electric fence energizer

[Al R]

Yes 5.8J is a nice punch. At least 4.5J is recommended to prevent depredation. I have some that put out 13J. The difference between a 2J and 5.8J i can describe as the following. If you punch me in the nose, it will sting. That is a 2J unit. If Mike Tyson punches me in the nose, it will be lights out for me. That would be like getting punched by a 5.8J. Now if Tyson Fury punches me in nose I will need a new nose when I wake up. If I wake up. That will be a 13J punch.

Off topic but I doubt Fury would’ve beat mighty Mike back in his hay day! What an animal!

 

[sheepdogtrail]

Needing a new electric fence energizer, quite fancy one with a remote that you can turn the fence off with when your away down the field fixing etc. Narrowed it down to a Gallagher M1800i and a Speedrite/PEL 415i both similar money. Anyone any comments on which one to go for or not go for? Or any other make worth looking at?

Cheers Joe

Edit to say, just a mains one needed not a battery powered one.

Either Gallagher or the Speedrite are your best bets. Both are very good. It is kinda like Nikon and Canon. Both are equal. That said, speedrite is produced and owned by Tru Test. A NZ firm. Tru Test also markets PEL, Patriot and Stafix, which have the same internals across models and brands as Speedrite. Usually, one of them is couple of hundred dollars cheaper than the others for the same thing in a different color. I actually recommend the dual power source. You never know when mains will go offline. In the event that happens a 12V battery will keep your animals in and the riff raft out.

If you tell me your application (how and what it will power), I can recommend something.

 

[sheepdogtrail]

Off topic but I doubt Fury would’ve beat mighty Mike back in his hay day! What an animal!

I agree. I talking about Mike Tyson now at 50 something years old. It is still going to hurt a hell of a lot.

 

[serf]

Off topic but I doubt Fury would’ve beat mighty Mike back in his hay day! What an animal!

Unstoppable in his prime , dead cert !

 

[Estate fencing.]

Off topic but I doubt Fury would’ve beat mighty Mike back in his hay day! What an animal!

Fury would nick your energizer though.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Needing a new electric fence energizer, quite fancy one with a remote that you can turn the fence off with when your away down the field fixing etc. Narrowed it down to a Gallagher M1800i and a Speedrite/PEL 415i both similar money. Anyone any comments on which one to go for or not go for? Or any other make worth looking at?

Cheers Joe

Edit to say, just a mains one needed not a battery powered one.

Either of those will be good

I think the Speedrite/Stafix/PEL remote has more oomph when your fences are all loaded up but either do the job, Gallagher remotes are smaller

We just took down a MR2500 after 15 years as the capacitors and transformer need replaced, put a 46J Speedrite one up to help with the extra summer loading, gives a good spark but all the cyclic-wave energisers do

 

[Spuddler]

You can get a plug that turns of by wifi or phone app from Screwfix for around £15

 

[serf]

Is there an echo in here ...

 

[No wot]

If talking battery powered, I've found solar powered units fantastic in the summer months , turn on and forget , (except checking current daily) in the winter they do run out of power as theres not the sunshine

 

[Bury the Trash]

iirc @The Ruminant has got the biggest Voss mains one,or maybe it was someone else?

 

[HarryB97]

Disappointed by the build quality of my Speedrite energises, have now changed brands.

 

[axehandle]

get a Gallagher 5800i , we have 100ha fenced in with 3 wires run by one
brought it direct from NZ for 1800NZD ..
totally illegal in EU but who cares

 

[Pan mixer]

I have been happy with my 2 speedrites that share the same remote control.

The remote is brilliant when you are checking fences although won't work if the line is heavily earthed anywhere like touching a gate or the stock fence below.

If the remote broke I would be buying another very quickly.

 

[Will Blackburn]

It’s an expensive option, only normally taken up by dairy farmers.

I bought a r/c, complete waste of money. Didn’t work, I guess my circuit is low quality? More recently I have installed
Tekview Powertxt Remote Power Control & Power Loss Alerts via GSM Mobile Network https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B076HDG...abc_WSM7PAYT88AYZ2HAH8RY?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Which works and saves going to the unit, quite handily tells us when the electric goes off and the buildings are freezing.

 

[shields kaiser]

Needing a new electric fence energizer, quite fancy one with a remote that you can turn the fence off with when your away down the field fixing etc. Narrowed it down to a Gallagher M1800i and a Speedrite/PEL 415i both similar money. Anyone any comments on which one to go for or not go for? Or any other make worth looking at?

Cheers Joe

Edit to say, just a mains one needed not a battery powered one.

Got this 6000i Speedrite energiser installed last spring on an area we can’t get mains to. Have the on/off remote control and have been very pleased with it when fixing/adding wires to to circuit a relative distance from the energiser itself. The energiser is supposed to to 60km of fence line on 6j output energy

 

[Pan mixer]

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Got this 6000i Speedrite energiser installed last spring on an area we can’t get mains to. Have the on/off remote control and have been very pleased with it when fixing/adding wires to to circuit a relative distance from the energiser itself. The energiser is supposed to to 60km of fence line on 6j output energyView attachment 1008977View attachment 1008978

Thats the one.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Thats the one.

not too bad money either for 6j (output) looks like it. although the remote thing is another xxx £ as an extra thing ?
with regards to the op Technically dual power one s are mains .
what i do with one of ours is plug the power unit in doors in shed then extended the (low amp dc ) 2 wires from it by a heck of a length ( but biggish wire to not be to resistive ) and run that out doors a fair way to the unit which then has its earth near it away from buildings and theres no power wasting lead out wire
It helps especially if your mains supply is a fair few metres from the fields where the fencing is.

 

[Bury the Trash]

get a Gallagher 5800i , we have 100ha fenced in with 3 wires run by one
brought it direct from NZ for 1800NZD ..
totally illegal in EU but who cares

ah but we're not in the EU now

 

[Pan mixer]

not too bad money either for 6j (output) looks like it. although the remote thing is another xxx £ as an extra thing ?
with regards to the op Technically dual power one s are mains .
what i do with one of ours is plug the power unit in doors in shed then extended the (low amp dc ) 2 wires from it by a heck of a length ( but biggish wire to not be to resistive ) and run that out doors a fair way to the unit which then has its earth near it away from buildings and theres no power wasting lead out wire
It helps especially if your mains supply is a fair few metres from the fields where the fencing is.

I worried about the cost of the remote but I am so glad that I have it. It has saved hours and hours of walking about.