Blog — Copper
Preparing an ElectroBraid Fence for Winter
The continued safety of your horses depends on an ElectroBraid electric fence that works properly. Routine fence checks are important year-round, but are especially important when preparing for cold, wintery weather. When the temperatures plummet, it’s not only uncomfortable to carry out fence maintenance chores, accumulating ice and snow may make viewing and accessing fencing components difficult, or close to impossible. Below is a list of checks to complete to prepare your electric fence for winter. Visual inspection of your ElectroBraid fence: In autumn and early winter, walk or travel the perimeter of your electric fence and be on the...
Importance of Grounding
The most important part of setting up your ElectroBraid Fence is installing a proper ground system. Through the years, we’ve found that nearly 90% of all problems in an electric fence are the result of poorly or improperly installed grounds. With that in mind, we want to offer you this quick guide to grounding your electric fencing for horses. If it isn't grounded, it won't shock! So, how does a grounded fence work? When an animal touches the electrically charged fence wire, the animal feels the electric current as the charge passes through the body. The charge then completes the circuit...
How to Run Your Lines
The ElectroBraid high-voltage insulated copper lead out wire is heavily insulated, with a solid copper conductor for the core, and is rated at 15kv. It serves as the connection that completes the electrical circuit, bringing power from your energizer/charger to the ground rods, then to your ElectroBraid fence, between strands of braid and back to the negative grounded strand on your fence. The ElecroBraid copper lead out wire is designed to be unrolled smoothly from a spool that spins freely—either suspended between your hands or from a vehicle. DO NOT take lead out wire off a stationary roll...
How to Use Copper Split Bolts
How many copper split bolt connectors do I need?Use copper split bolt connectors to start or terminate a strand of ElectroBraid, to splice two strands together, or for electrical connections. Count the number of end posts, and multiply by the number of strands used in your fence = ____. Count the number of fence lines that exceed 1000 feet (the length of braid included in each reel of ElectroBraid) and multiply by the number of strands used in your fence = _____. For each additional electrical connection (examples: connecting copper lead-out wire from your charger/energizer to your ElectroBraid fence*, connecting...