Adding a GATE
If you want a permanent opening or
gate in
the containment field, you must use
what
is commonly called a double loop,
as shown in Figure 9. Carefully follow
the current around the wiring and you
will realize that this layout is still a single
loop of wire that is folded back upon
itself. If the gate is narrow, you may
have to reduce the
boundaryfieldnextto
thegate. Thiscan
be done by
triangulating or folding the wire back on
itself for a short distance as shown
MAKING A CONTAINMENT FIELD WITH A GATE
WIDE
GATE
Wire Wire
NARROW
GATE
Wire Wire
6 FOOT
inside Figure 9. Do not bury the wire
near the gate until after the entire
system is
working and adjusted for the
proper field
strength in all areas of the
installation.
TWISTED WIRE
FIELD WILL CANCEL
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SEPARATION
RECOMMENDED
In double loop installations, it is very
important to have the inside and
outside
MAKING A CONTAINMENT FIELD WITH MULTIPLE GATES
Figure 10
Figure 9
wires separated by at least 6 feet
all around the containment area if
you want a normal containment
fieldwidthof3to 10 feet. Use
12.
feet of wire separation if you
desirea widercontainment field
width
– up to 2.0 feet. Using less
wire
separationreducesthe field
strength
and requires the dog
to be closer to the wire before
receiving a correction. Whatever
wire separation you choose,
maintain a consistent separation
between the inside and outside
wires if you want a consistent
correction distance. Remember
the double loop requires almost
twice as much wire, and burying
of that wire, as a single loop, so
plan accordingly.
Once you have chosen to use
the “double loop” layout, you
canplaceasmanyotheropenings/gatesintheboundaryfieldasyouwish
by twisting the inner and outer wires together, or simply bringing the two
wires together tightly. This concept, shown in Figure 10.
TWISTED WIRE
FIELD WILL CANCEL
SEPARATION
