When your wire is broken your dog might escape putting him in danger.
Find break in dog fence wire.
Disconnect these wires from the transmitter and put the ends of a paper clip or small piece of wire into the jacks where the wires had been connected.
Our dealers and their installation teams are experienced in fixing wire breaks quickly and thoroughly.
This should complete the loop and make your fence transmitter work.
Touch the tips of the metal legs to the ends of your twisted dog fence wire.
How to find a break in an invisible fence using a wire locator the most common way to find a break is to use an underground locator.
Reconnect your dog fence wires at the transmitter then connect your two wires from the twisted pair.
If this is the case the problem may be in your collar or transmitter.
First thing to do is make sure that you do indeed have a break.
There are a few ways to do this.
Watch the video below for a demonstration of how to use it.
Wire break detection methods.
If your dog fence starts working the break is somewhere in the outside loop.
After some testing of different models we recommend the kolsol underground wire locator.
Over the lifetime of an electric dog fence it is not uncommon for a wire break to occur.
Performing a short loop test.
You may also notice that your receiver collars are no longer reacting when you approach the wire.
If the multi meter beeps you have continuity in your dog fence wire meaning the loop is functional and there is no wire break.
On my unit two wires run from the transmitter to the perimeter fence.