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Electric fencing, circuits and leakages.

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    #92
    gozunda
    Registered Users Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    emaherx wrote: »
    What sort of area are you looking to cover?

    I bought this one for a 20acre out farm
    https://www.electric-fence.co.uk/voss-farming-set-12w-solarsystem-box-12v-green-energy-2872.html

    Cheaper than the Gallagher and 10x the power. (Will cover 30 acres )

    Thanks for that.

    15 acre block with no mains access. I hadn't seen the table detailed earlier.

    The Gallagher one doesn't look great tbh ..


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    #93
    Muckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    longgonesilver wrote: »
    One of the posters on here a few years ago said that he had installed his earth bars in the soakaway from his septic tank, so watered daily.

    Was me! I have since relocated the energiser and have the earth rods in the bottom of a nearby drain!!


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    #94
    emaherx
    Registered Users Posts: 5,970 ✭✭✭emaherx


    gozunda wrote: »
    The Gallagher one doesn't look great tbh ..

    Has a hefty enough price though.


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    #95
    Starchasers
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭Starchasers


    Sacrolyte wrote: »
    Sorry to head of on a tangent but
    Can of you guys recommend a switching adapter with an “app” whereby you can switch on/off your fencer(in this instance)and know weather it’s on or off instead of the older type that just switched on or off by texting it and you might not have known if it was
    on or off and got Zapped.

    https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.ie%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F183765081350

    I have this at home and by sending a signal strength request it’s possible that when you get a reply, you know the switch is alive (and could energize or deenerguze the fencer), sending an off signal switches it off if not off already. I use the signal strength request to show that the battery isn’t after failing etc


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    #96
    orm0nd
    Registered Users Posts: 4,176 ✭✭✭orm0nd


    Nobbies wrote: »
    so would galvanised earth rod bars need replacing then too after aperiod of time?

    To a lesser extent yes, but keeping away from air slows down the process, hence I wrap the connections and any exposed part of the rod in multiple layers of denso tape.


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