Electric Fence Making Clicking Noise

Electric fences are not meant to do permanent harm to animals or humans.

Electric fence making clicking noise.

The voltage can be very high but the amperage is low. If you can here clicks on the line such as click click click or hums whines and buzzing noises then it s possible that the electric fence is creating interference. Regular pops and clicks on the am band but also up to fm and tv is the usual symptom of a noisy electric fence. I suggest walking the fence line when it is very dark to look for a small glowing arc.

Two types are common. The knots arc every time the energiser tries to charge the fence. The fence is probably shorted out somewhere and is making an electrical arc at some point. Each click is a pulse.

Telecom will do its best to locate the source of problems caused by electric fences but we need your co operation in making any improvements. Please be aware of the problems that can be caused by electric fences and think of your neighbours. If you have a fence charger you probably have heard it clicking like a metronome. This noise is not normal however and it almost always can be corrected.

Whenever noise from an electric fence causes harmful interference to a. Other possible sources of interference with the phone line include fluorescent lamps a light dimmer or electric motors. In many cases this noise is caused by a portion of the fence that may fail as the spark causing the noise weakens the wire. The usual cause is poor joins in the tape often they have tied sections of tape together with knots instead of using proper buckle joiners.

Clicking and radio noise. More ground rods should be installed if your electric fence is installed in sandy dry or rocky soil. Frozen soil will also hinder the operation of your fence. Even when operating properly electric fences can generate noise.

They may be affected even when you have no problems yourself. Clicking is part of normal fence operation when a charger releases energy that.