I have a live wire coming from a breaker box on my house. The wire is buried underground, and is inside of a PVC pipe and goes out to my barn. How would I find it with this? Would I need to disconnet the wire from the breaker box in order to attach the...
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Yes, Always disconnect power to wires before toning them out with a wire locator. Then follow the instrucitons with the underground wire locator to trace the direction and location of your buried wires.
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I do not really know how the invisible fence works, but I would guess that you would follow the same approach as for a regular underground wire. This way, you connect one connector to ground and the other connector to the wire. You should hear a continuous pitch if the antenna is on the sides of the wire, but not above it. I would guess, after the wire break you will not observe this behavior. Get a wire, lay it on the ground and learn how to use the device. Check out my video review.
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The wire should be put in the ground only about 1/2 an inch, not deep. Then the wire leaves the controller goes out and in the ground and loops your yard then back to the controller. you can twist the two wires together when they leave the controller and then they won't have until the separate. YOu should go to the PetSafe web site. Also call them if you have any questions. they have very good customer service.
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If the underground coax is severed, you can disconnect both ends of the shield and connect your transmitter to the shield and locate the break that way. If the problem is a break in the center conductor, the only way to locate that is to make sure the shield is disconnected at both ends and try to connect the transmitter to the center conductor, but I don't think that will work because the shield will block any signal from the receiver. I believe your only hope is if the coax is totally broken, but the good news is that if there is a problem with the coax, the problem will most likely be a break in the whole cable, it is unlikely that only the center conductor will be broken. If the underground coax is severed, you can disconnect both ends of the shield and connect your transmitter to the shield and locate the break that way. If the problem is a break in the center conductor, the only way to locate that is to make sure the shield is disconnected at both ends and try to connect the transmitter to the center conductor, but I don't think that will work because the shield will block any signal from the receiver. I believe your only hope is if the coax is totally broken, but the good news is that if there is a problem with the coax, the problem will most likely be a... » Read More If the underground coax is severed, you can disconnect both ends of the shield and connect your transmitter to the shield and locate the break that way. If the problem is a break in the center conductor, the only way to locate that is to make sure the shield is disconnected at both ends and try to connect the transmitter to the center conductor, but I don't think that will work because the shield will block any signal from the receiver. I believe your only hope is if the coax is totally broken, but the good news is that if there is a problem with the coax, the problem will most likely be a break in the whole cable, it is unlikely that only the center conductor will be broken. « Show Less
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It is stranded wire. Anytime you are dealing with dc power you need to use stranded wire.
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It's designed for tracing wire . If one side is grounded trace the otherside. For your purposes turn breaker off disconnect wires at both ends, measure the short with a volt ohm metercut ohms in half and multiply by 12 or 14. With a 12 ohm loop divided by 2 is six ohm s times as equals 72 feet. This changes with the gauge of wire. Then trace with one lead frthe toner to earth ground the other to the wire. Or, you could buy a ground fault meter. This is the best I can come up with for these tools.
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Attach a wire from the negative (-) terminal to a metal stake inserted a foot or so into the ground. Attach the wire attached to each of your fence posts to the positive (+) terminal on the Fence Energizer. Make sure that if you are using a metal post that the wire is not touching the metal post, but only the insulator on the metal post. If you use a fiberglass post, no problem. I would not buy this particular product again. Didn't even last 6 months before it stopped working.
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Are you using a grounding rod? The negative post should be wired to a grounding rod that you drive into the ground a few feet. The positive is hooked up to your wire and doesn't need to come back to the negative post. This is designed to have the wire charged and when something comes in contact with it it and the ground (dog,cow, horse) then it gives the shock. I'm not sure what your question is or how you have it set up. Mine works great.
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The rock does have a place to connect the wire. I guess you wouldn't have to burry the wire, but we buried ours.
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You actually have to have an electrical box installed behind it that leads to a live source. So if you have a box below you run a BX Cable down to that outlet.
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On the coiled cord is the alligator clip. Pull that straight off and underneath is a "banana" plug. I stuck that into the ground pin hole of an electrical outlet, which should be your house ground.
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My guess would be there is a place in the buried area where the two wires are touching. For you to get that result
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The wire is part of the unit and it will come as a loop attached to both sides of the fuse case. When you determine where you want to attach it, you cut the wire loop to give you 2 tag ends to make the necessary connection.
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Yes. It is designed for direct burial in the ground but putting it in pvc conduit is the best way for it to last the longest. I always put it in conduit. Just make sure you do not pull to hard and stretch the cable. Bigger conduit is better. Wire lube in bends helps as well.
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The black wire should be the ground wire. I believe it should of had a round "ring" end, I'm guessing it got left off at the factory by accident.
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I think the real question is, do you want do it your self advice from the internet (don't burn down your house)? Stop by the hard ware store and ask someone who you can talk it out with. I would guess if you don't have a ground, then you probably have a metal box and the box would be grounded and you could use the box as a ground. But once again you need to talk to someone so they can ask you about what you have in your house. You need conversation not a yes or no.
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No the wire does not have to be buried. As a matter of fact I am going to have to pull mine out of the ground. The men I had put it in buried it to deep and it does not work. Then winter came and froze the ground. I am waiting for a good thaw. The dealers recommend it to be placed 2-4 inches in the ground. Any more and it wont work .. I can vouch for the fact it will not work if buried deeper. When I get it out of the ground I am planning on putting it on electrical wire fence just above the ground so the mice can not get it, with cloths flags on the wire in between the posts to warn the wild life there is something there. I am hoping it works. No the wire does not have to be buried. As a matter of fact I am going to have to pull mine out of the ground. The men I had put it in buried it to deep and it does not work. Then winter came and froze the ground. I am waiting for a good thaw. The dealers recommend it to be placed 2-4 inches in the ground. Any more and it wont work .. I can vouch for the fact it will not work if buried deeper. When I get it out of the ground I am planning on putting it on electrical wire fence just above the ground so the mice can not get it, with cloths flags on the wire in between the posts to warn the... » Read More No the wire does not have to be buried. As a matter of fact I am going to have to pull mine out of the ground. The men I had put it in buried it to deep and it does not work. Then winter came and froze the ground. I am waiting for a good thaw. The dealers recommend it to be placed 2-4 inches in the ground. Any more and it wont work .. I can vouch for the fact it will not work if buried deeper. When I get it out of the ground I am planning on putting it on electrical wire fence just above the ground so the mice can not get it, with cloths flags on the wire in between the posts to warn the wild life there is something there. I am hoping it works. « Show Less