Electric Fence Making Noise After Rain

Water has a reaction with electric fences that causes arcing.

Electric fence making noise after rain.

Make note of which fence sections generate and do not generate noise. This type of interference produces a characteristic. This type of noise is generally unaffected by moisture although it can get get either louder or quieter in rain. Please be aware of the problems that can be caused by electric fences and think of your neighbours.

Just don t whiz on the electric fence if you re gonna explode you can use the commode of igloos cave dwellings or tents no need to explain when you gotta drain just don t whiz on the electric. This type of problem generally makes a severe raspy strong noise over all bands. Why does rain cause electric fence faults. The fencing is still working but i have had the neighbour next to the paddock commenting about it.

Fortunately this is not a typical case. The arcing from the electric fence to a particular object near or on the fence causes that well known tick tick sound. If it is arcing from something being ungrounded noise will generally go away in the rain. Almost all radio noise generated by electric fences is caused by a spark or arcing of the electrical current across fence hardware.

They may be affected even when you have no problems yourself. Also could be a small weed touching it. If there are multiple sections connect one section at a time and turn on the charger. It s a battery run one and is well earthed.

Remove power to the charger and reconnect the fence wire. A solid fence reduces more noise than a fence with openings or gaps because like air some sound still sneaks through it the thicker the fence the more sound it keeps out. Fence wire appears to radiate noise you may need to replace the fence charger. It doesn t do it constantly and is definitely coming from the energiser.

Telecom will do its best to locate the source of problems caused by electric fences but we need your co operation in making any improvements. Its about three years old and has had nothing changed.