How to Use Twisted Wire
What is the deal with the twisted wire? How does twisted wire work? What is it for?
Nothing confuses people more than the twisted wire!
Twisted wire is really two regular single wires twisted together. The twisted wire is primarily used to connect the control box to the boundary loop. The great thing about twisted wire is that the dog can walk over this wire without getting the correction.
Note that you cannot use the twisted pair of wires as part of the boundary loop to create a section of the boundary loop that has no correction. The boundary loop can only be made using the regular single wire.
You can make the twisted wire yourself by getting two regular boundary wires and twisting them around each other. You can use an electric drill to speed this up. This is a great way to save a little if you only need a small amount of the twisted wire. However, if you are going to need more than say 20 feet, we advise you buy it pre-twisted. (Twisting more than 20 feet of the wire using an electric drill usually turns into a big mess!)
For more details on using and making twisted wire, take a look at this tutorial video:
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We put in a section of twisted wire hoping to create a pathway for the dog to access the back door but continue to get a signal. Can we slide the wire through a steel pipe to achieve the result we are looking for? We tried using a 1/4″ dia. section of copper but still received the signal. Any help you can suggest would be great.
Thanks in advance
ADMIN – Hi Joe,
Can you describe your layout (or even better, email a diagram)? I am guessing that you want to do a backyard only layout and have the twisted wire as part of the main loop.
The twisted wire cannot be part of the boundary loop. It is only used to connect the boundary loop to the control box. The main loop can only be single wire. If you use the twisted wire as part of the main loop, it will act like single wire and you still get the correction
Putting the wire through a steel pipe will not create a non-correction area.
A good way to do the backyard only, is to run the length of wire that is along the side of the house up through a downspout, along the gutter and then down the downspout on the other side. This will create enough vertical separation that the dog can go in and out of the house without getting the correction.
Truly thankful for your site and advice,,
Thank you..
I am needing to protect some garden space right behind/against the back of the house, but the back door is right in the middle and would like to create a dead spot right at the door. Would it work if I double the wire back on itself and then continue on? The section at the door would basically be 3 wires thick (doubling back on itself twice), and twisted, is my thinking.
ADMIN – Hi Cree,
Triple twisting the wire does not work, it will act like an active wire. The twisted wire can only be used to go from the base station to the start of the active loop. Unfortunately it cannot be used to cause dead zones in the main loop itself.
I presume you are trying to do a back-yard only installation. There we usually take the wire and run it up above the door (so the signal does not reach the ground), or we run the wire tight around the front of the house. Email us a diagram of your yard and we can help you out, or check out some of the backyard dog fence layout on our site.
I have 3 acres of which our boundary covers about 2 and 1/2. If I tap into the boundary wire with twisted wire, I will need 150 feet of twisted wire to get to the new area that I want to put another boundary wire around. Can the twisted wire be that long?
Admin-Hi Kim,
There is not a maximum to the amount of twisted wire you can have leading out to your new loop.
I have a large piece of property with lake access! In the winter the water goes down severely and I was wondering could I lay the wire down where the lake normal level is and my dogs be able to swim and play in the water (they love water).. would the wire hold up being in water 70% of the year? Also I know the collar is water-proof, but would it still work correctly if they swam and then ran somewhere close to the boundary? Thanks! Your website is a great help!
ADMIN – Hi Husky Lover,
We recommend running the boundary wire through a hose when submerging it in water. It will hold up well. Which collar are considering. There is a collar or two we would not recommend for swimming.