My mom has a vegetable garden surrounded by railroad ties. It is fenced to keep the deer out. To keep the chipmunks, woodchucks and rabbits from trying to get through the fence, my father ran electric fence wires along the tops of the ties.
It does not appear to work. The animals are running along and crossing over the wires. The charger puts out 20,000 volts a/c. My meter doesn't go up that high. Searching finds there are $125 fence testers.
When the wires are attached to the charger, the fence okay light on the front does not flash. But the unit does click every second. When the wires are removed, it clicks and the light flashes. For circuit resistance my meter showed no short.
Does anyone know about these things? My mom is using a farm product in a suburban backyard and there aren't many around to ask.
Don.