How do I protect my electric fence from lightning?

Install a lightning arrester between the fence and the controller. Install one on every corner of the fence if possible. Keep these devices at least 50 feet from the energizer. Add a Storm Guard to your 1 joule or higher charger to absorb any lightning that is able to move past the other devices.

Do electric fences draw lightning?

As such, fences with hundreds or thousands of feet of metal wiring in them make excellent conduits for lightning. Aside from direct strikes, lightning can also induce voltage on to a fence line. This can happen even when lightning strikes several miles away from the fence.

What is a lightning choke?

Description. This product combines the two essential components of a lightning diverter. The choke coil slows the surge of electrical energy by inductive forces created in the coil. The energy searching for the ground jumps the gap in the arrestor and finds the fastest route to the ground.

How does a lightning diverter work?

Arresters are typically installed near critical appliances or points of entry, such as an electrical panel or near a generator. When potentially dangerous lightning strikes, the arrester activates and diverts the lightning to ground, where it will disperse harmlessly.

Do I need a lightning arrester?

A lightning arrestor installed on the exterior of a building can prevent structural damage to your property due to lightning and similar discharges. This can save you a huge amount of money if your property sees regular exposure to lightning due to location, materials, or other factors.

How do criminals get over electric fence?

Some criminals fold parts of a rubber hose over the electrical wire strands to prevent them touching and setting off the alarm. Weak electric fence design also makes it possible for criminals to bend the fence down, and then climb over without detection.

How do criminals bypass electric fence?

A professional criminal will easily breach the perimeter system by tapping the electric fence without the alarm being raised known as wire tapping. Wire tapping – is use of wire clamps to bypass the electric circuit without sounding the alarm therefore leaving an area/section unelectrified.

How do you ruin an electric fence?

They can break the fence by destroying strands or by cutting the wires. Criminals can also crawl under an electric fence by simply propping up the wires with sticks for those fences that extend to the ground.

What triggers electric fence alarm?

The fence will go to alarm if: The fence is earthed for 3 pulses/seconds (shocks someone/something) OR if a live wire and an earth wire make contact for more than 3 seconds OR of a live wire is cut. The siren would then sound.