Underground Electric Dog Fence Installment
If your dog is an escape artist with talent on par with Houdini, consider installing invisible dog fencing around your yard. Invisible fences consist of a buried electrical line. The dog wears a special color that gives him a startling, but painless, zap. The dog will back up and, over time, learn the parameters he is not to cross. Use invisible fencing alone, or, for optimum containment, in conjunction with physical fences. Does this Spark an idea?
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Planning
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Contact your utility providers and have them mark underground utilities on your property. Avoid those areas when designing the layout for the invisible fence. If necessary, plan your layout by drawing a map. Find an indoor or outdoor wall near the desired fencing area and near an outlet for installing the fence's transmitter box. The fence needs to make a loop that starts and ends at the transmitter box.
Transmitter box
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Mount the transmitter box to the wall with the included mounting screws. For indoor mounting, run the dual strand wire outside. Options include through a window, under the garage door or through a hole drilled into the wall. Seal holes drilled through walls with caulk. If the cord does not reach the outlet, use an extension cord.
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Wiring
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Splice the dual strand wire that comes out of the transmitter box, which is not charged, with the single strand fence wire, which is charged. Make sure the transmitter box is unplugged when working with wires. Strip the wire casing, using a wire stripping tool. Twist the exposed wire ends together and secure them by twisting on a wire nut. Wrap the connection in electrical tape for extra security.
Installation
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Lay out the fence wire along the desired fence line path. Create a 2- to 6-inch deep slice along the delineated fence line, using a half moon edger. Tuck the wire into the slice and pack soil on top. Splice single-strand wires together if extra length is needed. If a sidewalk is in the way of the fence line, wedge the wire into a concrete seam or thread it through a drain pipe.
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References
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