Diagnosing Invisible Fence short
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Diagnosing Invisible Fence short
We've had an invisible dog fence for years and I've repaired breaks in the wire many times, but an unusual event happened in the past couple of days. After a storm the other night the circuit breaker to our garage tripped. When trying to reset the breaker I was getting an electrical hum and then the breaker would immediately trip again. I ruled out the garage door opener and radon system which are two of the major items on that circuit. I then figured out that its the invisible dog fence. The unit is plugged into an outlet in the garage. If I unplug the fence, the breaker doesn't trip.
Any suggestions on how to diagnose this myself or what might be causing the unit to keep tripping the breaker?
Any suggestions on how to diagnose this myself or what might be causing the unit to keep tripping the breaker?
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You mean if you unplug the fence power supply.... not disconnect the fence from the power supply. That sounds like a defective power supply. Probably not a serviceable item.
That's actually pretty strange as the unit should be self protected internally and not cause an external breaker trip.
If I unplug the fence, the breaker doesn't trip.
That's actually pretty strange as the unit should be self protected internally and not cause an external breaker trip.
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Thanks for asking the clarifying question. I just unplugged the AC adapter (Invisible Fence manual calls it the transformer) from the outlet. Do you think simply replacing the transformer might fix it or could possibly something on the transmitter board itself be fried.
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Most likely you had lightning run in on the transformer. It is quite common. We always set up lightning gaps in our electric cattle fencing to take extraordinary charges to ground before it hit the unit or backed up into the breaker system. Granted we were running 9000 volts, so it was a "seeker" in a thunderstorm. I think, like Pete, it is probably a fried transformer.