Gordon McMillan Posted December 6, 2015 Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 Can anyone recommend the best solar powered electric fence box to use? Using one that runs off a car battery just now but its depressing having to switch batteries and recharge them all the time. Mains electric is not an option as its out in the middle of no where. Needs to have a decent crack off it as its for horses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontrowfencing Posted December 6, 2015 Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 I would say if you are happy with your current unit then keep it, no need to change you will be better off buying a solar panel and connecting to the battery. Depending on size of energiser and amount of vegetation on the fence you shouldn't need a huge panel. Most electric fence companies would probably supply them. We use patura mainly through Birkdale, good quality but not cheap. Total differnt usage but I have a little 15watt panel, one of the smallest you can get and I run that on top of my shed, to keep a 12v battery charged and then we use 12v lights to light the shed up as we don't have electric. Admittedly I could probably do with a larger panel to run the 5 lights, but on a good day it keeps up. Solar power has come on a lot, I first saw it used in n.z. Back in 2002 when I was there, they used solar power to run the fence around a whole farm, and then had battery back up. It wasn't bad then, but I think it's got better. That was Gallagher equipment as it is n.z. Company and big over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon McMillan Posted December 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 Cheers, will have a browse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marks Posted December 6, 2015 Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 Try www.kiwikit.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premnayloon Posted December 6, 2015 Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 I was told by my electric fence supplier that Gallagher have had big disagreement with stockists in the UK, resulting in many suppliers refusing to stock them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon McMillan Posted December 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 Thats a good site Mark, The lack of sun at moment could be an issue here!! Any rain powered systems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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