#ranchlife Different types of electric fences for cattle Replacing battery on solar charger solar powered fence charger high tensile wire, poly tape, and low tension wire various insulators installing ground rod
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@jesseruss99873 жыл бұрын
Thank you for putting in the time to make this video, God bless you.
@LewisRenovation3 жыл бұрын
Very nice comment. Thank you
@jamescano74934 жыл бұрын
Lot's a great info Joseph, thanks!
@LewisRenovation4 жыл бұрын
Your welcome. Good luck!
@martyvanord9843 жыл бұрын
This is the best video that I have seen and I have watched about 30. Good insulator over view. Great advice on both what did and did not work for you. Direct and to the point which makes it brief and to the point. Covered grounded and ungrounded fence and various possible connections and materials. THANKS
@LewisRenovation3 жыл бұрын
Very nice comment. Thank you!
@timsawyer74434 жыл бұрын
Very useful and helpful, without so much "yack, yack, yack" like in many other vids. Thanks for posting this!
@LewisRenovation4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I try not to yack yack too much :)
@garry56362 жыл бұрын
I've seen an awful lot of instructional youtube videos and NONE of been BETTER than this one. I knew hardly anything about electric fences before viewing this video but now I'm confident I can install one (or more). BTW, I, too, appreciate the Made in America charger and will get one now that I know at least one company makes them here. Thanks for an excellent video!
@LewisRenovation2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the high praise. Hopefully your fences turn out well. Do you have a lot of fences to build?
@thebackyardjoeshow64353 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info!
@psoren4233 жыл бұрын
Great video, loved seeing your farm.
@LewisRenovation3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@houndsmanone45633 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video, Lewis. I'm about to install and setup my 1st electric fence on this part of the land. Have a great Independence Day. God bless America.
@LewisRenovation3 жыл бұрын
Happy 4th to you as well!!
@AskRemy9 ай бұрын
me too
@AskRemy9 ай бұрын
straight to the point
@LewisRenovation9 ай бұрын
Thank you
@papiparsons90453 жыл бұрын
Many thanks!
@JohnSmith-uv4ox2 жыл бұрын
This has been helpful, thank you.
@LewisRenovation2 жыл бұрын
Your welcome. Are you starting a barbed wire fence project?
@sunfighterman3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! This answered some questions.
@LewisRenovation3 жыл бұрын
Happy you found it helpful
@HoneyHollowHomestead4 жыл бұрын
DEFINITELY prefer the screw on to the clip on!! When I first put my electric fence up all I could find were the clip on ones. I can't tell you how many times I had to go out in the cold and sometimes dark to fix fence because those clip on trash would break! Not to mention how many I broke in the cold just trying to replace them! They are a total waste of money. I have also had a lot of nail on kind break on me. I had lots of trouble with deer running through my fence. I had mostly bare wire to begin with. Even though I flagged the wire, they still ran through it. Tried a yellow/black twisted poly, nope, they still ran through it. I seemed to have better luck with the white tape. So this year I am completely redoing my fence with white tape on the top and white twisted poly on subsequent strands. I am hoping the deer will jump it rather than run through it.
@LewisRenovation4 жыл бұрын
Good luck with the deer. They're probably the biggest negative for electric fence.
@HoneyHollowHomestead4 жыл бұрын
@@LewisRenovation I hear that. If nothing else, they taste good. 😉
@AskRemy9 ай бұрын
i would have not thought about this and the people at the store have no clue - now i know which insulators to buy -
@lonewolf563084 жыл бұрын
You got a decent set of arms. I'm retired now but came from a family that tossed bales onto the wagon with a pitchfork. We were always trying to knock the guy off the top of the wagon! lol.
@LewisRenovation4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! We still do square bales but usually no pitch forks :) hope you're enjoying retirement.
@louismartin85934 жыл бұрын
And you too my friend very good day
@anderscurtis2626 Жыл бұрын
Only helpful video I’ve found thanks!
@LewisRenovation Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@justabuddy3822 жыл бұрын
Thank You 💚
@LewisRenovation2 жыл бұрын
Your welcome. Are you working on some fencing?
@natenoneofyourbusiness36232 жыл бұрын
great video
@LewisRenovation2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@ak123uk3 жыл бұрын
thank you
@LewisRenovation3 жыл бұрын
Yez sir... your welcome
@mattsalassalas38832 жыл бұрын
Thx!
@LewisRenovation2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome
@MsGroovalicious2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@LewisRenovation2 жыл бұрын
Your welcome. Are you working on an electric fence project?
@casperlokz83482 жыл бұрын
I don’t need an electric fence but now I want one lol
@LewisRenovation2 жыл бұрын
Lol, loads of fun
@jerbear79524 жыл бұрын
It’s amazing how your dog has evolved such specific camouflage to blend in exactly with your garage floor. That thing is a tripping hazard :)
@LewisRenovation4 жыл бұрын
Lol, that's funny.
@AskRemy9 ай бұрын
lol
@geraldlawrence46236 ай бұрын
Doing a garden fence and this was very helpful. I do have one question on how do you do corners when using t posts?
@LewisRenovation6 ай бұрын
You pretty much have to put a wood or pipe post in the corners
@cesarguerra86653 жыл бұрын
Thank you for explaining the different types and proper ground, I literally on the fence "pun intended" on whether to use solar or hard wired power, I have 10 acres I will be using for a couple horses and a few goats and was looking for what would apply best. Seeing your cattle lets me know that your fence has to be good. You explained the ground very well as I am new to this and didn't quite understand how it worked. Only question I have is your grounding rod was what 6' at least, is that a necessary length? and can I use a rebar pole for a grounding rod? Thank you in advance.
@LewisRenovation3 жыл бұрын
A good ground is real important with an electric fence. I recommend an actual grounding rod. At least something that doesn't rust because iron oxide is an insulator.
@Screwloose103 жыл бұрын
Ay you can use the rotory option in battery powered drills to drive ground rods.........
@LewisRenovation3 жыл бұрын
Good idea
@mbennard43 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this. Very good information. Can you tell me what you used to connect the hot wire to main fence? Is that a clamp? Looked as if you used a crescent wrench to tighten it. Do you mind to send a link to it? Thanks again. Great video.
@LewisRenovation3 жыл бұрын
I think you might be asking about this www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/american-farmworks-galvanized-electric-fence-line-clamp-pack-of-3-1213240?store=2387&cm_mmc=feed-_-GoogleShopping-_-Product-_-1213240&gclid=CjwKCAiAxp-ABhALEiwAXm6IyYQspftWnApkMJeuFz5NQo304b2W-b2wB0YKZ6rQVz36LXZ05I5ocBoC5mkQAvD_BwE
@jesusmoreno7603 жыл бұрын
Great video! Great idea on the middle wire as a ground, the instructions of the solar pack say to install a grounding rod every 10’...$$$$! Because you do the middle wire as a ground how often do you put a ground rod? Also what brand of solar pack dc system do you recommend? Thanks again for the great content!
@LewisRenovation3 жыл бұрын
I just put in one ground rod. At least for cows, I've seen fences be off for weeks and the cows still avoid it. We have x4 Parmak chargers, besides changing $30 batteries, they have lasted several decades
@cimanyd2 жыл бұрын
@@LewisRenovation If you're going to have the middle wire as ground use clips to the t-post. That way each t-post becomes a grounding rod.
@nathantorrey97312 жыл бұрын
What post spacing would you recommend when using metal t posts and high tensile wire as a perimeter fence?
@LewisRenovation2 жыл бұрын
You could easily get away with 50' spacing. Probably even more if you wanted
@curtholter93644 жыл бұрын
I like the insulators that are not the screw on ones. but I'm in a heavily treed area and when a tree falls on my hi-tensile fence it pops the insulators off without bending my t-posts up
@LewisRenovation4 жыл бұрын
I can see where the clip on type would be preferable in your case. Thanks for commenting.
@dontblameme63283 жыл бұрын
You didn't show us the hands on testing procedure! Great video!
@LewisRenovation3 жыл бұрын
I try to minimize the hands on testing a much as I can :)
@Thecowboy19503 жыл бұрын
Properly installed electric fences super good just don’t let my neighbor put one up he doesn’t know how to do it cows are always getting out
@LewisRenovation3 жыл бұрын
I have a similar neighbor with goats that keep crossing over
@kipdodd98512 жыл бұрын
Dudes forearms... stout!
@LewisRenovation2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Wife makes me eat spinach
@LMarkFinch3 жыл бұрын
Possibly dumb question, but does the fence wire need to make a complete loop, or does the ground make it possible to run it one way?
@LewisRenovation3 жыл бұрын
Not necessary to be a complete loop. Electricity travels through the cow and into the ground. But grounding the charger is really important to make it work.
@bradybell61293 жыл бұрын
If you have trouble squeezing those connectors, maybe I am not as weak as I thought. :=)
@stanrix3 жыл бұрын
Do you find that the cows actually do touch the hot wire and the ground wire at the same time? I have one steer that always tests the fence, but he just gently uses the tip of his nose.
@LewisRenovation3 жыл бұрын
They touch them both if they try to push through.
@stanrix3 жыл бұрын
@@LewisRenovation ouch. Well that’s good.
@jimmyf.x.95263 жыл бұрын
I always wondered, does the cow need to stand on the ground to completethecircuit? if the cow is smart enough to drag a piece of dry wood to stand on, and not touch middle wire, can it cross over?
@LewisRenovation3 жыл бұрын
As long as all four hooves are on the board, your exceptional cow can escape
@jimmyf.x.95263 жыл бұрын
@@LewisRenovation hahahah. thanks 😊 bud!
@amazing76332 жыл бұрын
Smart cows know how to push some other cow through the fence, breaking the fence. Breed your cattle for meat or for milk (or if show cattle, for beauty), but not for smarts. We knew a dairyman who had a smart cow and broken fences.
@primozkumar39097 ай бұрын
Hi!❤ can i install ground stick about 100m from the fence? Tnx
@LewisRenovation7 ай бұрын
Maybe, but I’m not completely sure. Doesn’t hurt to try though
@bobknapp14043 жыл бұрын
How do you fix the fence when it has been broken down. Deer running through it and snapping the wire.?
@LewisRenovation3 жыл бұрын
Your probably using smaller diameter low strength. Find some high tensile wire and the deer can't break it. www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/high-tensile-smooth-wire-200-000-psi-4-000-ft?cm_mmc=SEM-_-Google-_-DMTDynamicCompStores-_-AllSiteTSCCompExtAd&gclid=Cj0KCQiA-rj9BRCAARIsANB_4AD9mQsNFl1D6Esn4KlCkNeXIyhe_6LstqVqt_KO5HVRzMAPPkbVrJcaAjkWEALw_wcB
@laurenshea10443 жыл бұрын
does the tall grass short it?
@LewisRenovation3 жыл бұрын
If you turn it on for the first time with tall grass it can cause problems. If the grass grows up to the fence, it just zaps it back.
@mikeables1693 Жыл бұрын
I’m confused on hue you did the middle wire for a ground can you help me
@LewisRenovation Жыл бұрын
The middle wire is connected to the ground on the charger. So if a cow touches a hot wire and the middle wire at the same time, the fence will shock the cow between the two wires
@40acrefarms903 жыл бұрын
How far do the t post need to be apart
@LewisRenovation3 жыл бұрын
For high tensile, around 50 feet. For the poly tape, probably 30
@Pachyderms602 жыл бұрын
Does the electricity shocks the cows from getting out?🤨🤨🐄🐄
@LewisRenovation2 жыл бұрын
It's a very uncomfortable feeling touching the fence. Cows will touch it once and stay away from them on.
@mark386992 жыл бұрын
If someone tries to cut a live electric fence with bolt cutters will they get shocked?
@LewisRenovation2 жыл бұрын
Unless they jump up in the air while they are cutting it, yes, they'll get shocked.
@mark386992 жыл бұрын
@@LewisRenovation ok I'm asking because I'm thinking about inventing something. In order for it to work though thieves would get shocked trying to cut it.
@somnathsanyal48993 жыл бұрын
, will u guide me where to purchase?
@LewisRenovation3 жыл бұрын
Where do you live?
@rkots29624 жыл бұрын
Brother Lewis, I still don't own a tiny piece of land on my name, but I'm my burning desire to be like an American farmer drives me write to you.. Can you guide or spoon feed me?
@LewisRenovation4 жыл бұрын
Hopefully you get a piece of land someday. Take care.
@tobiadisa20502 жыл бұрын
Lol. You should get a piece of land first...rented, leased, owned, borrowed or however.
@kimcoweld278 Жыл бұрын
Did not show how to connect charge wire to fence electric wire.
@LewisRenovation Жыл бұрын
It’s the same type of connection as the ground wire, just to the positive terminal on the charger