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15 Feb ’12
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I bet the evil one will taste the best.
I'm gonna enjoy smoking that one for sure
15 Feb ’12
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Day 46, someone wanted a butt rub, and it wasn't me!
15 Feb ’12
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well the pigs escaped, I shot this video the other night and found some spots they were tunneling under the wire, thought I had taken care of it, went out this morning and the wire was trampled and I could see where they had been rooting, so I adjusted the wire made sure it was connected right, just went out and they were gone, what the hell, luckily with the amount of time I spend with them once I called they came running from the neighbors woods, got them secure in the barn, not sure if due to being so overcast where the solar charger just isn't pumping enough juice, I'm going to switch out to a regular fence charger today and rewire it, I am concerned they have lost fear of the fence though, I really don't want to keep them locked up in the barn all summer
5 Mar ’12
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K, I have read something on how to deal with this. Add the AC elec fence charger, put some peanut butter on aluminum foil on the fence wire, and sit back. They will re-learn about the elec fence very quickly.
15 Feb ’12
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thanks pork, will try that!
15 Feb ’12
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So I went yesterday and bought a ac charger and some new fence
and ripped down the old fence and weedwacked again
and spent the next 3 hours rerunning fencing and testing it
and spent the next hour with them making sure they were cool with the wire, which they were
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9pfLZp_MVo
my buddy stopped by so I was talking with him for a half hour, I went back down to the barn and one of the pigs was missing, are you fricking kidding me! So I called for her and she came running out of the woods again, and I got them back in the barn and locked them up for the night, so today I'm going to grab some t-posts and welded wire and run it on the outside of the electric to add another layer, awesome
15 Feb ’12
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So I went and picked up some supplies yesterday
and started pounding posts
the pigs were not really interested
I pulled the grade stakes
and started rolling out the wire, this was a huge pain as a one man operation
I ziptied onto the u posts
and finished up against the barn
and finished rehanging the tape before it got dark
I left the pigs in the barn and this morning I turned on the charger and let the pigs out
they touched the wire, and nothing happened, I checked the charger and it wasn't blinking, I pulled the hot lead off the tape and it started blinking, checked the manual and it said it was a fencing issue, so I re ran new tape for the second time in 2 days and hooked up the hot lead and the charger was blinking, we were live! So I let the pigs out and went up to the house to take a shower. About 20 minutes later, I'm looking down at the pen and I can see the pigs rooting under the wire and nothing happening, what the hell, so i go check the charger and sure enough no blinking, fence issue. So I lock the pigs back in the barn and call the charger manufacturer and am told that I can't use poly tape (which the guy at the store said was fine), the voltage is to high and is causing the fence to short out, I need to use 14-17 gauge wire, so this afternoon I am going to run wire for a 3rd time, I'm ready to have a pig roast!
15 Feb ’12
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so yesterday once again I went and picked up some more supplies, 17 gauge wire, flagging tape and some other odds and ends
and spent the next half hour re-running the wire
I made sure nothing was touching anywhere, went and hooked the power and ground, turned the charger on, and nothing
At this point I'm ready to lose it, So I go down to the farm store, one of the workers is pretty knowledgeable on fencing, so I explained everything I had done up to this point in time, I had a gallagher s17 solar for 3 years, worked fine, some reason the thing died, think the battery is shot, switched to a 120 volt charger, not working, company says I need to switch from tape to wire, do that and still nothing. He responded it either has to be a short or the ground is bad, I said I have the same ground I have used for the last three years, it's pounded into a area that has standing water all year round. He asked how I had the ground connected, I said the alligator clips that come with the s17, he said you should probably get some ground clamps and wire it directly, so I picked up some ground clamps and went back and wired everything up, turned it on, and nothing. So being the level headed person I am, i took my sledge hammer and beat the heck out of the ground rod till there was only about 7 inches sticking out of the ground versus the two feet I had prior. I wired it back up and used the alligator clip as well, turned it on. Success! We had 2000 volts all around the fence. Moral of the story, don't trust your ground rod that you have used for over three years. I hate to say it, but the sounds of the pigs getting shocked through out the night was music to my ears.
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