Peter,
I am wondering how electric fence chargers work. I once heard that they
pulse the HV on and off. I assume you grounded the coax shield near your home
or barn yet the coax was still hot anywhere it touched the earth?? I don't see
how that could be unless the coax braid was floating, and the HV pulsing was
coupled to the shield from the cable capacitance per foot (~ 20pf/'). If the
shield was grounded that capacitance would also charge to the peak value of the
pulsed DC, and might end up changing the whole situation should a cow brush up
against the wire. The 'danger' factor of the fence might go up a notch or two
this way.
I'd like to hear more of your electric fence story.
Regards,
Jim
JKO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pieter Gerlach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 3:30 PM
Subject: [AMRadio] HV Wire
Let me relate some personal experience with running High Voltage through
coax. Being a farmer, i use electric shocking fencers extensively. On one
occassion i had to energise some remote field and to save myself running
insulators the entitr way , thought i would use some new 75 ohm cable TV
coax . After making the connections and turning on the power i had arcing
every place where the coax touched the ground. I am not sure what the
voltage is on these livestock units but i certainly wouldn't want to bring
it into my house.
I would suggest using ignition wire which can be purchased at Auto and Truck
Parts stores at a reasonable price. It is designed for HV. By the way, that
is what the livestock Fencer manufacturers recommend for going through
walls, etc...
Safety is expensive sometime but consider the alternative.
73,
Pieter Gerlach VE1PPG
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