

Please reconsider using it and invest in a proper fence instead.

DBB

Folks,
No matter what side of the radio fence argument you're on, you may not use this forum to be rude, to be disrespectful, nor to use profane language when addressing one another.
That said, op, this forum very much has an ethos with animal welfare at heart, and given the amount of evidence available which shows that use of any electrical shock collar presents welfare issues, you're going to get a pretty negative response here.

In any case op, I don't feel that you'll get your answer here, because you have a technical/electrical issue there which is not, as such, an animal issue.
Might I suggest that you try posting on the DIY forum, or better still, contact the manufacturer of your system, as they would seem to be the only ones that can actually answer your specific question.
I don't see that leaving this thread open, in this forum, is going to achieve anything for you op, so I'll close it with the above suggestions to the fore.
Thanks,
DBB