| Petsafe PRFA-500 Wire and Flag Accessory Kit | 
| Brand: PetSafe
Category: Pet Products
Department: pet-care
List Price: $49.99 (0.00)
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Seller: Canine House
Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 19,191
Media: Misc.
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Size: 4.5 lbs.
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2
Dimensions (in): 6 x 13 x 3
MPN: PRFA-500
Model: PRFA-500
UPC: 729849100343
EAN: 0729849100343
ASIN: B0000DAPGK
Release Date: April 14, 2006
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| Features:
| • | Includes 500-foot roll of 20-gauge copper-stranded boundary wire, 2 nut splices, 50 boundary flags | | • | Works with new installation with purchase of transmitter and collar system | | • | Adds up to 1/3-acre coverage to extant fence system | | • | Designed for Petsafe RF-3004W-11 small and large-yard radio fence systems | | • | Wire and Flag Accessory Kitexpands boundaries of Petsafe electric dog fence system |
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Product Description
PetSafe Radio Fence Boundary Kit for use with the PetSafe Radio Fence Pet Containment System. 500-ft. spool of Radio Fence wire, plus 50 boundary flags, to extend the System. Order ONLINE right now! AVAILABLE SEPARATELY: PetSafe Radio Fence Pet Containment System - word search in our Store for 'PetSafe System'. PetSafe Radio Fence Boundary Kit
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 7
 shocking surprise January 30, 2009
E. CRUMBLEY (georgetown, tx)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
My 14lbs terrior mix has a mind of her own. Try as we did, she would not stay in the yard, and we live out in the country in a gated community, and fences are frowned upon. We live on a river, and the deer are thick out here...lots of distractions for a little dog. Long story short, she got the idea about the flags being the limit, but with the collar set on the second setting, she was not discouraged from just running through the boundry. Reset the collar to the third position, and after one last run past the boundry, she discovered that she really likes staying away from those flags. I shocked myself before I tried it on her, and it is similar to a static discharge from shuffling your feet on a carpet. We are in the third week of training, and I really feel comfortable letting her run outside without fear of her running away. A consideration is that other dogs have no problem coming into my yard, so THEY can still be a threat to my little dog. It took me about 2 hours to install the system. I put the control box in the attic to keep it out of the weather, and just ran the wire behind a gutter down spout, to the ground. I do have a split rail fence around part of my yard, and just stapled the wire to the bottom of the lower rail. I would buy this product again. If my single minded dog learned, any dog can. Even my wife, who thought this was akin to animal torture, is happy we have this installed.
Best fence ever! March 24, 2010
Garden Gal (Lebanon, IN)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love my fence! Super easy to install . . . I installed it by myself on 1/2 acre in an afternoon. Don't pull it too tight. Super easy to train! Take the time to do this and you'll be glad you did. If you short-cut it, you will have wasted your money. I had an extremely stubborn lab that I contained with it. You have to get a little "creative" with the most stubborn. At a vet's suggestion, I put the collar around his middle on the second to the lowest setting & gradually increased it as needed. Once he was zapped a couple times, he was good to go! Invest in the line break locator for the future. It will make finding any breaks a breeze and save a lot of time. If I ever move, this will be my first new home purchase!!!
Petsafe Invisible Fence August 16, 2010
Ruby
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We purchased this fence along with extra wire. Our German Shepherd really loves this fence. She learned her boundary lines very quickly and can run freely with 1000' of wire enclosure. Living rural, we have had a few electrical power outages and Rosie still stayed in her area. She respects where the line is and does not test it. I set the warning beep at 2'-3'. The battery lasted 8 months because she doesn't like to even hear the beeps. We also wired part of our porch to give our cats quiet time away from man's best friend!
Extra Boundary Wire for a Larger Containment Area July 2, 2008
Leebo (USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is the PetSafe brand boundary wire for making larger containment areas or mending broken wire. This kit comes with a 500 ft spool of 20 gauge solid copper wire and 50 boundary flags. You are suppose to space the flags at 10' intervals during the training sessions. You remove every other flag at the end of the training course over a period of 8 days to complete the training.The dog now responds to the auditory cues from the receiver (collar) and no longer needs the visual cues from the flags.
A 500 ft. spool is suppose to enclose up to 1/3 of an acre. You may end up using more wire for special areas. Places where you would like the wire to cancel itself out, you twist the outgoing and incoming wires together in a braid to make them cancel the signal. Or if you are not making a complete square containment area you will have to run a double loop. That is where you run the wire along let's say 3 sides of a square and then keeping the wire at least 3'-5' away from itself run the wire back along the same path to the transmitter (master unit). In this fashion you can contain an area that doesn't consist of four side. Like say for instance you have land that backs up to a lake and you would like to not run a fence along the water. You would create a double loop to accomplish that. The double loop would look something like an outline of the letter C or U for example.
According to the reference charts from PetSafe, for a: 1/4 acre you will need 415 ft of wire; 1/3 acre = 480 ft; 1/2 acre = 590 ft; 1 acre = 835 ft; 2 acre = 1180 ft; 5 acre = 1870 ft; 10 acre = 2800 ft; 20 acre = 3750 ft; 30 acre = 4600 ft; 40 acre = 5330 ft; 50 acre = 5900 ft; 60 acre = 6500 ft; 70 acre = 7000 ft; 80 acre = 7500 ft; 90 acre = 8000 ft; 100 acre = 8350 ft.
8350 ft is suppose to be the max length you can run with this PetSafe 20 gauge wire. I walked the area where I wanted to install my fence and counted my steps. I knew my stride on average covered 3 feet. So I multiplied my steps x3 to determine the amount of wire I would need. In my case it was 600 steps = 1800 ft or 4 spools total. PetSafe also recommends staying away from telephone, CATV and electrical lines that may be buried in ground as they may affect the signal. If you have to cross them you should do so at 90 degrees (perpendicular) to them.
You can splice the wire together using electrical wire nuts. The kit comes with them and waterproof grease caps like the kind that are often used with sprinkler irrigation wires. You simple install the wire nut and then insert it down into a cylindrical 3" tube filled with waterproof grease. Then you fold down the cap thats on the end of the tube that has wire exit slots around it, to seal the tube. You can also use waterproof scotch locks by 3M that are often used in the telephone and security industries. You can get these at most home improvement stores in the telephone tools section. You do need special pliers to crimp the scotch locks however, but I believe this is the sturdiest and easiest way to splice these wires. You don't even have to strip the wire to use the scotch locks.
I have seen prices range from $20 for the wire with no flags included to $50 for the kit here. If you need more than one roll it may pay off to price around by contacting different sellers. You can of course use any 20 gauge insulated solid copper wire. Just make sure it is burial rated if you are digging to install it because the labor is the most expensive part of putting in a system like this and you probably don't want to be replacing cheap wire that has failed any time soon. Also make sure it's UV resistant or else the sun will dry out and make the wire jacket brittle over time. I used a lawn edger to dig a trench 4" deep and used a wooden paint stir stick to gently push the wire into the trench. I used my shoe to fill in the trench and pack the earth back down. Good luck with yours! Take Care.
Works great! February 8, 2008
J.B. (Hawaii)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I purchased the product and it works great with one exception. My dog has figured out that if he gets a run at it, he can get over the wire without too much 'shock' to himself. I had to increase the width of the boundary area on the receiver to deal with this and then it works perfectly. I would recommend it.
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