would using a lower capacity 12v battery cause the fence to not fire all all or just reduce the number of zaps it can issue? I thought the latter but now I'm not so sure.

@thatguyoverthere@shitposter.world Depends on what resistors the fence has in place, but lowering the voltage would reduce the shock's power at best and make it ineffective at worst if there is too much resistance in place already.

@supersid333@gearlandia.haus not voltage amperage. The new batteries are still 12v but they have about 2/3 of the original capacity

@thatguyoverthere@shitposter.world Oh I misread. If the voltage is the same then it should deliver the same amount of power, it would just reduce the amount of shocks it can put out before running out.

@thatguyoverthere@shitposter.world So the hot wires are intact?

@supersid333@gearlandia.haus the current is transferred horizontally across 11 rows around the fence but the lower sections a have damage so there is likely no current on the bottom 4 rows.

@thatguyoverthere@shitposter.world There would be current up until after where the break separates the wire. The elctricity goes from the fence and into the ground using the victim to complete the circuit, meaning that it'll still work on parts of the fence

@supersid333@gearlandia.haus something is fucky wucky because it's not biting