Electric fencing wire tester

An electric fencing wire tester comprising:

• a handle member defining an elongated slot-shaped first recess,
• a blade member,
• a pivot member pivotally coupling the blade member to the handle member with the blade member being pivotal relative to the handle member between an open state with the blade member extending from the handle member and a closed state with the blade member folded into the slot-shaped first recess in the handle member,
• a hooking member formed in the handle member and defining an indent in the handle member configured to releasably house an electric fencing wire, and
• an electronic monitoring circuit comprising:
• a voltage detection circuit formed on a printed circuit board, and
• an antenna constructed as a printed circuit board trace printed around the edge of the printed circuit board on which the voltage detection circuit is formed, the antenna having an electrical resistance so that a current induced in the antenna produces a voltage therein, the voltage detection circuit communicating with the antenna for reading a voltage induced in the antenna,
• the printed circuit board on which the voltage detection circuit is formed being housed in a second recess in the handle member with a portion of the antenna printed around the edge of the printed circuit board located relative to the indent defined in the handle member by the hooking member, so that the antenna is magnetically coupled to an electric fencing wire located in the indent defined by the hooking member for inducing a flow of electric current in the antenna to produce a voltage in the antenna indicative of a pulsed voltage in the electric fencing wire.