I am looking to fence 5 acres. Does anyone have an idea of how much wire that I need?
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I have 1.3 acres and it takes 1000 ft for the perimeter. There are calculators on line that will tell you ft per acre.
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I bought 1 roll of this and had an acre still have about 2/3 left I would say 2 rolls. I measured mine to be sure.
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About 2000 feet should do it, plus the distance from the transmitter to the boundary of your property
210270
You will need to purchase a 50A SB power pole housing and add your own wires with ring terminals on them. We recommend to use #10 gauge, and limit the additional distance to < 5 ft.
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I currantly have 600 ft on mine but they are all rated for acrage, so one acre is 200 x 200 being 800 ft of wire, so your unit needs to be atleast good for 2 acres.
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In my situation, I have a chain link fence, so I got the plastic insulators that attach to a chain link fence, electric fence wire, and a grounding rod. In your case, it sounds like you will need to put post in the ground 20' x 60' area; then get the proper insulators for the type post you use and the electric fence wire and grounding rod. If you go to your local Feed and Seed Store, they will be glad to assist you; I got the grounding rod at Lowes. I hope this helps.
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Jason, you can safely add wire to a full length of 100 feet if neccesary. The signal is based on continuity, not any type of milli volts. Just make sure that you solder the connections and insulate them. Use silver solder.
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Any wire that is of the same gauge or bigger will work. All you have to do is cut it and then put in more wire, just make sure you have each wire matching since there is 4 different ones.
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a single wire isn't going to keep the critters out. For my application I had a wire fence 36 inches high with the 'hot' wire suspended on insulating supports about 4 inches above the fence to stop them from climbing over. Yes the device requires a grounding post off one of the terminals and the wire runs off the other terminal around the fence and stops before being attached to the device again. The batteries don't last more than a month and If I were doing it again I would have gotten a solar powered device.
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Yes. 5 feet tall and 50 feet long. I have a 5 foot chain link and it covers the entire fence. I read it would be somewhat off of the ground by about 1-2 inches, but mine covers.
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I put my minn kota on a 25 foot pontoon boat and ran the wire all the way to the back without asking someone what wire to use and it does not work well. I am going to have to go back with 12/2 wire. there is a wire chart somewhere showing what size wire to use according to the amps and the distance. The 55 lbs thrust will be approx 55 amps.
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You mean watts? This wire should be fine for a few hundred watts. If you were going closer to 500w you would want 10 gauge maybe 8
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There's about 4 feet of wire. You will need a heavy duty extension chord to connect to plug.
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My contractor had to run the wires from outside my house and along my vestibule walls to get in the house to hide the wires. You will definitely need the 50ft of wiring. I did not hook it up to my locks. I am still uncomfortable with that technology in my home.
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get some cheap fiberglass rods and 17 gauge wire and run your fenceline. Put a metal rod into the ground about 1.5 feet deep-depth depends on moisture level in the ground. Then run your grounding wire to that rod and another wire to your "hot" fence. put the batteries in and you're set. Took me about 20 minutes to fence in a 60 foot X 20 foot garden. Been running on the same batteries all summer so far.
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We used 14 gauge fencing wire around our pigpen. It is over a year old and still going strong.
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I have a half acre..yard is squared..my 7 year old constantly hits over a 6ft fence..I'd say you need an acre
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That's the interior dimension. You need more area for stakes and wires - probably another 6' all around. Hope that answers your question.
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Not sure of the gauge, but itis solid copper wire covered in a heavy duty black plastic. We laid 2500 ft, both in the ground, and on over the ground in places we couldn't bury (the woods). We used regular lawn staples, and enclosed about 10 acres with invisible fence brand system. We were very pleased, and 6 months later, no problems!