Best electric fence video I could find. Too many either assume you already know certain things, don't explain things, or just ramble on for half an hour and put you to sleep. A crash course is all I needed and this helped to fill in a few gaps as far as what I was missing. Cheers!
Learned from an old electrician... drive the ground rod it as far as you can, remove it, fill the hole with water, drive it in again, remove, repeat. Works pretty well in our rock hard clay soil.
We have heard that too (now, not at the time of filming this) and its def. something we will try. I feel like I was just hitting a big rock and not sure water would have helped. rock clay soil sympathy to you from fellow rock and clay soil.
Thabk you so much. I have spent hours in the store, on you tube and rereading the manual and all to no avail. Everything and everyone assumes you know things like wire gauge, how to hook up the hot wires and what it looks like, ext... Finally someone did a video that assumes nothing thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Great job! You actually did it like a "real" person and not a 35 year expert! All the things you said out loud are exactly what so many of us "beginners" think word for word! lol! Definitely subscribing!!
Just found this video. By far the best video explaining, that I have found yet! Thank you for taking to the time to film, edit and post. You just saved me a lot of wasted energy talking to people at tractor supply who know nothing. Thanks again
I’ve been beyond confused trying to figure out how to set up an electric fence. I’m not the sharpest knife lol, but this video made it soooo easy. Thank you good sir.
Oh well thank you so much glad to hear it helped! I had the exact same experience trying to learn to do it so made teaching it right important. or at least as right as I could manage
I am the type of person that has to see something to be able to set it up I can’t read it and do it this has been so confusing for me I hope this video helps
You’re right. Other vids seemed to just skim over what I would consider pertinent information. Appreciate your detailed recommendations. Also appreciate you taking the time and effort to make your video.
My loving spouse is trying to install his very first electric fence without me as I "type". Your video is the only one I feel will be useful to him. Thank you.
I've been researching all day as I need to get an electric fence set up ASAP, and you're the first person to mention the cut off switch- great idea! Thanks!
Great video. You did a very good job at planning and researching the items needed to make your project successful. Kudos to the Mrs. for hanging in there and helping you get it all together. Enjoyed the short burst of music between steps!
My husband got the grounding rod in the same way, but he did it after a rain. He got it done in about 10 minutes. Thank you! This is exactly the video I need to see. I'm getting my first bees on Friday. Posts are in the ground, have to finish wiring them. We have the post to hold the solar controller. Just need to hook it all up and get a few more handles, right now I only have one.
Terrific! Now I understand how electric fence works. Before watching this video, I always feel confused about how the electricity comes through the fence and forms a circuit. Now everything is clear.
Thank you sir for the only video that answered my questions and showed me a visual that I understand. Maybe I’m slow as why it too this long for me but thank you
Glad it helped!! Nothing to do with you I had the exact same experience trying to learn that's why I made the video. found people blowing through things I was stuck on.
You clearly are a smart guy man. Great job! Going to purchase my materials this morning for my cows and probably buying more sheep lol..Congrats on the fence and hopefully it has been sufficient! ✌🏾
Thank you! I've watched a bunch of videos on bear proofing now. Folks are weird, take forever to get to the point and don't really give you a good play by play. I'm getting my first bees tomorrow so I needed to see a good video like this along with the materials list. So helpful!
Thanks for the video. Very clear and simple instructions for us beginners. Instead of driving my grounding rod into the ground vertically, im going to lay mine down horizontally and dig a trench to lay it in.
Just make sure it's a very damp area. Very hard to properly ground in shallow dry dirt. Using more than 1 rod may help too or just wet the area pretty often.
Post hole drivers and sledge hammers work great for ground rods but if you live in an area with really dense soil you can also rent large hammerdrills from most retail hardware stores, makes it really easy.
This is exactly how I do it. Large Hammer Drill. Best way for sure. I can put one in the ground in a matter of a couple minutes without all the extreme effort.
@@hubbahubbazootzoot Actually, NO. I do mean Hammer Drill. It can be used in either drill fashion or chizzle or both depending on what you are trying to do and what bit you use. In driving the rod I've found this hammer drill to be the fastest and least effor of any method (not using a bit but rather insert the rod into the bit slot)
Thank you for making this!! I couldn't find anything that really explained it well for those of us who have never done anything like this. Very helpful!
Bro great job,. I've just watched a few tubers,( like more than 10) of how to electric a fence and yip you win as far. Example Explained like a champ. Hope your guys bees are doing great.
Thank you very much this explained a lot,I've been to a bunch of garden centers. I've looked it all the types of electric fences but I haven't bought it because I didn't know exactly what to do. Thank you so much this explained a lot more then I know before this video and everything I've looked at I have a better idea on how to set it up and not buying more than I need or less than I need!!! I think tomorrow I will go by what I need!!!! Thank you!!!!!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you so much ! Good luck with your fence if there are any other ways I could help message me on Instagram @oldreddingfarm and I will do my best!
Great explanation in lay terms (which I need), and there was no time wasted in the video. Very concise. I use my legs more with the post-driver so I can drop most of my body weight onto it and use less arm muscle 😉 great video!
If you're about to sink a grounding rod the comment I got over and over which I believe would have helped would be to pour some water into the ground where you're stuck to help move whatever rock you're stuck on out of the way. I wish I had known that before.
Thank you from Australia! Like a lot of other comments and like you said in your video a lot of prior knowledge is assumed on a lot of info resources! I feel much more confident about doing my electrical fencing now :)
I would say that your cut off switch should be turned around with the top of switch above fence post. This way if you needed to disarm the fence it would be easier to reach and pull down then after pulling down there wouldn't be a chance that it could become accidentally charged. For instance after years of use the switch became loose. With the switch being in reverse position once it is disarmed it will stay disarmed until it is armed.
Great job and explanation. You can rent at any big box or equip rental place a pneumatic driver with an attachment to drive rods for +/- $100 day. Easy peasy...
You live in CT, there is rock an ledge everywhere! It's not you. LOL I live in Stamford and ground rods are impossible. I would make one comment... Your connections to your fence should be 2-4 loops around each wire. Great Job!
Yeah we thought better safe than sorry in our neighborhood facebook group they love posting photos of bears in backyards. We haven't ever seen a bear but it will be okay if we never do !
Like a previous commenter, We had to soak our ground with a hose prior to installing our t-posts since we had a very dry summer. This made it a lot easier to drive those t-posts in and would probably help get the ground rod in also.
Really nice explanation, the one thing I can tell from your video that no one talks about is that you make complete loops. Every wire touches all the way around and then you run the power to each “loop”. The fence I’m trying to repair is missing the last connection back to encircle the fence, I’ve read it’s okay to leave it not fully connected in a loop. Because the animal will still complete the circuit to ground. What say RUclipsrs?
i'm not 100% sure, the way that i understand that most fence electrifiers work is that they need a complete circuit, so the current goes out and back in. but i'm no electrician!
I use a jackhammer for grounding rods, I just take off the the chisel and use the rod itself, a three foot ladder will be very helpful and some strong arms, jackhammer is kinda heavy, but still way faster and less exhausting than actually hammering in any other way, unless the ground is soft
Thanks for this. You should use a deep cycle battery, like those made for solar power, instead of a starter battery, like those used for lawn mowers. I got my battery from Harbor Freight
Great tutorial thank you very much very well presented thanks for sharing, with steel pickets or earth rods there is pneumatic post drivers on the market which drive posts in very hard ground with relative ease.
Thanks for the instructions. Did you only install one 6 ft ground rod? I'm confused. I ordered a kit from Lowes, arriving today. It comes with three 3 ft ground rods, 3 ground clamps and 50 ft of uninsulated galvanized ground wire. My instructions on the box the charger came in say use insulated ground wires rated at 20,000V to connect ground rods but the Lowes kit comes with uninsulated ground wire. ????? They are making me crazy. Also the charger says drive in 6 ft ground rods 10 ft apart. I'm only running one hot wire one ft above the ground around 50 ft length to keep the animals in the woods from entering my carport and eating my cat. I watched a different RUclips video about electric fence installation. He only used one 6ft ground rod and only drove it half way in the ground. He has a lot of experience with electric fences and I assume he got good results. He made a barrier around his garden with the electric fence. BTW the ground here has so much rock in it that I would likely spend the remainder of my life trying to drive a 6 ft ground rod all the way in the ground. I ordered a electric fence tester from Amazon so I guess I'll know if my three 3 ft ground rods is enough ground. A plus is the ground here hasn't been dry in 20 years or more.
@@OldReddingFarm did they survive? Mine died during the winter :( I gave up. Coulda bought a heck of a lot of honey for the price of the hives, bees, etc
We had a hard time putting in a ground rod one year. We ended up running water to soak the ground. That made it much easier to pound in the ground rod.
That is actually the best suggestion! Lots of people have suggested better ways of getting it in but I can't imagine any actually working, but water makes perfect sense to give some of the rocks a space to move out of the way.
Depending on the strength of the charger, it might. But most chargers are built to withstand some grass growth. Ours is easy to weed whack around though. Thanks for watching!
Can you use one continuous wire? Like when get the corner run it down and then when you are done with the second run take it down but only cutting it once?
I wish the guys at my job talked to me like this. They just mansplain everything instead of teaching me anything NEW🥺 Idky I’m here but I’m glad I clicked on the recommendation👸
Pour water around the ground rod as you drive it in and it will help soften the dirt as you drive it in! I’ve had to drive many of those as an electrician! No one likes that part of the job lol Also, you can rent a jack hammer that has a tool that fits over the end of the ground rod
Thanks for the great basic, but helpful, video! Questions: how big is your enclosure? How may hives do you plan on keeping in there? What was your approx cost for all materials? Thanks again!
This was about 12*12 ish we kept 3 hives in there but there was space for more. Buying everything new at that time was about $1000 but it's probably more than that now. The description of the video has product links for almost everything we used.
Connecting to the ends would be a more stable connection, and put jumpers up to each run of wire; right now you’re depending on wires twisted around each run that depends on another wire twisted around another run of wire. It would be more stable to connect to the ends and use something more stable for jumpers to each run.
Oh come on now that is cheating using a meter! Grab that sucker and show us it is working is the only way to know if it is! LMBO. Did I see you having that battery on top of a brick? If so ya want to switch that around as you never want a battery sitting on concrete or brick as it will harm the battery over time. Good job done putting this all together. Looking forward to seeing the real human testing happen. Stay safe and have a great weekend!
The best way to get grounding bars in the ground is to get an older baby boomer or gen x who knows what hard work is and have them use their man hands and strong back to ram them in. A mustache also helps.
Concise and informative, thank you. BTW, you have an electric fence, at some point you will get zapped nature of the beast. It is not that bad, a little worse than wearing wool socks and shuffling across carpet then grabbing a door knob. Best of luck with your apiary, little guys need all the help they can get!
each of the wire runs, are you looping them so they complete a full "circle"? Meaning, they aren't just dead ended? I am having trouble figuring out why my fence isn't going live. I see no wires touching metal, and no sticks or anything touching the wires. I've actually got it down to just the very top wire run solo, and I still have no voltage running through. If I just put a little one foot long wire on the box, it has power as just a dead ended wire
Make sure your battery BOX is inside the fence area. A bear can and will open your battery box and pull your connections apart leaving it to get through your fence.
Wow good suggestion ! I hate to think of a bear coming and like, defusing the electric fence like a bomb technician! so tricky. But that would keep it safe.
One question for you, using the 12 volt battery, how long does it last? And do you have to charge it? Or does the controller charge it? I guess that's three questions
Yes you do need to charge it, how long it lasts depends on how long your wires are and how big of a battery you have. Looking back at this video I would have much rather gotten a deep cycle marine battery then the little battery that I got. The controller does not charge it. If you stick with the small battery I would recommend getting two so you can always have one charged up
Recommended joules for bears, which is what I'm looking for is 0.5 joules....😮 I guess the 1.6 should be sufficient 😂. Do I dare test it to see what it feels like?!
Hi there! Thank you so much for this video!! I am transitioning from a solar charger to a battery due to a lack of sun where my charger is. How long do you find your car batteries are lasting you?
Usually about 3-4 days. We bought a spare battery so every few days we lug the charged one out to the bees and plug it in and drag the old one back to the house to charge up. It is not the most convenient set up but it beats having bear eaten bees
great video, im just concerned that the battery sitting on a concrete block will drain faster considering concrete draws, Also, how will you keep the battery charged?
How about tester and battery ? what kind did you buy and where ? As for woman its a bit complicated for me when I tried to understand 9:14 part. Also, how did you install Insulated wire ? Can I use instead of T-Post wood post from my woods to save $ ?
The tester and the battery both came from tractor supply company. They have an electric fence section in their store which had basically everything we needed. Could definately use wood instead of T-post, they make different insulators (the yellow plastic things) that screw into wood instead of clipping to T-post. The Insulated wire needs to be stripped to expose the wire, then wrapped around the posts on the charger, and then you do the same thing to connect the wire to the cut off switch. Let me check the 9:14 part and get right back to you
So if you want to ask any questions or want some help talking you through it maybe message me on IG? Is the shut off switch what is confusing you or stripping the wire? Hit me up on IG I would be happy to try to talk you through any questions you have
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I appreciate that I clicked on a video about setting up an electric fence and didnt have to sit through your breakfast and dog training.
Best electric fence video I could find. Too many either assume you already know certain things, don't explain things, or just ramble on for half an hour and put you to sleep. A crash course is all I needed and this helped to fill in a few gaps as far as what I was missing. Cheers!
Glad it was helpful !
Agreed! Thank you for the helpful and concise info on how to protect our new chickens from bears! Also, hi neighbors! Lol. We live in Ct too!
Learned from an old electrician... drive the ground rod it as far as you can, remove it, fill the hole with water, drive it in again, remove, repeat. Works pretty well in our rock hard clay soil.
We have heard that too (now, not at the time of filming this) and its def. something we will try. I feel like I was just hitting a big rock and not sure water would have helped. rock clay soil sympathy to you from fellow rock and clay soil.
Thabk you so much. I have spent hours in the store, on you tube and rereading the manual and all to no avail. Everything and everyone assumes you know things like wire gauge, how to hook up the hot wires and what it looks like, ext... Finally someone did a video that assumes nothing thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Oh that's so nice!! That was the hope!! Really really glad it was helpful and also really really appreciate the comment.
this is the best video about how to install an electric fence. Thank you very much!
Great job! You actually did it like a "real" person and not a 35 year expert! All the things you said out loud are exactly what so many of us "beginners" think word for word! lol! Definitely subscribing!!
Wow, thank you! So glad it was helpful!!
Good job..looks very good.
Just found this video. By far the best video explaining, that I have found yet! Thank you for taking to the time to film, edit and post. You just saved me a lot of wasted energy talking to people at tractor supply who know nothing. Thanks again
Wow thank you so glad it was helpful to you !!
I’ve been beyond confused trying to figure out how to set up an electric fence. I’m not the sharpest knife lol, but this video made it soooo easy. Thank you good sir.
Oh well thank you so much glad to hear it helped! I had the exact same experience trying to learn to do it so made teaching it right important. or at least as right as I could manage
I am the type of person that has to see something to be able to set it up I can’t read it and do it this has been so confusing for me I hope this video helps
I hope it helps me
@@OldReddingFarmI agree. Thx sir
Of all the vids I’ve watched researching electric fence installation, this has been the best by far!
Oh thank you so much appreciate that!
Love your icon, btw. Is this the new one the artist did for BLM?
@@jenniferbee1500 Hi, the artist did for whom? I’m not familiar with that organization.
@@Compound1963 The creator of The Punisher. This is a Black Lives Matter symbol
You’re right. Other vids seemed to just skim over what I would consider pertinent information. Appreciate your detailed recommendations. Also appreciate you taking the time and effort to make your video.
Glad it was helpful!
My loving spouse is trying to install his very first electric fence without me as I "type". Your video is the only one I feel will be useful to him. Thank you.
That is awesome! Good luck with it !
I've been researching all day as I need to get an electric fence set up ASAP, and you're the first person to mention the cut off switch- great idea! Thanks!
glad it was helpful good luck with your fence!
Great video. You did a very good job at planning and researching the items needed to make your project successful. Kudos to the Mrs. for hanging in there and helping you get it all together. Enjoyed the short burst of music between steps!
Thanks so much!
My husband got the grounding rod in the same way, but he did it after a rain. He got it done in about 10 minutes. Thank you! This is exactly the video I need to see. I'm getting my first bees on Friday. Posts are in the ground, have to finish wiring them. We have the post to hold the solar controller. Just need to hook it all up and get a few more handles, right now I only have one.
That is awesome! Good luck with your bees !!
This is good to learn from-clear, concise and simple to follow. You are an articulator
Thank you kindly
Terrific! Now I understand how electric fence works. Before watching this video, I always feel confused about how the electricity comes through the fence and forms a circuit. Now everything is clear.
Awesome glad you found it helpful !
Thank you sir for the only video that answered my questions and showed me a visual that I understand. Maybe I’m slow as why it too this long for me but thank you
Glad it helped!! Nothing to do with you I had the exact same experience trying to learn that's why I made the video. found people blowing through things I was stuck on.
You clearly are a smart guy man. Great job! Going to purchase my materials this morning for my cows and probably buying more sheep lol..Congrats on the fence and hopefully it has been sufficient! ✌🏾
Good video. I had a hard time finding a good video on this part of the subject.. Just what I needed to know.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you! I've watched a bunch of videos on bear proofing now. Folks are weird, take forever to get to the point and don't really give you a good play by play. I'm getting my first bees tomorrow so I needed to see a good video like this along with the materials list. So helpful!
Glad it helped! Super good luck with your bees!!!
Thanks for the video. Very clear and simple instructions for us beginners. Instead of driving my grounding rod into the ground vertically, im going to lay mine down horizontally and dig a trench to lay it in.
I think a trench is a great idea!
Just make sure it's a very damp area. Very hard to properly ground in shallow dry dirt. Using more than 1 rod may help too or just wet the area pretty often.
Post hole drivers and sledge hammers work great for ground rods but if you live in an area with really dense soil you can also rent large hammerdrills from most retail hardware stores, makes it really easy.
This is exactly how I do it. Large Hammer Drill. Best way for sure. I can put one in the ground in a matter of a couple minutes without all the extreme effort.
@@danmartin4398 Not to be pedantic, but do you guys mean a "rotary hammer" instead of a "hammer drill"?
@@hubbahubbazootzoot Actually, NO. I do mean Hammer Drill. It can be used in either drill fashion or chizzle or both depending on what you are trying to do and what bit you use. In driving the rod I've found this hammer drill to be the fastest and least effor of any method (not using a bit but rather insert the rod into the bit slot)
Very well explained and you are right, most other channels leave out a lot.
I appreciate that!
Thank you for making this!! I couldn't find anything that really explained it well for those of us who have never done anything like this. Very helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
Great video. Especially for someone like myself that knows nothing. Thanks!!
Best video on electric fences I've seen, thanks!
You can drive the rod diagonal to get around rocks or you can also bury the ground rod horizontally in a trench.
Thanks for those tips! both good suggestions
Bro great job,. I've just watched a few tubers,( like more than 10) of how to electric a fence and yip you win as far. Example Explained like a champ. Hope your guys bees are doing great.
Agreed
Awesome video and set. Thank you
Thank you very much this explained a lot,I've been to a bunch of garden centers. I've looked it all the types of electric fences but I haven't bought it because I didn't know exactly what to do. Thank you so much this explained a lot more then I know before this video and everything I've looked at I have a better idea on how to set it up and not buying more than I need or less than I need!!! I think tomorrow I will go by what I need!!!! Thank you!!!!!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you so much ! Good luck with your fence if there are any other ways I could help message me on Instagram @oldreddingfarm and I will do my best!
The ground rod pounding was hilarious 😂 GREAT VIDEO THANK YOU for the information and the comedy
Glad you enjoyed it
great informative video. i had to sort through so many that did not teach me anything. thank you!
Great explanation in lay terms (which I need), and there was no time wasted in the video. Very concise. I use my legs more with the post-driver so I can drop most of my body weight onto it and use less arm muscle 😉 great video!
If you're about to sink a grounding rod the comment I got over and over which I believe would have helped would be to pour some water into the ground where you're stuck to help move whatever rock you're stuck on out of the way. I wish I had known that before.
Great update on fence and bees.
Thank you !!
Thank you from Australia! Like a lot of other comments and like you said in your video a lot of prior knowledge is assumed on a lot of info resources! I feel much more confident about doing my electrical fencing now :)
Glad it was helpful! Hoping that anything you are trying to keep safe is safe and happy with their fence!
I have a old jackhammer bit I welded pc on tube steel about 12” long , turn on jack and drive it down but u need to be able to support when hi up
This is clear and simple to follow. I will try to do something like it as am having similar problems
Good luck with both your bees and your fence
I would say that your cut off switch should be turned around with the top of switch above fence post. This way if you needed to disarm the fence it would be easier to reach and pull down then after pulling down there wouldn't be a chance that it could become accidentally charged. For instance after years of use the switch became loose. With the switch being in reverse position once it is disarmed it will stay disarmed until it is armed.
Yes we got that suggestion and flipped it around! Its a good suggestion something we didn't think of as first time electric fence installers.
@@OldReddingFarm I wanted to say I appreciate the video. I looked through some of the recent comments and didn't see that comment. Thanks!
It's also a standard. Power up/switch up Power down/switch down.
Best explanation, by far. Well done. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome tutorial...thanks for explaining in layman's terms...learned alot
Glad it was helpful!
Water the ground where you want to put the ground rod. It will go into the ground easier.
NEW SUB HERE! Many ppl over look the importance of grounding the fence line. Good video cheers 🍻 from Prairie Sunset Ranch!!
Thank you!!
Looks very good! I need to set up one of these for my goats! Keep them out of the garden!
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Happy Friday guys!
Thank you ! You too !!
Hello
I'm looking to rent a small piece of property soon
Do you know anyone in A derson that wants to rent?
Great job and explanation. You can rent at any big box or equip rental place a pneumatic driver with an attachment to drive rods for +/- $100 day. Easy peasy...
Great idea. If we ever need to put in another one we have gotten lots of helpful suggestions of how to make it easier
Great job. Looks like your ready for your bees. I need to get my bees started again. Have a great day and weekend!/ Jim
Thanks, you too!
You live in CT, there is rock an ledge everywhere! It's not you. LOL I live in Stamford and ground rods are impossible. I would make one comment... Your connections to your fence should be 2-4 loops around each wire. Great Job!
Here in Torrington. Need to keep the bears away
Great how to vid bud ! Thanks for sharing
You bet!
Looks like you know a lot about gauges. Thanks for the info.
Good video. This was helpful. I need to install a energizer soon.
Yeah we thought better safe than sorry in our neighborhood facebook group they love posting photos of bears in backyards. We haven't ever seen a bear but it will be okay if we never do !
Like a previous commenter, We had to soak our ground with a hose prior to installing our t-posts since we had a very dry summer. This made it a lot easier to drive those t-posts in and would probably help get the ground rod in also.
Yes that was a comment many people left I hope that anyone who watches this video gets to try that rather than struggling like we did 🤠
Really nice explanation, the one thing I can tell from your video that no one talks about is that you make complete loops. Every wire touches all the way around and then you run the power to each “loop”. The fence I’m trying to repair is missing the last connection back to encircle the fence, I’ve read it’s okay to leave it not fully connected in a loop. Because the animal will still complete the circuit to ground. What say RUclipsrs?
i'm not 100% sure, the way that i understand that most fence electrifiers work is that they need a complete circuit, so the current goes out and back in. but i'm no electrician!
I use a jackhammer for grounding rods, I just take off the the chisel and use the rod itself, a three foot ladder will be very helpful and some strong arms, jackhammer is kinda heavy, but still way faster and less exhausting than actually hammering in any other way, unless the ground is soft
Yah they make something like that thats for T posts it would have done the job for sure.
Thanks for this. You should use a deep cycle battery, like those made for solar power, instead of a starter battery, like those used for lawn mowers. I got my battery from Harbor Freight
Yeah they would probably last a lot longer but the price we didn't want to get into right off the bat.
Great tutorial thank you very much very well presented thanks for sharing, with steel pickets or earth rods there is pneumatic post drivers on the market which drive posts in very hard ground with relative ease.
Great video on beginner electric ⚡️ fence setup!
Glad you liked it!
Awesome! Love the video. Only driving the ground rod looks intimidating
There were a lot of helpful tips in the comments of people who live in equally rocky and crappy suggestions of how to do it better.
Thanks for the instructions. Did you only install one 6 ft ground rod? I'm confused. I ordered a kit from Lowes, arriving today. It comes with three 3 ft ground rods, 3 ground clamps and 50 ft of uninsulated galvanized ground wire.
My instructions on the box the charger came in say use insulated ground wires rated at 20,000V to connect ground rods but the Lowes kit comes with uninsulated ground wire. ????? They are making me crazy. Also the charger says drive in 6 ft ground rods 10 ft apart. I'm only running one hot wire one ft above the ground around 50 ft length to keep the animals in the woods from entering my carport and eating my cat.
I watched a different RUclips video about electric fence installation. He only used one 6ft ground rod and only drove it half way in the ground. He has a lot of experience with electric fences and I assume he got good results. He made a barrier around his garden with the electric fence.
BTW the ground here has so much rock in it that I would likely spend the remainder of my life trying to drive a 6 ft ground rod all the way in the ground. I ordered a electric fence tester from Amazon so I guess I'll know if my three 3 ft ground rods is enough ground. A plus is the ground here hasn't been dry in 20 years or more.
Great way to keep your bees safe!😊
We want to do all we can to protect them!
@@OldReddingFarm did they survive? Mine died during the winter :( I gave up. Coulda bought a heck of a lot of honey for the price of the hives, bees, etc
That fence looks great! I’m not a great builder of things.... I do it anyway though 😂
I'm sure you're great give yourself proper credit!! And the more you build the better you will be !
We had a hard time putting in a ground rod one year. We ended up running water to soak the ground. That made it much easier to pound in the ground rod.
That is actually the best suggestion! Lots of people have suggested better ways of getting it in but I can't imagine any actually working, but water makes perfect sense to give some of the rocks a space to move out of the way.
Wow thank you for your demonstration 😊
No problem 👍
Nice tutorial, very well organized and easy to follow. If grass and weeds grow up and touch the wire, will that cause the system to short out?
Depending on the strength of the charger, it might. But most chargers are built to withstand some grass growth. Ours is easy to weed whack around though. Thanks for watching!
It's going to happen sooner or later, might as well get it over with and give us the content we need 😄
Lol do you mean the actual bees? Tomorrow!
@@OldReddingFarm the getting shocked part 😄
@@Citystead OOOOOOH. maybe next week!
Ha!
The grounding rod. LOL LOL LOL OLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Haha glad you enjoyed it. True story. 😂
Can you use one continuous wire? Like when get the corner run it down and then when you are done with the second run take it down but only cutting it once?
I wish the guys at my job talked to me like this. They just mansplain everything instead of teaching me anything NEW🥺 Idky I’m here but I’m glad I clicked on the recommendation👸
ugh man splaining. sorry you have to deal with that.
Pour water in the hole and swirl the rod in a circular motion. Then pound it again.
interesting! If we ever have to pound another grounding rod into the ground we will keep this in mind for sure.
Thank you for sharing bro.
No problem hope it was helpful !
Pour water around the ground rod as you drive it in and it will help soften the dirt as you drive it in! I’ve had to drive many of those as an electrician! No one likes that part of the job lol
Also, you can rent a jack hammer that has a tool that fits over the end of the ground rod
Thanks for the great basic, but helpful, video! Questions: how big is your enclosure? How may hives do you plan on keeping in there? What was your approx cost for all materials? Thanks again!
This was about 12*12 ish we kept 3 hives in there but there was space for more. Buying everything new at that time was about $1000 but it's probably more than that now. The description of the video has product links for almost everything we used.
Connecting to the ends would be a more stable connection, and put jumpers up to each run of wire; right now you’re depending on wires twisted around each run that depends on another wire twisted around another run of wire. It would be more stable to connect to the ends and use something more stable for jumpers to each run.
Good Job I learned a lot. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Oh come on now that is cheating using a meter! Grab that sucker and show us it is working is the only way to know if it is! LMBO. Did I see you having that battery on top of a brick? If so ya want to switch that around as you never want a battery sitting on concrete or brick as it will harm the battery over time. Good job done putting this all together. Looking forward to seeing the real human testing happen. Stay safe and have a great weekend!
Interesting, thanks for the tip I'll switch that around. Thanks!
Hugely helpful, thank you
Do the fence wires have to make a complete circle?
Or can the ends of the fence wires just dead end?
It needs to be a complete circle
@@OldReddingFarm Thanks, that's the thing I wasn't getting from any video I found
The best way to get grounding bars in the ground is to get an older baby boomer or gen x who knows what hard work is and have them use their man hands and strong back to ram them in. A mustache also helps.
Thanks for the tips!!!
No problem thank you for watching !
I got a quote for an electric Fence install. Even the price had me Shocked!
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LOL Shocking prices are never a good thing!
Thank you much. Great explanation for beginners.
Concise and informative, thank you. BTW, you have an electric fence, at some point you will get zapped nature of the beast. It is not that bad, a little worse than wearing wool socks and shuffling across carpet then grabbing a door knob. Best of luck with your apiary, little guys need all the help they can get!
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Can iinstall ground stick about 100m from the fence? Tnx
I just got all the parts and will be trying to start the installation tomorrow. It is to protect my chickens.
does the wire on the Tpost have to circle back? I dont think it does but wanted to make sure how it ends
Thanks for the detailed video. Has it worked to keep bears out? Has it kept Raccoons out?
How long does the battery last? Do you just bring in back inside for charging or did you install solar charger?
Get an SDS Max hammer drill a ground rod driving bit, easy
Pounding the ground rod into the ground can also be done with a hammer drill. utility companies use them frequently.
each of the wire runs, are you looping them so they complete a full "circle"? Meaning, they aren't just dead ended? I am having trouble figuring out why my fence isn't going live. I see no wires touching metal, and no sticks or anything touching the wires. I've actually got it down to just the very top wire run solo, and I still have no voltage running through. If I just put a little one foot long wire on the box, it has power as just a dead ended wire
Cookie sure loves carrots 😊…. Grass looks great👍
Make sure your battery BOX is inside the fence area. A bear can and will open your battery box and pull your connections apart leaving it to get through your fence.
Wow good suggestion ! I hate to think of a bear coming and like, defusing the electric fence like a bomb technician! so tricky. But that would keep it safe.
One question for you, using the 12 volt battery, how long does it last? And do you have to charge it? Or does the controller charge it? I guess that's three questions
Yes you do need to charge it, how long it lasts depends on how long your wires are and how big of a battery you have. Looking back at this video I would have much rather gotten a deep cycle marine battery then the little battery that I got. The controller does not charge it. If you stick with the small battery I would recommend getting two so you can always have one charged up
Use a jackhammer on top of the grounding rod works great
Recommended joules for bears, which is what I'm looking for is 0.5 joules....😮 I guess the 1.6 should be sufficient 😂. Do I dare test it to see what it feels like?!
Hi there! Thank you so much for this video!! I am transitioning from a solar charger to a battery due to a lack of sun where my charger is. How long do you find your car batteries are lasting you?
Usually about 3-4 days. We bought a spare battery so every few days we lug the charged one out to the bees and plug it in and drag the old one back to the house to charge up. It is not the most convenient set up but it beats having bear eaten bees
Very detailed.....awesome
Glad it was helpful!
The grounding rod cracked me up...I hope it's not that difficult when we go to do ours!
Yeah, looks like they cut it off rather than pounding all the way in.
How long does that battery hold the charge? Do you need to recharge it often? Thanks!
great video, im just concerned that the battery sitting on a concrete block will drain faster considering concrete draws, Also, how will you keep the battery charged?
How about tester and battery ? what kind did you buy and where ? As for woman its a bit complicated for me when I tried to understand 9:14 part. Also, how did you install Insulated wire ? Can I use instead of T-Post wood post from my woods to save $ ?
The tester and the battery both came from tractor supply company. They have an electric fence section in their store which had basically everything we needed. Could definately use wood instead of T-post, they make different insulators (the yellow plastic things) that screw into wood instead of clipping to T-post. The Insulated wire needs to be stripped to expose the wire, then wrapped around the posts on the charger, and then you do the same thing to connect the wire to the cut off switch. Let me check the 9:14 part and get right back to you
So if you want to ask any questions or want some help talking you through it maybe message me on IG? Is the shut off switch what is confusing you or stripping the wire? Hit me up on IG I would be happy to try to talk you through any questions you have
Very Good!!!
Thank you !