The project.

[graham]

I realised how important electric fences are this week, after Kim and Mauzi's baby pigs escaped and managed to eat all the nearly hatched duck eggs. This was devastating news especially for the ducks, when mauzi got home all the ducks gathered around her and tried to explain what had happened. They were very upset....

Kim and Mauzi had the miss fortune of having their electric fence controller fail some time ago.

I did some research and discovered that it is possible to build an electric fence from old parts lying around the shed. Then we need to get an old motor car ignition coil a battery and a solar panel.

An electric fence is always very important to have if we want to protect our food supplies etc They will become even more important in the future... So make sure you have a small solar panel to keep them going.

Stay tuned .....

Graham

[toosusie]

Graham can we run these from yhe house solar somehow. The land I'm building on I want to protect my animals from foxes and dingos but I need to run everything from one system because it's only half an acre

[graham]

Hi Susie yes you could easily run the electric fence from your home system. The only problem I can see is the length of cable, and a method of laying the cable so it is protected from damage. You could bury the cable in plastic conduit (the most expensive way), or you could run it along fences and tie the wires to the fence. This cable of course must run through a fuse for protection.

I guess if you located the electric fence controller at some convenient location, and run all your your High Voltage lines from there. One controller would be able to handle your small block easily.

hope that helps
Graham