Comments on: How to Use Twisted Wire http://www.dogfencediy.com Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:51:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pam http://www.dogfencediy.com/faqs/twisted-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-23094 Pam Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:08:21 +0000 http://www.dogfencediy.com/?page_id=1387#comment-23094 Can you explain why you have to cut the wire, then twist it and attach it back on? I will be going all the way around the entire yard, house in the middle- close to one side to bring the twist into the garage. Why cant I just take the two wires when they meet- twist them together and attach the twist to the transmitter? Thank you ADMIN - Hi Pam, You don't need to cut the wire and reattach them. As you rightly point out, you can simply twist the wires where they come together. The reason we show it the other way is that we find it a bit easier, but your way works just as well and avoids having extra splice points which is always a good thing. Can you explain why you have to cut the wire, then twist it and attach it back on? I will be going all the way around the entire yard, house in the middle- close to one side to bring the twist into the garage. Why cant I just take the two wires when they meet- twist them together and attach the twist to the transmitter? Thank you

ADMIN – Hi Pam,

You don’t need to cut the wire and reattach them. As you rightly point out, you can simply twist the wires where they come together. The reason we show it the other way is that we find it a bit easier, but your way works just as well and avoids having extra splice points which is always a good thing.

]]> By: HuskyLover http://www.dogfencediy.com/faqs/twisted-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-12438 HuskyLover Sun, 23 Oct 2011 03:50:42 +0000 http://www.dogfencediy.com/?page_id=1387#comment-12438 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. 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.

]]> By: Kim http://www.dogfencediy.com/faqs/twisted-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-5870 Kim Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:22:09 +0000 http://www.dogfencediy.com/?page_id=1387#comment-5870 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 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.

]]> By: Cree http://www.dogfencediy.com/faqs/twisted-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-5566 Cree Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:32:08 +0000 http://www.dogfencediy.com/?page_id=1387#comment-5566 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 <a href="http://www.dogfencediy.com/installation/plan/">backyard dog fence layout</a> on our site. 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.

]]> By: Chad http://www.dogfencediy.com/faqs/twisted-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-3909 Chad Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:55:53 +0000 http://www.dogfencediy.com/?page_id=1387#comment-3909 Truly thankful for your site and advice,, :-) Thank you.. Truly thankful for your site and advice,,
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Thank you..

]]> By: Joe http://www.dogfencediy.com/faqs/twisted-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-732 Joe Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:26:19 +0000 http://www.dogfencediy.com/?page_id=1387#comment-732 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. 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.

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