Protecting fence battery from the elements- on a budget.

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As title, really.

How do you all protect your batteries (and energisers) from the weather?

My electric fence has stopped working. I'm assuming the battery has finally given up on life.

I've just bought a new one and I'm curious to know if anyone has any handy hints or tips in which to protect it from the rain. I really don't want to have to replace it again, anytime soon.

I've seen battery boxes on eBay and online but they're £50+ (sometimes double that) and I just can't afford it this month.

My energiser is currently pinned to the fence, wrapped up in an old rug bag with a hole in the bottom for the leads ;) so as you can see, I'm not fancy.

So, if anyone has any amazing ideas that have worked, i.e. 'I made a cover out of a bit of string and a cereal box' ;) they'd be gratefully received. I am NOT good at DIY and don't have anyone who'd make me a wooden box so it really needs to be a simple idea like using a bucket or something. *cough*

Thanks guys.
 
We stand ours on a plant tray to keep it off the ground and then cover it with a plastic box with a brick on top.
 
JLD said:
Upside down trug with tent pegs over handles - works a treat !
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Aha. Hey, you are a good bunch on here, aren't you?! One great idea 3 minutes after posting. Can't get better than that. :) Thanks.

One question though, I'm assuming you just fiddle about with the leads and try your best to fit them through the handles to attach them, or have you cut holes in the bucket?

Edit to add; thank you for your idea too, Suby. Again though, how is the best way to attach leads from energiser?
 
Batteries hate the cold, fact! - As proved when they all pack up in the first cold snap - and in my 5 year career in the motor trade, I saw a lot of that!

Help your battery by lifting it off the ground on some polystyrene - some nice flat chunks out of packing boxes work well - really does help - we were actually told in the trade as battery retailers not to store them on the concrete floor and never let them go flat in storage as a totally dead battery often only ever recovers to 80% of capacity.

Otherwise, upturned buckets and trugs sound good - every little helps - especially if we get a winter like last year!
 
battery on breeze block to keep it off the ground and compost bin over the top - has a hole in front for disconnecting
 
I used a plastic dustbin with the energiser spike pushed through bottom to hold it down. Then I put the battery on old plastic feed bags with more round it and on top of it, then I just cut a groove in the rim, under the lid for the fence connector.
 
put one of the plastic corner mangers over it and a breeze block or heavy lump of granite on top.

hadnt thought of getting it off the ground though, but do have some spare bits of rubber matting so will use those, thank you :)
 
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