Earthing Your Electric Fence in 2022

Many farmers are needlessly reducing the effectiveness of their electric fences by failing to Earth them adequately. Almost 75% of poor results are directly due to Faulty Earthing Systems.

Common causes of poor results are:

• Insufficient earth rods / bars.

• Badly jointed wires.

• Poor connections to earth rods.

• Earth rods are too close together.

• Earth rods not long enough.

A proper earth system would be would be the required amount of galvanised earth rods driven to full depth in a damp place, spaced at least three meters apart and bonded together securely. To prevent corrosion use steel wire - copper and steal leads to corrosion.

Earth rods should be spaced at least 3 meters apart!

Below is earth rod requirements for all Cheetah energisers.

Mains:

• M15 = 1 x 1M Earth Rod

• E2 = 2 x 1M Earth Rod

• Super = 3 x 1M Earth Rod

• M60 = 4 x 1M Earth Rod

• G303 = 6 x 1M Earth Rod

Strip Grazer:

• Cub = 1 x 300mm Earth Bar

• Solar Cub = 1 x 300mm Earth Bar

• B40 = 1 x 300mm Earth Bar

12V Battery:

• HV-12 = 1 x 1M Earth Rod

• B1-11 = 1 x 1M Earth Rod

Dual Power:

• Dual = 1 x 1M Earth Rod

To summarize earthing is critical, select a damp area for earth rods. Pay attention to safety requirements and Install earth rods at least 3 meters apart.

Below is a how to guide to installing an earthing system.