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| On one of my pastures I have a deal worked out with the neighbor to use an outlet to power my fencer in his barn. The catch is I have to run the power underground to get to my electric fence. A few years ago I had bought some 14-2 underground wire and buried it. I've ran into the problem where this wire has about 1-2 places per year where it will start arcing and I'll have to dig it up and patch it. It's to the point now where I'm planning on replacing this wire. I'm wondering if anyone has any better wire to use for this purpose? The run is about 300 yards.
Edited by illinois1 3/26/2020 19:08
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53925 | Is wire specified as direst bury? I've found conduit is worth every penny and minute of time. |
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sc ia | https://kencove.com/fence/Underground+Wire_product.php |
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North Central Texas | Definitely use good underground wire. I had 800 feet of underground on the last fence I built and no rocks. I still put every foot in 1/2 in pvc. Pipe and some elbows won't cost $80 for 300ft. |
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west central Iowa | 14-2 is designed to insulate for 110-220 volts, electric fence is usually 1000s of volts. As others use quality underground designed for electric fence. I like to run it through 1/2" black plastic pipe with no elbows, that way the wire can be easily replaced if need be. |
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Ripley, Ontario Canada | Are you running 120 volt power to fencer or plugging fencer in at barn and running underground fence??
Two completely different kinds of wire. The 120 a 14-2 wire for direct burial should be fine, but since you are already digging for second time, conduit is recommended.
If it is fence wire, I have good luck with Gallagher underground wire also in conduit
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Southern IA | illinois1 - 3/26/2020 19:06
On one of my pastures I have a deal worked out with the neighbor to use an outlet to power my fencer in his barn. The catch is I have to run the power underground to get to my electric fence. A few years ago I had bought some 14-2 underground wire and buried it. I've ran into the problem where this wire has about 1-2 places per year where it will start arcing and I'll have to dig it up and patch it. It's to the point now where I'm planning on replacing this wire. I'm wondering if anyone has any better wire to use for this purpose? The run is about 300 yards.
I'm curious how you know where to dig to make the repairs. |
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Buffalo IL | Definitely bury in conduit and Use the underground electric fence wire. They do make it in 300 Foot rolls because you really don't want it spliced in the pipe. Don't put 90 degree elbows on your turns use the curved 90's if you need them. But I would use 3/4 to 1" pvc. It will be easier to pull a new wire later when the first one goes bad. |
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| I'm running the fence voltage through the run. Fencer is in the barn.
I grabbed the 14-2 direct burial the last time because it was the cheapest option (now I'm paying for it) and I wasn't sure how I'd like this setup. Now this seems like it will be a more permanent setup and would like to fix it right. |
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| The run is only a few inches below the ground. It was sort of by design and sort of dumb luck that it happened that way. The fence is hot enough you can hear it short out. I can usually get pretty close although the neighbors probably wonder when I'm out there with my ear to the ground ;). |
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NE NE | I would go with a high quality solar fencer> |
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Princeton,IN | +1 on Kencove post
Edited by pjt 3/28/2020 22:15
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Underground Electric Fence Run
