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Planning Guides > Product Selection Guide > Ground Rods Guide
8. Electric Fence Ground Rods Guide 
Most of the information needed to plan an effective grounding system is presented on the catalog's Electric Fence Ground Rods page. Here are some additional points: The Need for a Well-Grounded System All the electric fence chargers that we offer are designed to work with electric fence ground rods and require them. Indeed, grounding problems are reputed to be the most common cause of electric fence failure. For this reason, it is worth focusing attention on this matter and ensuring that your electric fence system is well-grounded. Completing the Circuit The circuit to be completed is from the electric fence charger's output terminal, through the electric fence conductor, and from there (through a target animal, the moisture in the ground, and the electric fence's ground rod or ground wire) back to the "ground" terminal on the electric fence charger. For this system to work, it is essential that the circuit NOT be completed until the target animal touches the charged conductor on the electric fence. Therefore, it is necessary that the electric fence charger's "ground" terminal not be connected up to the charged electric fence conductor or any wire attached to that conductor. This "ground" terminal must ONLY be connected to an electric fence ground rod and/or ground wire that is NOT connected to any charged element. |