Fence not providing enough shock, I watch cats walk through 2 strands? light blinking and wire tester blinking? Any ideas? Bought this unit and kit
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The cats are not making good contact with the wire or the ground. The ground may be too dry. Cats are sneaky. Coat the wire with fish oil. Watch the fun then. Peanut butter on the wire works great for deer. One lick and they leave town.
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Three things might be tried. First, make sure the wires where they meet the contacts on the shocker box are sanded cleam.
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I would check batteries to make sure strong enough if they are check make sure have a good ground to grounding rod . Can you here the device running it should be pulsing when lights are blinking
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Make sure you have a good ground try wetting the soil around your ground stake.
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Use fresh batteries. It will provide a good shock if your batteries are new. You will also hear it humming louder at the control box.
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Make sure the battery is in correctly and the unit is charged. The is the second shock collar I have used and I have to tell you is if inconsistent and difficult to use, I wish I had never purchased it.
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sorry I'm not that savy with what your saying. Should I put a volt meter on the 2 lines and physically trip the sensor itself and look for a voltage spike or a contunity test doing the same thing?
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I mounted my box inside my garage, drilled a 1/4'' hole to run some insulated "connector" wires thru the wall, then on the outside I connected the positive to the fence wiring and the negative to the ground stake. I ran in "U" layout, running low around my fence to the end then up and back near the fence top until the end (capped end with a wire nut). Regarding the wiring, careful placement is essential - too low and grass/weeds might make contact and prevent a shock - also too close to tree branches, shrubs, etc. - same problem. The wire has to be mounted using insulators and nothing can touch the wire in order for it to function properly. The Fi-Shock website has some good videos on it. Here's a link: http://www.fishock.com/resources/videos
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The fence is most likely shorted to ground somewhere. You will have to inspect the fence for the fault and simply repair it. It could be a bad insulator, or it could be as simple as a lot of tall grass and or weeds grounding the fence out over the entire span of wire. The bottom line is, the hot wire that passes through the insulators cannot touch anything but the fence charger and the insulators; if it touches so much as a wooden post it will likely short out and cause just the scenario you describe here. Good luck with it.
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I own two of these units with no such problems. Possibly the wire on yours may have gotten pinched there by shorting itself out.
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Clean it. Something is completing the circuit and triggering the shock over and over. Use alcohol wipes on everything you can to make it spotless on the plates and in between. I had this issue after a few kills and cleaning up the death marks helped :)
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I think the metal door affects the signal emitted from the microchip in the cat, for some reason. We just bought the adpater but have not installed it yet. Our cat will be in for a little surprise, as she has gotten used to zipping through the door door at lightening speed! :) Have no idea if the adapter will allow the microchip to work, but that's what the directions said, once we opened the sure flap and realized it wasn't working. My husband is going to install today, and once we see what happens, I will revise my review. Keep your fingers crossed!
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Make sure you replaced it with the correct photocell get a small voltage tester to see if the unit is working properly check for loose wires
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Did you crimp your own cat6 wires? If so that could be your issue...If its a store bought wire try another one. Also make sure you have the injector power adapter plugged into the wall!
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It must be defective. Usually when lights flicker there's a loose wire involved. I would return it. Hope this helps.
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Try setting the emergency brake... Seriously, you will need to give a better description of the problem. I bought a Q-See system because of the rave reviews for customer service. It is early days but, as yet, I have not had much (any) satisfaction from the company.
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Make sure that it is setup as a non wired sensor. If this setting is incorrect then you will see behavior like this.
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We have used the Pet Safe fence system for large cats and small dogs. The problem we have had (are presently having) is the wire they sell is not well insulated and the system requires a lot of well insulated wire to work the main box that signals the collar when it is too close to the wires. This has made our system not usable as we seek commercial grade wire with the proper insulation. Their wire(as supplied) deteriated even when not used , let alone when we used the system.
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There is a beep/tone warning button and then a button to stimulate/shock them. It has not been effective for us. You have to keep reactivating it. Although it is waterproof. Doesn't seem to work when we want it to. We have a PetSafe invisible fence system that works excellent for our yard. We wanted something to operate manually when we go to our land. And this has not been helpful.
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Pull you deck out and check all you connections make sure none f them came loose and make sure all your wires are connected with wired caps instead of electrical tape. wire caps work much better and are less likely to com off
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It sounds as if it is defective. The should "snap back" automatically and you should be able to test them occasionally to make sure they are in working order in case they would have to be used in a real emergency.