leisure batteries

[Cahill]

how often do i need to charge my battery up?
its one that maybe needs to be topped up with distilled water.
i haven`t got a line tester.
the energiser is on the halfway switch.
handy hints please.

 

[dieseldog]

Not an easy question to answer. Depends on the size of your battery, how much fence it is running, the size of the energiser, how much grass/bushes etc is touching the fencing.

You can't really answer it, so either buy a tester or go touch it!

 

[Cahill]

yes,may have to purchase a tester.

just bought the battery and an earthing stake and some posts and its not even my own pons.

 

[Mooch]

I can normally tell by the shock the bloody lines give me!

I am hopeless and I am always being shock by the dam things! Normally on my back as I bend to go under them! Doh!

I can also tell by how close the horses are will to get to them. As the power drops they get closer and closer.

I only use mine to seperate one paddock in to two, so it's not to prevent them escaping or anything.

Once they come off the paddock I recharge the battery.

 

[Cahill]

i use leccy fence around my own ponies.i have always used an old car battery and most of the time the fence is switched off anyway because they don`t bother it.
but
am having to sort out some serious fence for the other field where the ponies don`t respect the fence.
i picked up a fencing brochure and to do it all properly is quite a science and an expensive one at that!!

 

[SpruceRI]

I used to use a couple of car batteries for my fence but could never keep them charged properly. They didn't do well living out, and if you run them down too much they don't recharge properly again.

After years and years of this, I bit the bullet this year and bought an Electric Shepherd Leisure Battery, an earth stake and tester.

Took advice from a local E-Fence company on whether my energiser was up to the job (it is) and why my ponies kept escaping? They said I defo needed the fence line tester as often there is a charge coming through but its' not strong enough to give a horse a reasonable deterrent shock. Needs to be minimum 4000v

So, now I've got the new battery rigged up to a solar panel and its' earth stake. That has pretty much kept it charged throughout summer. I've only taken it home twice to recharge, and even then it didn't need much.

Solar panel packed away this weekend, so will just continue testing the fence line, and listen to the clicks and when they sound weak, will take battery home. Expect that to be approx every 4 weeks, but won't be able to tell for a few weeks what the routine will be.