Welp more projects have come into the pipe line and looking like electric fencing might be a new deal for a few of them . Wanting to do solar so I have have set ups on tractors and not have to worry about power outages. Anyhow anyone got much experience with the really small solar ones ? Things to look out for ? And does anyone make one smaller then 2miles ? Seems a bit over kill for like 100ft max of wire

What are you trying to keep out?

Don't buy cheap junk.

You have to pee on them to make sure they're working.

Overly curious farm dogs, feral cats , possum, maybe a coon or two . Just wanna run two strands around the bottom maybe 2" off the ground like this



Possibly looking at getting some goats down the road but that's a bit of a different matter .... And my brother is looking at getting some electric netting for pasturing his chicken in these permaculture set up

Not falling for that.....again....

https://parmakusa.com

Solid, strong and dependable. Have to order replacement battery from parmac. Lasts 2-3 years.

I have this one.

https://parmakusa.com/product/deluxe-field-solar-pak-6/

If it looks expensive, think about replacing chickens. Red sex link are $16-20 here at 16 weeks. I have ten chickens, again!!!

Note from idiot. DO NOT LEAVE WHEELS ON THE BACK OF YOUR TRACTOR!!!

I had a battery powered small one I got from Kencove, yellow jacket brand which they no longer handle and may not even be made anymore, but there are substitutes...I powered it with a 6v. lantern battery, the battery lasts a long time. Used it with electric twine to partition horse pasture, you hang it on a grounding rod. Worked great, after the first negative contact the horses never went near the twine again, even if the power was off, lol

You are going to need to trim your grass every day to keep the bottom wire from shorting to ground.

We have good luck with Zareba, brand.

when you need 500 feet get a 2 mile , when you need a mile get a 15 mile

that is my guide to making sure you have enough charger to LIGHT YOU UP or anything else that touches it

make sure you make all your wire ground with a hot wire about 3-4 inches up and a little out

grabbing a hot wire with dry non conductive shoes tickles a bit

grabbing a hot wire with wet shoes or bare feet it is going to wake you up

but getting your arm on wire and the had on the fence WILL GET YOUR ATTENTION !!!!! and if you get it one hand on hot wire and one hand on the grounded fence so you take it across your chest , YOU ARE GOING TO REMEMBER THAT.


you want every animals first encounter with your charger to be standing on the hardware cloth that helps keep the birds in and diggers out , when they bump up against that hot wire. if they get stuck there and pulse several times even better
nose on wire to paw on grounded wire mesh should make a impression that those birds are not worth it.

I set up a solar powered fence last year to help deter deer from getting in the garden. Most of the pre-built all in one systems weren't strong enough for my use. They might work for you though. I also didn't like the all in one solar panel, battery, charger combo because I felt like 1) I was overpaying for what I got and 2) it would be harder to fix things if something broke. I bought a 12v battery, a solar panel and charge controller, my fence charger and a tote to put it all in. I bought a low impedance fence charger to help with any grass or weeds touching it. I went with a Cyclops brand charger. Probably more than you need but they seem to actually be built to last.

We run 6 to 8 of them. We use Parmak. And u dont have to buy replacement batteries from them. They are repairable unlike the cheap one u will end up buying despite our advice.

Your so sweet

Why pay for the tech when he can just have one of his buddy's hack the tech and program it onto his Temu specials?

Grounding is 100% of a good electric fence…

Anyone remember the old “hot shot” fencer? Them things would though you for a loop…..

When the sun shines, it is gathered by the little black panel. Inside are lots of magicians that turn the sunshine into electricity that is then stored in a battery nearby. The battery is hooked to the fence strand and when something touches it it gets zapped…

You said possible goats. Stop thinking small fence charger. You need the regular cattle one anyway. In NE we had a solar panel, that ran to a battery, that ran to the fence charger.

The size of the charger also zaps weeds out of its way. If you get a dinky one that probably doesn't happen.

Id find used somewhere. The best fence chargers were always the old rusty metal ones from an auction somewhere. Good luck.

Yes and yes

MY .02

Buy the smaller solar powered ones for using on your chicken/quail tractors and small areas

Buy a plug in the wall XL one for goats.
They are one of THE hardest things to control per my research. Not sure if it their hair, hooves provide some insulation or what.

Also on the goat set up or any permanent installation, set up a ground aray. Multiple ground rods tied together. In addition to a ground wire or 2 in the fence

As Vinke said, your ground is the key to the whole setup

Galagher used to have a guide on their website for all things electric fence