Johnsdeere said: (quoted from post at 23:03:40 11/22/09) we are having problems with stray voltage from our fencer coming into our waters and stock tanks when a heater is plugged in. The water lines are plastic underground. The Stray voltage pulses with the fence. It stops if the ground is disconnected from the plug or outlet. I even have a ground rod in each tank with a wire in it and it still does not cure it. I have checked the fence and it has no shorts that can be found, I have 3 ground rods under the eve with heavy copper wire to it spaced 10 feet apart at the barn. I have had this problem for as long as we live here. The electric comes into the house over head into the basement and the panel has one ground rod, it then feeds out of that panel underground in direct bury wire that is 6 years old 3 wire to the barn into a panel that currently has no ground rod hooked to it. All the barn wiring is new and the panel is new with lights and such no motors or conduit etc. Any ideas how to stop this. It has to be coming in the ground side since it the breaker is off it still happens and it stops if the ground is disconnected. I think its coming in through the house ground to the panel and to the barn to the outlet to the water. The cows and horses don"t drink if its zapping them and I can feel it if I touch the ground and water at the same time.
This sentence has me asking a question or two. " It stops if the ground is disconnected from the plug or outlet. "
1) Which device ground are you referring to here, the fence charger or the tank heater?
2) Do both the fence charger and the heaters have the 3rd ground prong on their plugs?
P.S. I strongly suspect insulating your tank (set on tires) would make the problem worse, by allowing it's voltage to rise more than it is now, in that the tank would be isolated from earth.
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