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NEIA | I have a couple of small pastures I place some 300# stiens on in the spring with a self feeder and remove them in the fall at about 700#. The one farm does not have power . I've never had good luck with solar fencers. They just dont have the joules the ac ones have. Pasture is about 15-20 acres. The farm does have a decent barbed wire fence and grass and feed are abundant but my experience with stiens is they have nothing to do and push them sometimes. I'm not opposed to having 2 fencers running different sections. Any recommendations? |
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| Attach a solar panel to trolling motor battery and hook to a 12 volt fencer of your choice. I suggest stafix. |
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West Central Nebraska - Sandhills | +1. We bucked up and bought an expensive solar fencer, still doesn't work, even on a very small perimeter fence with good ground |
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Oklahoma | Parmak Magnum Solar-Pak 12 |
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Northwest Missouri | Have several of those, best solar charger I've ever had. |
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North Mo. | however they sill don't beat a reg. battery fencer with a battery and a solar panel. ?that said the parmak in my OP is the best stand alone unit |
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NNW Nebraska | Parmark makes a 12 volt, 3 joule fencer, that may be as / more reliable than many. Depending on your cloudy days and load, mine work just fine on a 10 watt solar panel. No charge control.
Otherwise thare are 6 joule fencers out there. Stayfix is one. Light load in summer that would probbly work on 10 watt panel. For winter / heavier load, might want to go to a 30 watt panel , 2 batteries, and charge control.
I have had 2 of the 6 joule ones crap out. I think it happened both times when i had a bad short over a period of time on remote division fences that didn't get checked good enough.
I don't buy the expensive boat batteries. Only ocassionaly are the batteries deap cycled. Most days, The battery is mostly charged by noon. Locally we have batteries (often called irrigation batteries ) we can buy for $40. I have had them last for years on a fencer. Also sometimes i get a well used battery in a vehicle that is still working, but not giving as much reserve. I use that on fencers and put a fresh one in the vehicle.
Ocassionaly now, I have seen solar fencers that are already put togather, but you can do it yourself cheaper. watch the joules. Some solar fencers are around half a joule. You want a minimum of 3 joules. With 6 joules grounded good, and a little moisture in the ground, when a critter touches it, you can be a quarter mile away and hear a snap and a beller. When you hear that, they will not be messing with the fence.
If you are using more than a tiny amount of electric fence, you need to invest in a fault finder. Yes i know it cost about a hundred $, but is worth its weight in gold. |
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Oklahoma Panhandle | Agree on Parmak 12 volt. |
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north west arkansas | I've always had best luck with Parmak 12 volt units and then I hook them up to a deep cycle battery. |
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SC,Missouri | X2 I've made several home made ones way hotter and just keep working better than the all in one units. |
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Beresford, SD | That what I got, work good. |
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Driftless SW Wisconsin | If you look at the size of the battery in most all-in-one solar fencers it is very, very small. A battery charger with a good high capacity deep cycle 12 volt battery is a whole different animal. Compare the joule output, its much higher on most 12v battery fencers compared to solar fencers. You can try to keep the deep cycle battery charged with a solar panel but just make sure you get a panel setup with some type of charge controller. A standard roof top panel puts out 35-40 volts and can over charge a 12 volt car battery. You need a charge controller. Overall system is not cheap. With weeds and all contacting the fence wire I feel it takes 6 joules to hold cattle. |
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