just to be sure that your SURGE Fencer gives you the maximum
satisfaction it's so beautifully capable of giving.
LOCATE it for CONVENIENCE
After all, you're going to want
to use all the fencing features built into your SURGE Fencer.
You'll want to be able to see that indicator lamp flashing steadily as
you go about. If tills you there's current on your fence.
Then you'll want your fencer where you
can adjust the voltage to meet varying weather conditions. You'll want
it handy to check your fence circuits for shorts.
So pick out a good convenient
spot either indoors or outdoors, for the SURGE Fencer is weatherproof.
However, like all fine electrical equipment, a fencer works better if
it's in a clean, dry place. Some SURGE Fencer owner play doubly safe
by installing their unit in the kitchen or on the back porch. If can be
seen easily there, and you know for sure, the atmosphere is more nearly
free of dust and dampness. Many SURGE Fencers are installed in barns
and milkhouses, but it's beginning to look as if the kitchen is a better
location for a fencer.
Don't Monkey with a Makeshift GROUND
The ground is half of your fence.
Current goes from the fence, through any animal that touches the
wire, and through the ground. A good ground is absolutely
essential.
A ¾" galvanized pipe
eight feet long (or a ½" copper rod the same length) may
be something you'll have to go to some trouble to get right away, but
get one or the other.
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No, Mister, that water pipe running along
your stanchions is not a good ground. Perhaps a motor or two and
a radio is grounded to it already. If for some reason the current should
back up into your fencer, there'd be trouble... plenty of it. And then
again, that pipe may run across or parallel to a power circuit... more
trouble you can avoid. If the joints are insulated with white lead,
there's more trouble possible. Just to be on the safe side, avoid
grounding your fencer to it.
Connect Your Fence
The SURGE Fenc-Tap is one of the
attractive time savers on your Model A Fencer, for it permits you to
branch your fences right at the fencer.
Connect one lead to a group of fields
on one side of your farm, and the other two to different circuits.
When there is a short and the Indicator Lamp stops flashing, you can
test each circuit separately. Leads are color-coded to identify each
circuit.
Wire that lead our from your fencer
should be insulated and placed high enough so that you won't be running
into them.
Avoid stringing lead-out wires
through trees or shrubs.
Insulate all wire passing through
walls or over joists with porcelain tubes.
Lightning Arresters
Lightning arresters are built right
into all Surge Fencers. They are carefully built and precision adjusted
for maximum fencing efficiency as well as ample protection.
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