Comments on: Power Edger http://www.dogfencediy.com Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:40:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pamela http://www.dogfencediy.com/installation/burying-the-wire/power-edger/comment-page-1/#comment-5021 Pamela Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:29:21 +0000 http://www.dogfencediy.com/?page_id=33#comment-5021 My mom has a double loop but the wires are close together (maybe 1' apart instead of the 6' you recommend) Her fence is a Pet Safe and was installed by them about 5 yrs ago. Is there something we can do to replicate this at our house? We have a few spots where 6' would be a problem. Admin -Hi Pamela, We recommend that anywhere you run the wire the distance must be twice the amount of the boundary width. This is where we get six feet. You can try to lay the loop three foot apart but for the fence to operate correctly your boundary distance will have to be on a low setting to avoid an overlap in the signal from each wire. My mom has a double loop but the wires are close together (maybe 1′ apart instead of the 6′ you recommend) Her fence is a Pet Safe and was installed by them about 5 yrs ago.

Is there something we can do to replicate this at our house? We have a few spots where 6′ would be a problem.

Admin -Hi Pamela,
We recommend that anywhere you run the wire the distance must be twice the amount of the boundary width. This is where we get six feet. You can try to lay the loop three foot apart but for the fence to operate correctly your boundary distance will have to be on a low setting to avoid an overlap in the signal from each wire.

]]> By: Steve http://www.dogfencediy.com/installation/burying-the-wire/power-edger/comment-page-1/#comment-3031 Steve Wed, 03 Nov 2010 18:16:01 +0000 http://www.dogfencediy.com/?page_id=33#comment-3031 Completely off topic, but I use Castor Bean plants to get rid of moles. They look exotic and work wonders. (just dont let the kids eat them) Completely off topic, but I use Castor Bean plants to get rid of moles. They look exotic and work wonders. (just dont let the kids eat them)

]]> By: al http://www.dogfencediy.com/installation/burying-the-wire/power-edger/comment-page-1/#comment-1676 al Sun, 18 Apr 2010 02:35:23 +0000 http://www.dogfencediy.com/?page_id=33#comment-1676 hi is it possible to install wire in PVC conduit its cheap plus i live in country an its impossible to get rid of moles. thank u ADMIN - Hi Al, You can install in PVC conduit. I also like using flexible tubing (either from an old garden hose, or from in ground sprinkler system tubing. I find flexible tubing a little easier to use. In the old country we use dynamite for moles. :) hi is it possible to install wire in PVC conduit its cheap plus i live in country an its impossible to get rid of moles. thank u

ADMIN – Hi Al,

You can install in PVC conduit. I also like using flexible tubing (either from an old garden hose, or from in ground sprinkler system tubing. I find flexible tubing a little easier to use.

In the old country we use dynamite for moles. :)

]]> By: Nick http://www.dogfencediy.com/installation/burying-the-wire/power-edger/comment-page-1/#comment-811 Nick Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:45:18 +0000 http://www.dogfencediy.com/?page_id=33#comment-811 I am wondering if the power trencher will work in high grass. The dogs have taken to doing their business in the high grass, which we do NOT want to stop them from doing, however that will require burying the wires deep in the high grass to give them enough room to feel safely within the boundary. Nick, ADMIN - Hi Nick, I must confess that when I saw the reference to "High Grass", I thought it was something else! Usually where we have overgrown grass, we either slash or mow it first before trenching. The trencher is probably going to get bogged down a lot if you try and trench directly through dense vegetation. Another good option would be to forgo trenching and just staple the wire to the ground it this is an area that is never going to be mowed. I am wondering if the power trencher will work in high grass. The dogs have taken to doing their business in the high grass, which we do NOT want to stop them from doing, however that will require burying the wires deep in the high grass to give them enough room to feel safely within the boundary.

Nick,

ADMIN – Hi Nick,
I must confess that when I saw the reference to “High Grass”, I thought it was something else! Usually where we have overgrown grass, we either slash or mow it first before trenching. The trencher is probably going to get bogged down a lot if you try and trench directly through dense vegetation.

Another good option would be to forgo trenching and just staple the wire to the ground it this is an area that is never going to be mowed.

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