Two chargers on multiple strand fence?

[chiques chicks]

Maybe a stupid idea, but:

I plan to install a 6-8 strand electric fence, the lowest strand being at 6 inches, strand two at 12.

Is there a reason I can't run the lower one or two stands on one energizer and the rest on another? I have two energizers, so cost is not an issue. I can place the grounds far enough apart, so also not an issue. Both energizers have plenty of power for the entire fence. I currently run over 650' of seven strand net on one and have over 7000v at the far end. Power is not the issue.

My reasoning: if the snow is deep enough to reach the lower wires, they could ground, rendering the whole fence dead, same with weeds I don't get to quickly enough.

This fence will be used with goats who are trained to a net, so training them to hot wire should be no problem. They won't even cross the net when it is laying on the ground. Some of the strands in my proposed fence will be wire, some polywire for visibility.

 

[greybeard]

What will happen when an animal or a weed (or snow) contacts both strands that are just 6" apart?
ans: It will result in effectively making the 2 separate strands into a single fence, energized by 2 separate chargers. 2 chargers on the same fence is a big no-no. You will likely fry both energizers within 1-2 pulses.

How are planning on grounding the 2 separate strands and their assigned chargers?
Remember--the current isn't really ending at earth--earth is just a conductor utilized in the return path--the pulse must return to ground terminal inside the same individual charger it was sent from for the animal to actually be shocked.
There is another thread on this or a similar subject somewhere-posted in the last 6 months.

 

[chiques chicks]

Grounding rods would be used, at least 50' apart. I wasn't sure what would happen if both wires were hit at once.

Guess I'll just have to keep a flamethrower handy to melt the snow!

OS are my animals would stay in the fence even during short periods of no current anyway. Predators aren't a huge problem here for animals the size of goats. Chickens, rabbits and turkey get taken, but there is plenty of easier to get wildlife and the only large predator we have is coyote, although I haven't seen or heard any for some time. There are plenty of deer, rabbits and small mammals to feed the coyotes.