Forgetting the electric fence

satstheway · 07-06-2017 08:17AM

The part time boy wrote: »

Is that the same one as the link above ?

Exactly the same. I see on ebay.co.uk for about £17 postage included.

Bought a 12v one for a solar fencer but have not used it yet.

The part time boy · 07-06-2017 08:46AM

Thanks sats. I defo going to pick one of them up

whelan2 · 07-06-2017 09:09AM

mf240 wrote: »

I have been known to turn off the fencer to move a wire. And when I get to the field I'm not sure if I did turn it off and have to go back to check,

Aye and I'd be too afraid to put my hand on the wire to check for a shock.

visatorro · 07-06-2017 09:55AM

I got something off connacht agri before. You clip it onto the wire and it flashes when fencer is off. Used to have it pointing towards the parlour and you'd see it.

visatorro · 07-06-2017 10:02AM

Here

patsy_mccabe · 07-06-2017 10:28AM

whelan2 wrote: »

Aye and I'd be too afraid to put my hand on the wire to check for a shock.

:eek: Do people not use a long bit of grass and slowly shove it in? Insulates from the shock big time.

whelan2 · 07-06-2017 01:57PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

:eek: Do people not use a long bit of grass and slowly shove it in? Insulates from the shock big time.

Have a fence tester and even when that is showing no shock, I am afraid to touch the wire

_Brian · 07-06-2017 02:28PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

:eek: Do people not use a long bit of grass and slowly shove it in? Insulates from the shock big time.

Yea, but it's still nerve wrecking waiting for the tingle.
Have a basic tester with 5 leds, more lights = more shock, just the damn tester goes missing for weeks at a time.

Suckler · 07-06-2017 06:56PM

Attie wrote: »

Maybe not so expensive either.

GSM Smart switch

Where are they made? I'd be wary of sockets like that being made in the far east ( I know most stuff invariably is) and then causing a short or fire worst case. I saw it happen to a friends timer socket.

pedigree 6 · 07-06-2017 06:57PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

:eek: Do people not use a long bit of grass and slowly shove it in? Insulates from the shock big time.

Don't use a stem of bracken to test the wire.

When I was a childers and picking strawberries we used to put bracken stems from the fence into unsuspecting pickers lunch bags. Then when they went to get their lunch. WALLOP.

Apparently bracken stems have the same conductivity as steel wire.:p

K.G. · 05-03-2019 11:29AM

can you get a light that will work off the pulse of the fencer like a flashing beacon.the idea is to set up a light in the yard that when you switch off fence it would divert it to the light and it would flash.our house is adjacent to yard so you would even see it from house

Muckit · 05-03-2019 04:43PM

Can l ask why is there a need to turn off fencer?

Turn fencer on before stock goes out in spring, turn off after they come in in Autumn. That's the only time fence should be off.

Have gate handles where fence needs to be opened. Routinely check the pulse on the line with tester to make sure no breakage from livestock. Keep vegetation at bay during May and June.

K.G. · 05-03-2019 08:35PM

Muckit wrote: »

Can l ask why is there a need to turn off fencer?

Turn fencer on before stock goes out in spring, turn off after they come in in Autumn. That's the only time fence should be off.

Have gate handles where fence needs to be opened. Routinely check the pulse on the line with tester to make sure no breakage from livestock. Keep vegetation at bay during May and June.

because i have one cow and she ll go if it s off.yeah i have handles too but i have cable under them to carry power over and let handle open if im givi g acess to roadway.otherwise normal .ai etance

Justjens · 05-03-2019 11:36PM

Muckit wrote: »

Can l ask why is there a need to turn off fencer?

Turn fencer on before stock goes out in spring, turn off after they come in in Autumn. That's the only time fence should be off.

Don't ever turn it off, keeps the neighbours cattle out

L1985 · 06-03-2019 04:07AM

We had the same problem with fence being left off-I turn o the yard light so if the lights on in the middle of the day you know the fence is off. V v helpful but my two are in the same house so makes it easier. I'm going to try out a smart plug in a few weeks and see how I go with it as it would be v handy to turn it off from the field if I need to. The battery ones i stick something in the ground at the gate to remind me
I'm terrified of getting a shock as well So always switch it Off when I'm going at the fence.

_Brian · 06-03-2019 08:51AM

Used to be able to hear it clicking over the medium wave radio.

K.G. · 04-03-2021 10:51AM

K.G. wrote: »

can you get a light that will work off the pulse of the fencer like a flashing beacon.the idea is to set up a light in the yard that when you switch off fence it would divert it to the light and it would flash.our house is adjacent to yard so you would even see it from house

Back to this idea again as with lock down theres 3 on staff and we had a little breakdown in comunication a couple of days ago.my idea now is get a2 way switch so that when its off its diverting power to a light.the light would be visible in yard and from house.just wondering as well how many lads have the fencer wired off a relay in the parlour so that it goes off when machine is on

emaherx · 04-03-2021 12:45PM

K.G. wrote: »

Back to this idea again as with lock down theres 3 on staff and we had a little breakdown in comunication a couple of days ago.my idea now is get a2 way switch so that when its off its diverting power to a light.the light would be visible in yard and from house.just wondering as well how many lads have the fencer wired off a relay in the parlour so that it goes off when machine is on

I've the fence unit connected to a smart switch, so I can turn on and off with my phone. I also programed it to turn back on automatically after a set time if I've forgotten it.

Have the opposite setup for the shed lights, so they turn off if left on too long.

Screenshot_20210304-114710 by Farmer Ed's Shed, on Flickr

J.O. Farmer · 04-03-2021 01:04PM

emaherx wrote: »

I've the fence unit connected to a smart switch, so I can turn on and off with my phone. I also programed it to turn back on automatically after a set time if I've forgotten it.

Have the opposite setup for the shed lights, so they turn off if left on too long.

Screenshot_20210304-114710 by Farmer Ed's Shed, on Flickr

Downside to automatically coming on after a set time is if you were slow turning it on because you were working on it you could be in for a shock when it comes back on......literally.

emaherx · 04-03-2021 01:25PM

J.O. Farmer wrote: »

Downside to automatically coming on after a set time is if you were slow turning it on because you were working on it you could be in for a shock when it comes back on......literally.

True, but I can set it for a long time, from a few min to several hours, so I'd normally have a fair idea how long I want it off for and double it.

Wouldn't be too difficult for me to develop it further and use Geo Fencing to turn it back on if my phone left the area, or another event happened like my phone connecting to the house WiFi.

Or I could just have it send an alert by a notification to my phone if it was not switched back on by a certain time.

04-03-2021 02:52PM

The part time boy wrote: »

Saturday morning I went to check the suckler cows. I turned off the fense as I had a sick calf and I taugh i might move him and his mother back to another paddock. I did not in the end as the calf had improved. I gave the calf some electrolyte and a synolox tablet and went back up home.

This morning I found the cows in wrong paddock . Forgot to turn on the fecking fencer . They had one day left in the paddock and it would have been tight grazing so there was no way I was going to get away with putting them back in where they came from . On top of that they spend 12 hours in a paddock that's closed up 10 days.

Not good going as grass might be getting tight . I am very tightly stocked . Must book some culls in factory

If I am honest this is not the first time I made this mistake .

Anyone else ever forget to turn fencer back on .

Any tips . I was thinking if I kept a electric band on top of fencer and wear it when I turn it off .

Btw I not old I should not be forgetting things yet.

You could buy a pack of fence handles and use them to connect/disconnect the fence in each field

It would save a lot of time in going back and forwards to the the fencer

The handle would in effect be a switch in this set up where you connect slash disconnect it at the point of connection at each field

Forgetting the electric fence

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