What are the common causes for shorts in an electric fence?

Question

We are running 2 hot wires through insulated off-set brackets on a fence with total length of 1.2km using a 2km solar energiser. We have 3 earth stakes in the ground and attached back to the energiser. The fence is only charging to 3.8-4kv consistant through the length of the fence. There is no undergrowth touching hot wires or cracked insulators. Any thoughts ???

Answer 1

When the shorts fly off the clothes line and hits the electric fence during a T-storm or Tornado.

Answer 2

Not sure on solar. Check directions and make sure solar isn't positive ground maybe? Maybe a bad ground? Dirty ground connector? Just some suggestions

Answer 3

somewhere there is a ground going on.......check the kv with the wire unhooked at the unit and see what u have there first and then remove the wire from the last point of contact and trace the kv backwards.....

lic gen.contractor