Dual Fencer

Tomjim

I have mains electrin on an outfarm which I use for elect fence onlt.

I need to buy a new fencer, however the standing charge on the ESB is circa €120 per annum.

I am thinking of buying a dual fencer, so if I decide to disconnect the ESB that I can then power the fence on a car battery.

My question is if I use a brand new car battery is the output as good as from the mains.

How long would the car battery last until I needed to recharge it

pajero12

Tomjim wrote: »

I have mains electrin on an outfarm which I use for elect fence onlt.

I need to buy a new fencer, however the standing charge on the ESB is circa €120 per annum.

I am thinking of buying a dual fencer, so if I decide to disconnect the ESB that I can then power the fence on a car battery.

My question is if I use a brand new car battery is the output as good as from the mains.

How long would the car battery last until I needed to recharge it

Yes,Just as good...Give a serious shock!!

Ours lasts a week or 10 days!

Tomjim

7 to 10 days is not very long, thought you would get 2-3 months

mayo_lad

it all depends on how often you are visiting the field i know a few farmers who use there tractors or jeeps to charge the car battery when they are looking at there cattle every 2 or 3 days

adne

I have land away from house / sheds. How much would ESB charge to set up a connection for a main on this land??

snowman707

Tomjim wrote: »

I have mains electrin on an outfarm which I use for elect fence onlt.

I need to buy a new fencer, however the standing charge on the ESB is circa €120 per annum.

I am thinking of buying a dual fencer, so if I decide to disconnect the ESB that I can then power the fence on a car battery.

My question is if I use a brand new car battery is the output as good as from the mains.

How long would the car battery last until I needed to recharge it

We have a meterless esb supply on the outfarm it only cost about 25 to 30 € per annum the esb have fitted a low power rating trip switch in their control box so if we plug in any thing stronger than the fencer it will trip off

might be worth looking into

snowman707

adne wrote: »

I have land away from house / sheds. How much would ESB charge to set up a connection for a main on this land??

depends on the distance to the supply and the number of supplies on the transformer could vary from a couple of hundred to a couple of thousand

Tomjim

snowman707 wrote: »

We have a meterless esb supply on the outfarm it only cost about 25 to 30 € per annum the esb have fitted a low power rating trip switch in their control box so if we plug in any thing stronger than the fencer it will trip off

might be worth looking into

Interesting any more info available on this. I wonder could I avail of this option, how do you access this option etc

pakalasa

I work a battery fencer off an old tractor battery. I charge it about every 3 wks or so. The battery is nearly gone now as I 've been using it a few years now.

I see that Maplin have solar panel chargers for sale at about 40Euro. There's no reason why these wouldnt work on the battery.