Drought? What to do for optimal electric fence operation

Drought is a current problem affecting all regions of Italy. Some of you are already contacting us asking how to improve current conduction in the fence. If the ground where the T1 earth stake is driven for its entire length lacks water, optimal electric current conduction cannot occur. We all know the unpleasant consequences of a non-functioning fence…

Here are three tips to solve the problem:

Option 1:

Increase the number of ground stakes. If usually a single stake is sufficient, in cases of drought we recommend using three ground stakes placed 3m apart and connected to each other with a 10mmQ copper or steel cable. The ground stakes must be buried for their entire length, including the cable and the head of the stake. It is ideal to position the stakes not in a row but creating an equilateral triangle when viewed from above. Here is how to add additional dispersers to create a "MEGA DISPERSER", place the three different ground stakes at 3m all buried, arrange the dispersers at least 20m away from power lines or pipes.

Some secrets….

how to use and optimize the ground, that is the propagation phase of your electric fence. If you cannot bury the ground stake, here are some notes to avoid failing due to subsoil composition problems:

• A) Optimal positioning
• B) 45° positioning if you find rocks
• C) horizontal burial if the rock level is surfacing

Strong wind… if you have Badi Farm Shockproof Safety Electrified Fences then: no problem! Our fences are built to withstand maximum atmospheric conditions. With the Badi Farm Shockproof Safety Tape there are no problems and if a storm should break out such as to tear down the fence posts, with a simple repair everything will be functional again. Faced with an uprooted fence, we will operate in the following ways:

• Turn off the energizer device. Assess the damage, any broken insulators and posts.
• If you have some end posts or gates knocked down, consider whether to buy new ones or repair the old ones.
• Start again on the torn down side operating with the head and end-of-line tensioners, at this point raise all the downed posts, fix the tape inside the tensioners and, having verified the good electrical connection (without leaks), restore power to the system.

N.B. if you notice that due to dragging of the tape discontinuous parts have been created, in the absence of breakage, you can flatten this wavy part with your hands. In the event of tape breakage, however, an R24 buckle must be inserted.