Using a solar panel to charge battery for electric fencing? Help!!!!

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I Have recently bought a solar panel to charge the normal car battery which runs the electric fencing but its turned up with just two open wires (loose ends) one red and black and one black, as in positive and negative and I havent a clue what to do!! I rang the seller who didnt really know and I googled how to connect but cant find any instructions and also found that I need a solar charge controller. Does anyone have any experience of this and can advise? I desperately need some help to get it connected!!!

(The car battery is connected to an EquiStop B1 energizer which is then connnected to the fence)
Thanks!
 
I think that you would just need to buy two clips (like the one the energizers have) and wire them on.

We had just the solar panel clipped on like this and it worked!
 
I have same energiser and a solar panel that is designed for car batteries. Just put crocodile clips on them and attach to battery red to positive and black to negative.
I find it helps to use a freshly charged battery to start. Not sure it would be up to completely charging up a dead battery but keeps it topped up ok
 
Thanks for replying! Do the crocodile clips then clip on the battery posts along with the clips that runs the charge through the energizer ifyswim? ie I connect my battery to the energizer with two crocodile clips .... will 2 more clips fit onto the post?
 
I clip my solar panel clips to battery then the energiser clips to the solar panel clips.
 
You should also try swapping the car battery for a leisure battery, as they last much longer. Car batteries aren't great for electric fencing.
 
This will probably confuse rather than help you but I have a 15W solar panel to recharge a car battery and it needs a charge regulator to ensure that the panel doesn't over-charge the battery. A 12V car battery will need more than than 12V to charge it but too much will "cook" the battery. The alternator on a car will kick out around 14V to charge the battery but my solar panel kicks out up to 22V when it's in full sun, hence the need for the regulator. The regulator also enables the panel to directly power the equipment when in full sun at the same time as charging the battery but then re-route current fromt he battery when there's not enough sunlight.

Do you know what output your solar panel will give in ideal conditions?
 
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