JillA
Well-Known Member
For those who know about electric fencing.
I have a rope main line running from the energiser, along outside a building, across the end of the muck heap space and then at right angles onto a line which feeds on to the system of main line and off shoots. The problem I have is where the rope across the back of the muck heap joins the line along the fence, at right angles. (With me so far??)
That right angle has been various things, because I need it to disconnect and open when the muck heap is being cleared, but whatever I use to make that connection always seems to fail before long. Tape gate - didn't connect well and the rope burned out where it was doubled through the tape gate end loop. Metal connector - again the rope burned out where it was bent back on itself make the link. Tied rope onto rope - again it burned out because it must have been shorting slightly, I have even kept moving the place where it attached, and bridged it with a short piece of wire, but it always fails.
So is there a correct way to do it? It is at the start of the system so when that fails none of the rest is live - and of course the horses take about 3 minutes to suss that out!
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I have a rope main line running from the energiser, along outside a building, across the end of the muck heap space and then at right angles onto a line which feeds on to the system of main line and off shoots. The problem I have is where the rope across the back of the muck heap joins the line along the fence, at right angles. (With me so far??)
That right angle has been various things, because I need it to disconnect and open when the muck heap is being cleared, but whatever I use to make that connection always seems to fail before long. Tape gate - didn't connect well and the rope burned out where it was doubled through the tape gate end loop. Metal connector - again the rope burned out where it was bent back on itself make the link. Tied rope onto rope - again it burned out because it must have been shorting slightly, I have even kept moving the place where it attached, and bridged it with a short piece of wire, but it always fails.
So is there a correct way to do it? It is at the start of the system so when that fails none of the rest is live - and of course the horses take about 3 minutes to suss that out!
A (new) Blackberry and elderflower Pimms to anyone who can solve the puzzle