How to choose the best electric fence charger?

If you want to meet your need, make sure you know these factors before buying the electric fence charger.

1. The power source

Many tips suggest that choosing an AC source is best. When your farm fence is in a remote area, you should select DC or solar charger to power the fence.

AC used with sockets is usually cheaper than DC while DC is easier to locate but requires batteries. The advantage of solar is that you have no operating costs.

2. The fence wire

Compared to the poly wire, tape, rope, steel wire consumes less energy. But the aluminum wire is less resistant to electricity than steel one. The trick here is to use a low impedance charger for poly rope or tape.

3. The number of wire strands

There are two things you need to remember in this section. You need to divide the distance of charger rating by the number of strands to choose a mileage-rated charger that meets this demand when using multiple wire fences. You have to increase the energy demand when adding wires.

4. The fence area

You can see that all the charger products give information about the mileage or the fence area, so you need to know what distance you use the charger for. And remember that the features of the fence area for a single strand of steel wire fence without weeds.

5. How about the weed?

Weed affects the charger because they increase the amount of energy used. However, you can use a low-impedance charger to maintain a high voltage on your farm fence even when the power source is affected by weeds.

6. The animal type

The large electric power that brings high shock will help you prevent large animals, long hairs, claws, and even aggressive species like bulls or horses. So, depending on the animals, you protect inside the fence or against outside the fence you choose the charger with the suitable energy.