Mains electric fencing

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Am thinking about buying a mains fencing kit. I have a battery set up at the moment, which is a pain, as I keep forgetting to charge it etc.

Was talking to hubby tonight about me buying a mains kit, and he said 'surely, that will cost a lot to run' blah, blah blah.

My answer, was that it would cost less than one lightbulb. Just the first thing that came into my head really.

Does it cost a lot to run?

thanks.
 
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Of course not. It's 5,000 volts, but only for a microsecond. I'll bet you pay more messing about with batteries and charging them up. Mine is on all the time, it's 1/2 mile long and it costs next to nothing. If you want, I'll get the OH to work it out for you.


ps just checked it up and it's 1/4 of a LOW ENERGY lightbulb - 5 watts so you were right :)
 
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However, when I spoke to the electric Board about our extremely large bill, when asked what we were running and I said electric fence they said it was extortionately expensive!
 
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However, when I spoke to the electric Board about our extremely large bill, when asked what we were running and I said electric fence they said it was extortionately expensive!
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They were lying to put you off querying the bill. I hope it didn't work?
 
Found this aswell....

The power consumption of most energisers for agricultural / livestock control purposes will range from 1 watt up to 25+ watts. Operating a 4.5 watt energiser (a medium sized EquiStop M3) continuously for 24 hours per day for 30 days at a utility company charge of 10 pence per kilowatt-hour will equal:

4.5 watts x 24 hours per day x 30 days / 1000 = 3.2 kilowatt-hours (kWh)

3.2 kWh x 10 pence = 32 pence/30days

So £0.32 is the cost of operating the 4.5 watt energiser for 30 days at this rate, or a cost of £3.84 per year. Now you know how much your electric fencing system is costing you to run.

this is a link to the whole page I found .......http://www.agrisellex.co.uk/blog/?p=175
 
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Ours costs £20 a year to run and is quite a powerful one, does around 36 miles and runs at 10000v, worth every penny compared to the hassle of having to change batteries etc.
 
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