How deep can the wire be put in ground &amp; still be effective?
265390
Thank you for your question! We recommend to install the wire 1-3 inches into your ground (6-7 inches if you regularly aerate your yard). You can install this system a few feet if needed, but please know that it will be necessary to increase your boundary width to accommodate the depth.
225971
Yes, but you don't bury it very deep, just an inch or so. You can run your lawnmower without worrying about the wire.
260808
It seems to me that it was about 4 feet max. I had an electrician hardwire to a GFI outlet. It depends on the location. I also wanted to look neat.
163555
I'm going to have to say no. The wire is a small gauge that would only take a small amount of fire, then it would deteriorate. If one were to want to put something over a fire, like on a range or an open outside fire, a much heavier gauge of wire would be necessary.
493768
You could but you would have to splice the wire and then the connection would not be rated to be 'in ground' I wouldn't recommend it.
1528230
Yes, that is the ground. Once the wires are hooked up, it works well. We have chickens inside a fence and the electric surrounding the outside of the fence. It has deterred bad critters from getting anywhere near.
2021390
Mark,I ran my wire in the expansion line in the drive way and sidewalk ( the wire is space about 3.5 feet apaert where i live) and put a some clear silicone calk over it. I've never had a problem and you can't even see that it there. Hope this helps.
203420
The wire is flat and 20" long. There isn't a way to shorten it as far as I can see. Hope this helps.
2130467
Caroline, I am sure you can bury the cables as long as both ends are isolated from moisture, ie; J-box, weather proof (type 3M), or ran back indoors. There is not really any regulations regarding depth, however I would put the cable deep enough (about 6 in.) so that it will not be damaged by roots or lawn equipment. FYI, sunlight might cause cable to become brittle. Whenever you are coming out of the ground, protect it with conduit or some sort of guard.
1808898
The wire should work with any system. Much heavier than the thin stuff that comes in a kit. We have it underground and also in a plastic tube where it crosses the driveway (strangely the signal seems to be lower there). Above ground should theoretically give the best signal but the chance of damage is pretty high. We rented a small trencher with a special attachment for laying this wire.
1655039
I guess you could do that, but I'd be hesitant to install a 20 gauge fence. I hope that wire is at least meant for direct burial. But yeah, you could do it. I'd probably strip the 20 gauge bit twice as long and fold it in half then stick that and the 14 gauge part in the wire nut to make sure it has enough bite and fills the nut. If it still doesn't fill the nut, you could probably buy a smaller wire nut at Radio Shack or whatever and insert that into the splice instead, but I doubt you'd need to. If you don't currently have 20 gauge installed, I wouldn't do that unless you are going to use a very small area that never freezes or has sharp rocks or corrosive soil... even a small nick could corrode a thin wire like that to the point of failure fairly easily.
2197585
I drove a 4 foot grounding rod into the ground and wired (same size of wire or larger) it to the ground lead from the surge protector. This gives the protector way to bleed of any surge and dump it to ground. If location will not allow you to drive a rod, you can run wire back to a house ground and attach to it.
668276
My wire is 18 gauge. The wire gauge doesn't matter as there isn't any current going through it. The coating on the outside needs to be able to be buried (ground contact wire) which this is. there isn't any stress on the wire so it doesn't need to be thick, thicker wire will be harder to use when installing. Bottom line don't worry about this wire. I installed this wire 15 years ago and only just needed to do it again since we re-landscaped our yard and tore up the old wire. I figured new wire was better than a bunch of splices. good luck.
2027366
You will need a minimum of 6 gauge wire, if the length of your wire is under 20 feet use 6 gauge and over 20 feet use 4 gauge wire. Great Product!
1507889
Yes. If it is going to be buried I would make sure you use water proof wire nuts, heat shrink tubing or a liquid tape type product to protect the connection from possibly grounding out and corrosion.
1016233
I'm no electrician, but doubt this would work - the wire needs to be suspended by insulators, which is accomplished by the plastic poles in the kit. If you ran the wire along the bottom of a fence, it would likely contact the ground and complete the electrical arc by that means, rather than through the dog. I suppose it's possible that the wood could act as an insulator without grounding out, but you would have to install it carefully - and any time the wood became wet, it would not act as an insulator. Why can't you instead run the wire on the poles a couple of inches inside the fence, 6" up from the ground? I would think that would work fine. The shock amount is certainly enought to discourage a medium dog.
1015231
That should work, although I don't think you'll need a 2nd ground wire. You can use a piece of rebar 24-30" sunk in the ground for the ground wire. It helps to have a ground strap attached to the rebar (most hardware stores carry them) which you attach the ground wire to.