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[Dennis Argall <dennisargall@bigpond.com>]

David

I have had a combo solar panel, battery, energiser for 15 years, and it  
has been through flood and neglect and abuse and hung in all sorts of  
places. I am happy to report that while the battery has been replaced  
($A20 or so in Australia) a few times, the rest has remained in  
business and fires away well.

I would look for something which is readily available, a combined unit,  
just enough power for the job, easliy handled, easily switched off when  
you want to adjust the fence (very often). A secret of battery life is  
keeping earthing opportunities from the net, checking every few days at  
least. Chickens have a habit of raking vast heaps of mulch onto the  
bottom wires! Reducing earthing reduces the emptying of the battery  
overnight - well, if you had a NiCad battery that would be OK perhaps,  
but with simple lead acid, that wears the battery out.

cheers

Dennis
www.aplaceof.info


On 30/03/2005, at 6:09 AM, David Siripoonsup wrote:

> Hello I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for a solar fence  
> charger to use for a portable pasture for chickens. I would want the  
> fence to charge an electric net fencing.
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