One of the biggest projects Ron has been working on is installing our electric fence. We decided to go with a three dimensional, electric fence to keep our deer friends (and hopefully other animals) out. This involves two sets of fences with multiple wires set at different heights, which will confuse the deer since they have poor depth perception. Our outer fence has one electric wire that runs about 3 feet high. Our inner fence wires are set at 18 inches and 42 inches high. The two fences are three feet a part. We have two gates, and a switch run from the panel in the shed to the panel that houses the meter and main disconnect. The thought here was that since the meter is set where we normally park, we would always remember to shut off the fence before opening the gate. So far, so good. The other gate is on the opposite side of the field. Both gates are about 22 feet wide.
It took Ron a good month setting all the posts, running the wires, and burying the ground wire! But, his hard work has paid off because we haven't seen the deer in our fields since it was turned on. The picture above shows how we connected the two halves of the fence between the front gate by burying a wire. The supplier we purchased the equipment from stated not to rely on the gate to transfer the electricity (we bought gate kits where once side is connected to an insulator - perhaps this is why). Instead, you connect the two halves of the fence with an underground wire.
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