Things You'll Need
Screwdriver
100 µH RF choke
Portable radio
Garden stakes
Spade shovel
Weatherproof wire nuts
Electrical tape
An invisible fence uses RF, or radio frequency, waves to detect when the transmitter on your dog's collar passes an invisible line in your yard. This information goes to an RF transmitter box located in your home or garage. The transmitter box starts to beep to notify you that your dog left the yard. If there is a break in the fence, the transmitter box will beep nonstop until the break is located and repaired. Since the fence line is invisible, the level of difficultly in locating the break in the fence increases.
Step 1
Disconnect the wires that connect to the transmitter box by loosening the screw terminals, using a screwdriver.
Step 2
Connect the ends of the RF choke to the terminals on the transmitter box, and then wrap the wire leads you previously removed around opposite ends of the choke wire.
Step 3
Turn the transmitter up to full power. This eliminates the beeping and closes the circuit.
Step 4
Turn your portable radio to AM settings and tune in 600 mHz.
Step 5
Walk the perimeter of your invisible fence. You will hear a dull humming sound when the fence works properly. You will hear nothing when you come across a break in the fence.
Step 6
Insert a stake in the ground in the spot where you start to hear nothing, and then place a stake in the ground in the location where you start to hear noise again.
Step 7
Turn off the transmitter box. Remove the RF choke and connect the wires back to the terminals on the transmitter box.
Step 8
Dig up the area between the stakes with a spade shovel. Be careful not to damage the wire in the ground.
Step 9
Splice the broken wire together with a weatherproof wire nut and electrical tape. If the break extends over a long distance, install a splice wire between the broken wires.
Step 10
Backfill the ditch with dirt.
Step 11
Turn the power back on via the transmitter box.
Tip
This method does not work for all brands of invisible pet fences. Try checking in recently dug areas in your yard to see if that is where the break is located. Otherwise, you may have to purchase a wire break locator kit.
Lisa Wampler
Lisa Wampler began writing professionally in 2005 and has published on various websites. She specializes in content writing and search engine optimization, drawing from previous positions as an account manager and a social media manager for an SEO company.