When to wire gates
When do you have to wire under a gate?

Wiring Gates
Dig a trench under your gate. If it is only a walk through gate, 4" – 6" deep will suffice. However, if heavy equipment, such as trucks or tractors will be going through the gate, the trench should be 8" – 10" deep.

NOTE: We recommend that you thread all positive wiring through conduit (a piece of 3/4" flexible, Poly well water pipe) to avoid abrasion and to prevent shorting between negative and positive wires. Bury the pipe 8" to 10" deep. Strap the ends of the pipe to the gate posts with the ends turned down to prevent rain and dirt from filling the piping.

NOTE: The insulation on the underground wire should not breakdown at less than 15,000 volts. If the guard voltage is less than 15,000 volts, the wire may leak electricity, which will affect the integrity of your fence. Your animals may not want to cross over the buried wire if they sense the electricity beneath them.

Connect a piece of copper insulated lead-out wire to one of the strands by connecting the wire to the Braid™ with a copper split-bolt connector. Run the wire underground and re-attach it to a strand on the opposite side of the gate, using another split-bolt connector. Then, to electrify the appropriate strands, jump the electricity, vertically, from that strand to other strands to be electrified, as illustrated.

Use a second length of wire to connect the negative (grounded) second-from-the-top strand of Braid™ to the second-from-the-top strand on the other side of the gate. Secure all wiring to the post to prevent damage.

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