How to Easily Test if an Electric Fence is On

This is an old trick that was shown to me on how you can quickly tell whether or not an electric fence is on, wherever you are with no special equipment.

Intro 0:00
How to test 0:38
Thanks for watching! 2:15

About:
Landis Legacy Farm LLC is a pasture raised meats and eggs operation, located on a 200 acre farm, 10 minutes from Blacksburg, VA. In addition to that, there's a pre-Civil War log house that's being remodeled on farm, a century-old covered bridge, as well as many structures to be built with lumber from our on farm sawmill.

Recording Equipment:
Canon G7x Mark II
Zoom H1n

Farm Equipment:
2017 Woodland Mills HM130
Cat 259D
1964 Massey Fergusen 35 Deluxe

[feminico]

Wow, my cousin found a better technique! He's on the floor dancing like crazy! He's so happy

[HalJordan]

That's a great thing to know! We had an electric fence on the farm when I was growing up but never thought to test it, just assumed it was working. It would burn through any piece of grass that grew high enough to touch it. I was riding with Mom one time and when we got home, she drove forward a bit too far and the car was touching the fence. I opened the door and jumped out, but when I tried to close the door I got a terrific shock. We laughed about that one for quite a while.

[somatder]

I immediately went out and tried this on my electrical fence. Works like a charm without any pain, just this tingling pulse in the fingers! Excellent to know when you don't have any sorts of tools around (which very often is the case) Thanks a lot!

[TheLastBlackJaguar]

This video was great but i just told grandma to touch it and that works even better.😊

[BxrHavik]

This video saved more peoples lives than you know (:

[redfirewoodstand]

Great to see the younger generation farming and being innovative. I love it. Nice job man, farming is a very rewarding hobby/job or career.

[HowdyFolksGaming]

This was extremely helpful, genuinely. Thank you!

[leedooley]

Yes worked very well thank you for saving my life

[shouldipeeonmycampsite]

I will try it. Our cheap tester just died so I will give the 7000 volts a test with a long blade of grass. Thanks.

[nathanielsparables]

That was very helpful, a lot better than making a person or animall suffer for the initial test.

[bubblezovlove]

It's worth knowing this. I got zapped by a pig fence once and it felt like a giant squeezed my heart. I wish I could have spoken to the farmer about that actually. It was way too powerful and there weren't even any cattle nearby...

[caryulmer]

So simple! Wish I had known you in high school. As you know long grass touching the fence will short it out. It was a fairly continuous chore checking the electric fence. Our dad used to send my sister or me to check it by grabbing the wire. If we felt a jolt in a few seconds we knew it wasn't shorted out. (This was a task we dreaded for obvious reasons.) It wasn't until we were in university we discovered that for under $10 you could buy something to touch the wire with that showed if there was current going through it. Then we discovered Dad knew about that all along but didn't see any point in wasting $10. (Not sure we ever forgave dad for that.😃)

[davidalanjonesridge]

A better way is to place the back of your hand to the wire. If you all use the palm of your hand your muscles will contract around the wire, therefore harder to escape.

[Dick]

I’ve seen people just grab the wire and the shock is not that strong. But touching the wire with a finger will give you a good jolt and even jump a spark. Give it a try and you’ll see it does work. Just grab the wire and squeeze hard. I’m not joking.

[Holdfast]

I set up my first apiary fence today and don't yet have a voltmeter. I was scared to try this but it works (even with a lily leaf!)

[Skipperj]

thanks man, yeah the horses got out last night ...chase was on! turns out the controller shorted

[utbp]

You forgot to mention, if you hear a snap, there is no more reason to move your finger closer.. it's HOT and you forgot to mention, If that blade of grass is wet (or has dew on it) and or your feet are wet, you should be ready for a good shock even at 4 inches.. SNAP!

[stevenwagner]

My dad would grab an electric fence. Sometimes he still couldn't tell so he would use the back of his hand. Sometimes he had to lick the back of his hand before he could feel it. It was a trick he could pull. Grab the fence and then tell somebody that it wasn't hot. Us kids just waited for the inevitable snap and cursing. Always tough to keep from laughing too soon.

[April-tswh]

Ight now I’mma rob some places, thanks man

[RosySideFarm]

New sub here. Just put up some fence recently