Electric Fencing For Cattle And Dairy Cows

Clear areas of bushes, grasses, dead ends and trees. This will minimize the risk of short-circuiting the fence, thereby greatly reducing the charge.

You will need to install the more permanent posts firstly (i.e., wood, steel or concrete post).

Pound in the permanent posts spaced 5m-10m apart, put in at almost exactly 20-30cm deep. It is best to make a mark on the base of each post to get a more uniform set of posts being installed.

Because you need to keep the electricity in the wires and away from the posts,electric fence insulators are important to install. It'll depend on the type of fence wire you purchase.

Because different types of fence wire will have different insulators to match .

Each post through the fire line, need to be installed with one insulator.

Depending on how many strands you wish to have for your electric fence, it is usually best to start from the top down.

The top electric fence wire should be at nose-level with your cows (which is around 32 to 36 inches off the ground).

The fire wire is connected by connecting buckle/opening bolts at intervals of 30m to make the pulse voltage more uniform and allow the electric fence to function better.

To ensure that all permanent electric fence have effective animal control to the every end of the fence.

Transfer power under the gate from one side to the other with an underground cable. Permanent and temporary gates should be wired identically.

An efficient electric fence energizer is the foundation of the basic power supply to your electric fence. The output power of an energizer is specified in joules.

An electric fence is a circuit in which current flows. The current which travels through the wire, the animals and through the ground cover into the soil, needs to flow back to the electric fence energizer by the way of earth stakes.

For permanently installed mains and electric fence energizer, 3 earth stakes of 1-2m in length are generally sufficient.