someguy199
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Really OK thanks hopefully one or two will nose it and learn to leave it alone.. might need to look at getting a cheap solar yoke for it.. Pitty it does not have a battery status on it.
Electric fencing 101
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You can get a battery that you can flatten without shortening its life . They use them on boats and caravans . The Optima would be a bit over the top as regards price .
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scoffcruddle
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I’m using a leisure battery now after feckin batteries for fun.
if your battery fencer locate it in the centre of the run.
if your battery fencer locate it in the centre of the run.
AYF
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Bought a leisure battery here too. Much better job.
I bought a solar panel off Amazon to try and keep it topped up, tbh I'd have been better of buying a second battery and swapping round every few days.
The proper solar shockers are the way to go of you want a solar setup.
massey 6480
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Lads copper wire taking the current from the fencer to the fence ok but not ideal . Or complete no no .
MF30
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It’s ok except where it joins onto the steel wire. Dissimilar metals corrode against each other. If I was doing it I’d wrap the joint with insulation tape to seal it up against damp which will accelerate corrosion.
Yep and it's the steel that will corrode in preference to the copper. Same deal as a sacrificial anode.
What I do, if it's at the start of a run, is attach the copper to the redundant "tail" at the very end of the galvanized wire just after it's wrapped around itself. If it's in the middle of run you can use 6" of galvanized wire to make a hanging "U" shape attached to the wire and wrap the copper around that.
powerfarmer
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There's a Gallagher 1 that's supposed to tell u where the fault is, expensive though €150
jay gatsby
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Seedsower
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The directional fault ones don't work that well in practice imv.
A tester that doesn't need earthing is much handier,I have a Gallagher one now that fits in the palm of your hand it's handy,I don't think it was 150 euro,maybe half that.
I bought a boundary blade knife and tester in one recently,the voltage reading is way off but it tells you that it's working or not anyway and is handy in other ways
A tester that doesn't need earthing is much handier,I have a Gallagher one now that fits in the palm of your hand it's handy,I don't think it was 150 euro,maybe half that.
I bought a boundary blade knife and tester in one recently,the voltage reading is way off but it tells you that it's working or not anyway and is handy in other ways
someguy199
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Just wondering.. I've a cheetah cub energiser. I added a new battery and the tester is saying it's very low volts. If I clip it from the tensile wire and say onto bull wire below it it's at 7000volts(full shock) . I've the earth down fully and not sure where to start investing what the problem could be. I've reduced the length of the line but still low voltage, the tensile wire is not touching anything, all touching plugs only... Any ideas..? The enigiser was fine last year, it's about 3 years old.
someguy199
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Okay thanks I'm going move it a few times down the line to see if I can get a different result
someguy199
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Yes turned out on a post where tensile was joining another strand it was actually touching the stake post(was difficult to see the spot where it was touching )... anyway all sorted now thanks