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Lynda wrote:
> Hopefully they have improved the ability of solar/battery chargers.  There 
> was no way they put out anywhere near the "zap" the wired in chargers did. 
> My horses could have cared less about the electric fence with the battery 
> charged unit and it was supposed to be good enough to keep bulls in!  I had 
> to go back to the wired in units.

That is what I am afraid of, but I know that output varies from system 
to system and it might not be as simple as make a generalization.   I 
know what that Cyclops can do powered AC, I will be able to compare what 
it can do via DC, i.e. solar/battery


> The difference with the batteries is that regular batteries is that regular 
> batteries are made to give you a whole bunch of juice for a short period of 
> time and the deep cycle batteries are made to give you a surge when you need 
> it but give you a steady current over a long period of time.  They are also 
> designed to "survive" repeated drawn downs and what is called "deep" 
> recharging.  That will kill a regular car type battery.
> If you take the two batteries apart, the marine batteries have 
> bigger/thicker plates in them.


Thanks for that explanation and especially the terminology.   That may 
have answered my question about animals testing the fence(repeated draw 
downs).  I suppose a deep cycle marine battery would suit the purpose 
better than a regular 12 volt.

And Lynn, I actually have a marine battery.  It came with the boat my 
boss gave me.


Bev, hoping to get more answers about the solar panels
--
I am having an out-of-money experience.
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