nowheat
Newbie level 2
I'm installing an electric tape fence for my horse but it's a new kind. The company sells the old kind which they call "mono-polar" and the new kind, which I have almost all installed, is called bi-polar, it carries lines for the + and the - on the same piece of tape, no ground rod, creating a shock when the horse connects the two with its muzzle or other body part. My problem is that the company does not sell an on-off switch for the fence, and I really need one. I can, obviously, unplug the charger and plug it back in but (1) the charger isn't near the fence and (2) doing that a lot is a bit hard on the old charger.
So I am looking for an outdoor-suitable on-off switch that will work with this new tape. I still have the old tape system and (it seemed logical to me) tried using its simple switch on the + side to turn the fence on and off, and it's a mystery to me why when I put that +-side switch in the off position, the "bi-polar" tape is still charged. But it is. So clearly I need some different kind of on-off switch and none of my google searches have turned it up. What am I looking for? Help please.
Thanks in advance from an otherwise technically-competent person with a mental block against things electrical.
In case it helps, here's a link to the website selling the bipolar product: https://www.horseguardfence.com/shop/cat03.php or search for horse guard fence.
So I am looking for an outdoor-suitable on-off switch that will work with this new tape. I still have the old tape system and (it seemed logical to me) tried using its simple switch on the + side to turn the fence on and off, and it's a mystery to me why when I put that +-side switch in the off position, the "bi-polar" tape is still charged. But it is. So clearly I need some different kind of on-off switch and none of my google searches have turned it up. What am I looking for? Help please.
Thanks in advance from an otherwise technically-competent person with a mental block against things electrical.
In case it helps, here's a link to the website selling the bipolar product: https://www.horseguardfence.com/shop/cat03.php or search for horse guard fence.