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12 Volt Electric Fence

  • 05-12-2009 10:41pm
    #1
    loser2old4board
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 147 ✭✭


    Does anyone here if any information on building
    a fairly powerful 12V electric fence unit.

    Has to be rated up around 8 or 10 Joules.
    Has to be 12V because no access to mains.
    I have tried all the local suppliers in the west
    but the 12V models they have are all too low powered.

    So next option is to try and build one.
    A circuit diagram and a source for the parts
    would be really helpful.

    Thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    bnt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,114 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    For something that powerful, I wouldn't really recommend trying to build one yourself, not when you can buy complete units, such as one of these. The HB500 "extra high power" model stores 5 Joules.

    You are the type of what the age is searching for, and what it is afraid it has found. I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.

    ―Oscar Wilde predicting Social Media, in The Picture of Dorian Gray



  • #3
    loser2old4board
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 147 ✭✭loser2old4board


    Ok, Thanks for the response.
    I might give those a try.
    They are a bit pricey
    but I don't really have any choice.

    Any thoughts on running a 230V mains fencer
    from a 12V battery using an inverter?
    Would I get away with using a 150W unit
    with a modified sine wave?

    Thanks


  • #4
    FarmerGreen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,134 ✭✭✭FarmerGreen


    Have a look at
    http://www3.telus.net/chemelec/Projects/Fencer/Fencer.htm
    There is also a more powerful version on the Homepage > Projects link.


  • #5
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 94,272 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    why does it need to be so powerful ??


    get a battery and an inverter and run a mains powered one off that


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