Ridecamp: Re: [RC] re: electric fence

>As far as solar goes, I talked to the salesman at my local Southern States
about them, and he said they are not good for large areas and don't pack as
much of a punch as plug-in or battery models, and of course won't work well
in cloudy weather.


I have a six-volt solar charger. The directions say it will charge 20 miles
of fence for 30 days without sun. I don't live in the Arctic circle, so I
don't foresee ever having a problem. It doesn't pack the punch that the old
plug-in did, but the horses are already trained to know that electric fence
tape is not something they want to touch, so they don't go near it. And I
can put it anywhere without worrying about where an outlet is. This is
important, since I don't have electric in the barn and my ancient house has
no outside outlets.

Maybe borrow a plug-in type for a few days until the horses learn to respect
the fence. Days go by that I forgot to turn the fence back on after feeding
time. I have put up temporary dividers in the field using flagging tape.
They've never noticed that it isn't 'hot'. So low power isn't really a
problem once the horses are trained.

Maggie Pritchard
Under a Shooting Star Farm


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