> Rick W wrote:You should either use insulated wire or use standoffs to
insure that the
> "ground" wire from the fencer (energizer) does not have any
opportunity
> to touch anything other than the first ground rod as it leaves the
> ground terminal. This can help to reduce any chance of stray voltage.
&
> Altfrid K wrote: If the system is buried, why use insulated grounding
wire and not plain 12
> >gauge high tensile?
Hi Folks!
Background: I had a "fencer" (more muscle than brains) help me in
January
with some fencing work. I ended up having to correct his many mistakes.
However, I had to get other work done the last day, so he and his employees
were on their own.
Unfortunately, they had taken off, before I noticed another major
mistake-----no placement of the neutral wire under the gate openings, when
burying the leadout (hot) wires underground. Therefore, there's no
continuous ground on my 3 wire system back to the energizer, nor my ground
rods out in the field (about every 1500 feet) alongside the fence---2 hots
and 1 ground/neutral wire.
QUESTION: In the past, I've always placed the 12 gauge ground wire and the
12 gauge leadout wire in black poly under the gated area. IS IT NECESSARY
TO ENCASE THOSE WIRES WITH PVC PIPE, OR CAN I LAY BOTH OF THEM SIDE-BY-SIDE
IN THE GROUND?
Thanks!
Tom Wrchota
