I believe it is best to use cable with 2.5 mm or thicker galvanised wire for
all wires under narrow gateways to stop them rusting.
On 15/5/06 4:17 AM, "Thomas & Susan Wrchota"
<wrchota@athenet.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>> 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
>
>
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Best wishes,
Vaughan Jones
Hamilton
New Zealand
