[TowerTalk] Fence charger

[Chuck Dietz]

Some of the old fence chargers had a relay that made a "tic tic tic" RF
noise.

Chuck W5PR

On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 11:49 AM Earl Morse <n8ss2014 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ditto that.  Most of the noise I have seen from electric fencing is the
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> arcing somewhere along the wire.  Usually across an insulator but sometimes
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> across a break in the wire at a crossover or connection point.   The
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> insulators on the metal T-posts seem to be particularly prone to arc over.
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>   I can usually walk the fence line and audibly hear the crack long before
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> I see the arc.  Sometimes its just a twig or dead bug causing the arcing
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> and you can brush it away if your timing is good.
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> Surprised the NB doesn't eliminate it.  Even the old one in my FT1000 does
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> a pretty good job on impulse noise  like that.
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> Earl N8SS
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> Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2017 16:11:30 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
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> From: Alan Swinger <awswinger at earthlink.net>
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> To: Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g at windstream.net>,
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>  I have several electric fence chargers and only hear them if something
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> causes an arc to a post or branch that is grounded. Usually happens after
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> snow/rain. Suggest "walk" the fence and listen for arcing & sparking!
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> 73,
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> Alan K9MBQ
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