mains electric fencing

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Can anyone tell me how much more/or if it is more effective than battery fencing, before I drive to countrywide and buy a mains energiser and waste my money. Bare in mind that my mini's are very very woolly :D
 
Mine is incredibly effective. Goes from the garage and OH has set up a genius system to electrify all paddocks separately (don't ask me how as I am not interested in how it works, just that it does!)

Couldn't be doing with all those separate units and moving them around, making sure they are charged etc.
 
I've only got 100m to electrify but the battery is no good the just go through it, and my stock fencing needs removing along it as I spotted my horse nearly having a nasty accident in it this morning.
 
My mains energiser sends a fair whack (as hugh my measurer goes) not even fatty pony goes through that
One thing I've found is the energiser needs to be indoors and use run out leads.
 
Very effective! I had 3 stallions running behind a 4 strand mains fence, with mares in the field next door and never had any problems with escapes, even though one stallion was a Houdini prior to the fence going up. With minis the thing to remember is short distances between posts and strands no more than 12" apart to required height, including from the ground. My fence runs at 10000 volts, giving a belt enough to remind them they are not allowed to cross it. I would never go back to battery, make sure you buy at least 3 1m earth stakes, problems with any fence not being effective usually comes down to poor earthing.
 
Definitely worth it. I also have two very wooly minis! Touch wood, they have just spent a few weeks in a field with little grass just hay and they haven't got out. I have a fence tester and the power of it is higher than what it can read (8000v+). Zapped myself on it yesterday, my hand hurt for a while after!

How many strands have you got? I have 3, when I had 2 they just jumped straight through it and didnt get zapped at all!

Also, cant you buy an adapter? I had a battery powered energiser and paid £10 for an adapter to hook it up to the mains, very simple!
 
Dont buy from countrywide! Thier prices are horrendous- try googling Electric Fencing Direct, ive always had great service and prices much more resonable!!
 
I went to Carmarthenshire farmers, got the whole set up for £150 spent the entire afternoon sorting it out and the b**** thing isn't zapping. Will phone the manufacturer tomorrow for help :confused:
 
Ground too dry !!!!!!!!
Where do you live clippi ?

We have mains fencing. It's excellent. Never go back to batteries.
 
It was clicking, so sounds like it's working, we'll water the stake tomorrow. Have done a bit of googling and it could be possible that my husband wasn't getting zapped by it because he was wearing thick rubber soled trainers. Only way to tell is let the horses in tomorrow and see if they run ;)
 
I have a mains Rutland unit and its great. It is hard-wired on its own RCD and switch in the garage. The key parameters to look for are energy (e.g. 2.5 Joule) and range (e.g 25 km). Don't forget that 2 strands counts as double the distance.
 
Rhodders said:
It was clicking, so sounds like it's working, we'll water the stake tomorrow. Have done a bit of googling and it could be possible that my husband wasn't getting zapped by it because he was wearing thick rubber soled trainers. Only way to tell is let the horses in tomorrow and see if they run ;)
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A good tester is a very useful tool. I have an ancient Gallagher one (I think) which always works (famous last words!) in spite of being abused.

Also, energisers are usually advertised with the length of fence they are meant to electrify stated. Go for one twice as powerful as you think you need!

If you have a tester, you can test sections and you will often find there is a break or bad join or something shorting it out.

My fences are four or five strands high, 2.5mm high tensile galvanized wire, with white tape cable tied to the top wire for visibility. None of my ten Highlands ever goes through taped sections, even though it is not always powered. They are not going to test it!:D
 
Dry Rot said:
A good tester is a very useful tool. I have an ancient Gallagher one (I think) which always works (famous last words!) in spite of being abused.

Also, energisers are usually advertised with the length of fence they are meant to electrify stated. Go for one twice as powerful as you think you need!

If you have a tester, you can test sections and you will often find there is a break or bad join or something shorting it out.

My fences are four or five strands high, 2.5mm high tensile galvanized wire, with white tape cable tied to the top wire for visibility. None of my ten Highlands ever goes through taped sections, even though it is not always powered. They are not going to test it!:D
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My highland tried but mains powered stopped him!
 
This might seem a really silly question but what voltage goes through mains electric rather than a battery fence?
What stops you getting electrocuted?
Sorry if that's a really blonde thing to ask.
 
Spit That Out said:
This might seem a really silly question but what voltage goes through mains electric rather than a battery fence?
What stops you getting electrocuted?
Sorry if that's a really blonde thing to ask.
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It is a questions of volts AND amps! Someone clever will be along in a moment to explain. So, although the fencer unit puts out, say, 7,000 volts, it won't kill you -- but 240v from the house mains might!:eek:

There was a discussion about this on an electronics forum and, yes, human skin has resistance. Some clever person explained that it is possible to kill someone with the shock from an ordinary 9v torch battery but the skin has to be pierced with the electrodes on each side of the heart. Haven't tried it so can't confirm....
 
Dry Rot said:
It is a questions of volts AND amps! Someone clever will be along in a moment to explain. So, although the fencer unit puts out, say, 7,000 volts, it won't kill you -- but 240v from the house mains might!:eek:

There was a discussion about this on an electronics forum and, yes, human skin has resistance. Some clever person explained that it is possible to kill someone with the shock from an ordinary 9v torch battery but the skin has to be pierced with the electrodes on each side of the heart. Haven't tried it so can't confirm....
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I might have to test that out, I am sure I can think of a worthy victim, I mean guinea pig!
 
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