The most common way to find a break is to use an underground locator.
Finding break in invisible fence.
Now you ve got your break.
The wire is connected to a transmitter usually mounted in your basement or your garage.
Some transmitters such as the pet guardian systems and the invisible fence gate systems do not have an alarm they simply blink indicating that the dog fence system is functional.
If there is no break give the wire a tug and see if it will give.
If the loop indicator light did not come on you may assume there is a break in this portion of the boundary wire.
If it does keep pulling until you find the end.
Find wire breaks in your invisible pet fence with the underground wire break locator.
The underground boundary wire is a key component of a dogwatch hidden fence or any other pet containment system for pets including invisible fence brand.
Now that the wire locator transmitter is hooked up and sending a signal with our fence unit we can use the wire locator receiver to find the break in your underground fence.
Use the radio to find that wire if need be.
Watch the video below for a demonstration of how to use it.
At the end of that wire is where the other cut end is.
How to find a break in an invisible fence using a wire locator.
This locator can detect wires up to 80 cm away from the sensing.
Do a short loop test.
After calling the company i was informed that this alarm meant there was a break in the fence and that i should have them come out as soon as possible because my dog would surely figure this out in a few days.
This device works up to 3 feet deep and 1000 feet in length.
Plug in the fence transmitter and check the loop indicator light.
However there is a small chance of having more than one break.
Lay the wire back on top of the ground in the direction it came from.
Recently i went into my garage to find the invisible dog fence transmitter beeping.
Hooking up to both fence wires will send a signal up both sides of the break making it much harder to detect.
It makes a loud piercing sound that indicates a break in your dog fence main loop or twisted wire.