Ridecamp: Re: [RC] re: electric fence

Thank you ALL for the great advice on electric fencing.  We're in the
shopping stage now, and feel fine about doing it ourselves.

One more question.....

My hubby said that he heard that the charger needs to be at one end of the
fence - is this correct?  I'd rather run line off both sides of the charger
so that it can be located at a more convenient spot.

Thanks!
Kathy Kelly
Parks AZ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Maggie & David" <maggieszoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] re: electric fence


>
> >As far as solar goes, I talked to the salesman at my local Southern
States
> about them, and he said they are not good for large areas and don't pack
as
> much of a punch as plug-in or battery models, and of course won't work
well
> in cloudy weather.
>
>
> I have a six-volt solar charger. The directions say it will charge 20
miles
> of fence for 30 days without sun. I don't live in the Arctic circle, so I
> don't foresee ever having a problem. It doesn't pack the punch that the
old
> plug-in did, but the horses are already trained to know that electric
fence
> tape is not something they want to touch, so they don't go near it. And I
> can put it anywhere without worrying about where an outlet is. This is
> important, since I don't have electric in the barn and my ancient house
has
> no outside outlets.
>
> Maybe borrow a plug-in type for a few days until the horses learn to
respect
> the fence. Days go by that I forgot to turn the fence back on after
feeding
> time. I have put up temporary dividers in the field using flagging tape.
> They've never noticed that it isn't 'hot'. So low power isn't really a
> problem once the horses are trained.
>
> Maggie Pritchard
> Under a Shooting Star Farm
>
>
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