Installing the Wire

[toolbelt]

Skaagen, some additional things to consider while you're installing the wire.  When going to and from a bush/tree/flower bed the wires can touch each other.  Remember, counter clockwise around the bush/tree/flower bed and make sure you take into account bush growth.  You may have to trim around the bush until it reaches it's final size but it will sure beat re-installing the wire.  Also, take into account that should you upgrade the newer units are wider so add a couple inches to the distant away from edge. 

When the bot heads home and hits the wire going around a bush/tree it will make about 3 circular trips before it figures out it's not getting anywhere.  At that point it will stop, turn and head off looking for the perimeter wire.  Don't panic... :-)

Check out the 'boot' layouts if you want to break your yard up into different areas.
Note that the toe part in always next to the returning wire.

Have fun..... and you haven't seen anything yet.  We name these little things and treat them like part of the family..... grown men and women doing this, so either we're crazy or......

Ahhhh, you have named your bot, right?

[Skaagen]

lmao toolbelt!  No, I haven't named my bott yet.  I'm guessing once I get him to work, I'll probably name him then.  Thanks for the pointers!

Skaagen

[shep874]

Wire lay out What a problem this can be..
I had to tare out some wire so that I could do some landscaping and for a number of reasons have not relayed it.  Needing to run Billie in the front yard I made a temp closure of the loop. Now not wanting to stand out in the heat to make sure he did not run over the Temp Wire I decided to put in stakes to protect the wire coming out of the ground, taped it to the stake and than ran the wire over head to a stake protecting the wire going back to make the loop.  The thought occurred to me. If you want to test a layout for any reason or if you expect to, for any reason need to move the wire from time to time, simply put stakes strong enough and deep enough so that the Bott can bump into them with no harm being done. Billie even found his way home using the overhead wire..

[jzawacki]

Just make sure they are sturdy.  I tried something similar, thinking I could just pound some small rods into the ground and my bot ended up bending them over till it pulled them out of the ground.