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piglet2001

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I am needing to sort out some electric fencing and my old battery’s have had it.

Has anyone used solar powered energisers and if yes would you go for gallagher or rutland?

Probably overthinking this but if you have a solar powered energiser am I right in thinking you just need an earth rod, stakes and tape/rope? I feel like I’m overlooking something.

Thanks in advance.
 
piglet2001 said:
I am needing to sort out some electric fencing and my old battery’s have had it.

Has anyone used solar powered energisers and if yes would you go for gallagher or rutland?

Probably overthinking this but if you have a solar powered energiser am I right in thinking you just need an earth rod, stakes and tape/rope? I feel like I’m overlooking something.

Thanks in advance.
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I have a solar powered energiser and you just use that and an earthing rod. it’s so much easier. Mine is from amazon - I think it’s called ‘my animal command’ or something similar.
 
Mine are Gallagher and are brilliant. You have to buy separately a stand for it to sit in (or a bit of broom handle works) and an earth rod (I use an old metal stake, or a tent peg, or anything really). It’s so much easier than charging batteries.
 
I’ve got the Gallagher S100, it comes as a complete unit, the stand is also the earth.

I’m very very pleased with it. It has done 6 acres, all winter, and gives out a proper kick.

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Mine are both Gallagher! I don't have a stand for mine, it sits on a plastic tub! 😬
They are great, work well and not bad price wise.
 
We have solar energisers, from amazon, they work brilliantly and take virtually no maintenance. They work to keep the horses where we want them and inside the perimeter to keep dogs and people out
 
I have two Gallagher S20's. My supports are a broken plastic electric fencing stakes. One is now working round a track system, put up this afternoon and the other will be another track system for the sheep and will be put up during the week.
 
I have a Rutland I think, its fab! Two years in and it hasn’t missed a beat and packs quite a punch! Plus much easier to move about if you move fields than the big heavy batteries. Mine is hung on the grounding spike.
 
I have a Gallagher that is about 7 years old now and still like new. Still gives a hell of a kick.

I tie mine to the post and rail with a bit of bailer twine 🤣 then just connect to the fence and have an earthing road.
 
spotty_pony2 said:
I am needing to sort out some electric fencing and my old battery’s have had it.

Has anyone used solar powered energisers and if yes would you go for gallagher or rutland?

Probably overthinking this but if you have a solar powered energiser am I right in thinking you just need an earth rod, stakes and tape/rope? I feel like I’m overlooking something.

Thanks in advance.
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Someone else has said you can just buy a solar panel. The technology has improved, so you can buy a light flexible one, cheaply on ebay, with a bigger output for its size, and leisure batteries are also cheaper if you buy them online if you buy from a specialist store. I have run very long fences with them.
What ever you use get a fence tester and check the 'drainage' rate of the conductor you buy. The more tins the more effective, and often if its wider tape they are using the same amount of conductors, cheaper ones tend to have more 'drainage'. The lower the number ohm the better.
 
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