Depending on the location of birds from the house or safe mains supply you can choose either a battery, a solar or a mains energiser. Each energiser is chosen to be the optimum for the length of fencing associated with it.
The job of the Energiser is to convert power (from the mains, battery or light [solar] ) to pulses and push them down the line. The difference between Energisers is in their pushing power and energy, i.e. how far can they push the pulse and at the same time maintain their voltage.
If you consider you may extend the fencing in the future choose an energiser in the next size up to ensure that it has the power for the increased length.
All our Energisers have a two-year warranty
For the more remote or the environmentally aware customer there is also a solar powered panel to charger the battery. This saves the extra chore of topping up batteries and ensures constant supplies of power to the fence.
The kits are very well designed and thought out to make things as simple and safe for you and your family. Setting out is very straightforward. Connecting up is easy. Your birds have freedom and you get the pleasure of seeing birds having the space to enjoy.
Which energiser to use?
Mains - this obviously gives you the most reliable constant supply of energy to your netting. The energiser comes with an outdoor switch to enable you to turn it on and off at the netting. The energiser is sited undercover - whereever that is convenient to you. You MUST choose the length of lead out cable you need to go from the energiser to the netting [25m, 50m, 100m]. If you have concerns about children playing in a field with netting then you can arrange to have your unit somewhere convenient so you can switch it on and off from home while they are in the vicinity.
Battery - this gives you most flexibility in location but has the extra workload of maintaining a good strong battery. Its definately worth thinking about having a fence tester with the battery unit to keep a close eye on the power levels. The best battery to use is a leisure on with a high amp hour rating - something around 30 amphours may only last around 3 weeks but one with a rating of 85 can last 6 weeks before needing recharged.
The Solar charger option [for fences from 25m to 150m] gives a constant trickle charge of the battery and through the light months from April to October should maintain a constant charge. Through the winter you will likely have to charge the battery normally.
Solar - the Solar Energiser is more sophisticated than the simple Solar charger. It requires a battery but it also has one of its own. This means that as the battery is fading it will switch to its own internal power source and concentrate on charging the external battery fully. This is reflected in the price but should give you year round remote power supply in light areas. We only have this option available in the 150m powerplus and the 200m and longer nets.
All battery options can be made solar powered by the addition of our Solar Charger to the kit.
The Energisers come in two levels
The ‘Standard Power’ energiser is one chosen to power the number of nets required for that kit well (but is not powerful enough for a greater load).
The ‘Power Plus’ option incorporates an energiser with more power which gives out a stronger pulse. This kit enables you to expand in future and to cope with more earthing if your ground is uneven or there is more likelihood of the surrounding vegetation interfering with the fence. There is enough residual power to add extra nets on in the future. For example if you buy a 50m kit with a powerplus energiser, then you can add another 50m net on later.
An electric fence operates by applying short pulses of energy to the electric fence. The energiser creates these by converting the input power (from battery, solar or mains) into pulses of high voltage and low amperage. This delivers a warning shock without endangering life. On touching the electric netting the pulse is diverted though the fox [A.N.other predator or danger] to earth and back to the earth rod and energiser thus creating the circuit.
The same thing happens if the live lines of the netting touches the ground, vegetation, wooden posts etc. and consequently some power is lost reducing the effectiveness of the fence (the energisers in our kits have sufficient power to overcome a certain amount of earthing).
Its not wise to turn nets off at night if you have any wildlife that might chew the nets, like mice, rabbits etc. They seem to love plastic even when surrounded by an abundance of much more succulent goodies.
If your ground is fairly undulating it is wise to use extra posts to prevent the live wires resting on the ground. Equally, extra posts are sensible when choosing the close mesh option as its so much heavier, it tends to sag.
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