Solar Fence Chargers, What We Use and What We Won't Buy Again.  

Gallagher energizers are always our 1st choice!

Awesome info. Thanks Chris

Thanks so much for the informative, to the point video. Also, thanks for showing your whole set up with grounds for us visual learners!

I’m an electrician as well and could not get my new 10mile American farm works to ground properly. 3 8ft rods 10 ft apart, could not get it to spit out a charge. Took it back, bought the Gallagher S40 and it worked instantly. You also don’t have to charge the Gallagher for 3 days first like the American farm works. Gallagher all the way.

Very well done video. I appreciate honest no-nonsense reviews. I purchased an American Farmer 10 mile solar unit. Thought it was an oversight that the clips weren't with the unit. Now I will have to do another 30 mile trip to get what should have been included. Not a good start. If I have the problems you have had with the 5 mile unit I may solve it by burying the unit in a landfill or use it as a brush pile fire starter.

This is very informative, thanks for clarifying your opinion on the chargers. As well as the different fencing you use.

Thank you very much bro You answered a bunch of my questions in this video

Darn, wish I had seen this video before buying my starkline kit. I guess my next investment will be a Gallagher S40 for my potable goat fence. Thanks for the heads up

Your video answered like 3 questions i have with my new solar fence charger. Appreciate it man. New pig a poultry farmer here. New subscriber now.

Since DC travels on the outside of a wire, the slightest corrosion can impede the flow/connection. Just like my vehicle batteries - ALL of my DC connections get a gel - like - Super Lube Anti Corrosion and Connector Gel | 82003. Or any gel from the auto parts that is made for your battery terminals. Particularly important when mixing 2 types of metal at the connection. (copper to aluminum) Some people use Vaseline but I find it drips off when our GA temps start to rise. I'm a big fan of Gallagher. - The charger and the comedian (Sledge-O-Matic) .. -KJ

This was a great video. Thank you!!!

Thank you for this review! We have been so unsure what way to go, new sub and looking dorward to the other videos

excellent reviews, Thank you for sharing

This is very informative, Thanks for sharing the video

Great discussion! Im going to check out starkline fencing. Need to expand my roll collection

Great info!

Thanks for the great information

Thanks for the info

Thank you for the guidance. Much appreciated. Subscribed.

Thanks for sharing up front experience. That's all people want. When you need a new roof or a paint job on the house, you like people to tell who they have used and would use again and who they would not and why. It's simple. Appreciate you taking time out of busy day or week to film this and put it up for us. Jesus bless.

Thank you great information

You can ground the premier 1 to the metal “stake” that the unit slides on to. That’s its purpose. The ground wire clamp goes on one of the forks of the stake under the unit.

Hey man, I really appreciated your video. I feel like reviews have turned purely into marketing tool and the many minutes wasted on unrelated clips in reviews seem to have my finger on constant readiness to skip ahead. That was not the case with your video here direct to the point and informative aimed at helping me decide which steps I need to take going forward. Thanks again. (Subscribed / shared) peace.

Great video

Kinfolk sent me over to check your channel out. Said you were around Columbus, I’m in Upson Co. myself.

Thanks for the video. My only complaint with the solar systems that I use, is that when it rains a lot, I get water trapped in my solar boxes and it's ruined some of my chargers.

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You are correct about American farmworks and zebra.

Great

You should have your charger on a 4x4 off the ground, it's filthy. Also in the electric fence controller manuals they call the fencing you have as "temporary" and shouldn't be used for an electric fence.

That stake mounted to the box goes in the ground just like your pipe, in the manual it tells you to use the box bracket to ground to. Altho it may be better with deeper ground

We love our solar chargers.

Right on point with Starkline. I used your code to buy one complete 164 ft complete kit and then an additional 164 ft of fencing only. I here trying to figure out which energizer to buy to replace that terrible s400. I have night time Bear issues here and need to get this figured out right quick. I don’t think that .25 joules is gonna cut it. Any suggestions? I’d like to keep it solar but I could do DC off a battery or run an extension cord. (Not my preferd method. Thanks for the code….love the fence…hate the energizer. They wont call me back either.

Where’s the best price you’ve found for the Gallagher s20? Probably gonna start with that and the starkline netting. I’m finding the charger for around $264 today. Thanks again, no pressure on response, I subscribed and will continue to watch and learn man

My premier one charger stopped working in the second year…I had so much trouble with their customer support that I gave up…

I'm curious about the Zareba brand? Gallagher sold out for size I need and I'm tired of our ancient d/c power one!

I'm very curious about the grounding clips for the Gallagher S20. Do the clips perform as well or better than using multiple grounding rods?

Which is better in terms of durability & mending if there's a break in the line & delivery of shock the Polywire or the Tape line?

Hey man, so I have a red sizzle Solar charger hooked up to 3 lengths of rent a coop poultry netting fence and everything was working just fine. Then all the sudden it stopped working… nothing changed about the fence set up. I use 4x 1.5ft ground rods that are pounded all the way in the ground and wired together with good clamps and wire. My charger is in the middle of the fence run. I know the charger is working because I redid all my ground rod connections today and got shocked. I’m at a loss as to why the fence no longer works. There are no breaks, there are no wires under the spikes(which have insulators anyways) and ther is very very little sagging onto the ground, just in one uneven spot. Like I said it was working now it’s not… it has been raining very heavily hear tho, but I thought wet ground only helps an electric fence… my ground is very sandy and decomposed granite…but it was working fine before… I dunno

Our premier one poultry netting flops over at the bottom and the lower hot line, the 2nd from the bottom, it lays on the ground or on the grass. we have 10 ft pole to pole distance which is the norm. Even pulling the fence tight or mowing low makes no difference. Do I get a more powerful charger due to all the ground contact, or will that hurt the small animals.

Any up dates on the best Solar charger. Am wanting to put up a deer fence. Thanks

We're getting into pigs, we have 2 kunekune piglets & another breeding pair we will pick up in few weeks. I'm looking into electric fencing. I'm wanting something I can move around to keep them on good grass because the kunekune's are mostly grazers. What brand would you recommend for for my situation wanting to move them around fence & charger

Watched a video where a guy ran a ground from box to ground rod & ran a wire from rod to fence. This was a plug in charger…he said it helped the fence not ground out when the grass or something got on the fence. Is that something we can do with solar also?

I THOUGHT THEY SHORT IF ANY OF IT TOUCHES THE GROUND OR VEGETATION (SOZ, CAPS STUCK)

You're not connecting your netting to the charger correctly. This alligator clips go on the metal clip at the first post, that way the power goes directly to all the horizontal wires at once. Clipping onto polyrope doesn't give a good connection.

Need some help. I got a 50w solar panel, a Magnum 12 energizer, a sealed 12V 55Ah battery tied to 1300ft of poly tape. I had 4 loops fenced and I barely get a zap. Any idea on getting to work better? Thanks

Any opinion on the Gallagher for black bears?

Also besides brands is it better to buy sections of electric fencing then buy a charger separately, or buy a start up kit & add another fence section? I seen your other vid & I definitely want more of the premium style fencing I don't want to deal with adding post's between to prop the sagging fence. It will be mostly for our pigs but we will have some of our Nigerian dwarf goats with them. I have my set of piglets with my male Nigerian goats right now. But I need to get the pigs thier own area soon, exspecialy sense we have another breeding pair we put deposit on. I'm excited about the pigs, we have had good experience with our goats & chickens. We just started our little farm less than a year ago. It's coming together nicely

Do you think the G-S20 will work keeping Cows out of a small area?

Hello what size t post? 3in or 1.5 in? Thank you!

For starkline 164 ft would the s20 be enough?

You dont have the ground deep enough on that last fence. Drive that down another foot.

The Gallagher is out of stock. What now?

just in case you did not know THE GROUND IS EVERYTHING OK

Your soil may be too dry on that chicken ground rod.

Might be a good video, but you can't hear what the hell he's saying.