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Alleyyooper:
Do I really need three 8 foot  ground rods 10 feet apart in read clay for my electric fence?

I picked up the guide at TSC put out by Zareba. Back when I was a kid on the farm I sure don't remember having more than one ground rod and I don't even remember it being over 4 feet long and we ran a lot more fence around the 160 than I am around my part of 3 acres I want fenced.

My charger is rated for 60 acres and 15 miles.

 ;D   Al

pistolpete:
I did some research on this a while back.  The level of grounding required has a lot to do with how dry the ground is.  Moist soils ground the animal itself quite well, but with dry soils the conductivity is very low and you need a lot of grounding.   I also read that several ground rods spaced evenly around the perimeter the fence work better than all rods in one location.   I would not be taking chances, for bears you want the strongest punch possible.

lazy shooter:
Grounding has become more extensive in the oil patch.  We ground everything that has, or can have an electric motor attached to it.  Over the past decade the ground rods have become larger in diameter and longer.  Typically, we use 17 to 20 ground rods a drilling rig.  It's also one of those err on the long side things, as too little grounding is worthless, but there is no such thing as too much grounding.  The lawyers require us to do more.  If we don't ground deep enough we may kill someone, but no one will be hurt if the ground rods are too deep. 

I suspect this same philosophy has spread to the electric fence suppliers.

riverbee:
what pete said, and like he said, don't take chances when it comes to fencing for bears.
i have 4, they are not 10 feet apart, but they are 8 or 10 ft down. all in the same area, where the rain runs and collects. 

what are you keeping in or out al?  what fencer are you using?

when it comes to bears what the fence is rated for on acres and miles means nothing. you want to be looking at joules and voltage, the more the better.
mine runs about 13,000 volts.  i hit that fence about a month ago.....yep, she works  :D

Alleyyooper:
First time in 29 years I am having deer trouble in our gardens. My charger is a patriot branded unit.

:D  Al

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