Electric fences don't work in dry conditions.  If you will watch everyone on here that loves them lives where they get at least 40" of rain a year. 

That said the best we ever had were Koehn chargers and you don't have to go submit papers for a loan to be able to afford one.  Their 6 joule 120V is $210.  Only ever used their 12Vs ones but never had one fail, which I can't say for Gallagher or Waterford or Parmak.  Parmak was the best of those 3.

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