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Christi Emily says:
March 17, 2015 at 12:44 am (UTC 0)
Thanks for sharing. We have an electric fence for our animals and we are
finding that if ANYTHING touches the bottom wire, the solar battery runs
out soon after. It’s difficult to walk the whole fenced area to look for
little twigs and grass blades every day… Ha! Did you run into this
problem when you had the fence? If so, any ideas? Our panel says 10 acre
medium duty
Andrew82688 says:
March 17, 2015 at 1:01 am (UTC 0)
Just so you know you can sell those square buckets on Craig’s list.
Trappers will buy them
howtoenergyefficien1 says:
March 17, 2015 at 1:37 am (UTC 0)
this is great!!!! solar for electric fence…. thanks for sharing this
video, I know now what to do on my fence…
Charles Laughon says:
March 17, 2015 at 2:17 am (UTC 0)
Great video! Thanks. Question-How would you hook up wire just using a 12V
deep cycle battery, trying to keep deer & rabbit out of a 35 x 15 foot
garden, I’ve got several deep cycle batteries if I would need more than
one. I can recharge as necessary. Thanks!!
Mike WasHere says:
March 17, 2015 at 3:14 am (UTC 0)
so for having an animal clear out the land for you such as the goats, were
they worth it? my grandparents are heavily considering doing this on their
land and setting up an electric fence, but if they are just nothing but
escape artist, is it really worth the hassel or should they consider a
different animal to clear the land?
Eric Schaefer says:
March 17, 2015 at 3:25 am (UTC 0)
It’s months later, how are the goats respecting the fence? I just did the
same exact thing within the last 2 months. Started with about 1/2 acre, and
moved up to about 4-5 acres in size. Never had a problem with them
escaping, but all of a sudden they want to. At first I thought it was the
dry weather, but it’s been raining today, and a few of them just tuck under
the first hot strand and slide it down their back as they walk out. Same
controller, but I have 3 ground rods, and a bottom ground strand. 6 wire, 8
goats.
Jared Stanley says:
March 17, 2015 at 3:29 am (UTC 0)
We put in an electric fence for our goats – this one is just to train them
to it – with a much larger fenced in area to follow. Check it out!
Luke Duke says:
March 17, 2015 at 4:26 am (UTC 0)
Good video. We only use two strands for our goats and we use a 25 mile AC
charger.
J&J Acres says:
March 17, 2015 at 5:12 am (UTC 0)
That dog loves attention, and she gets it, she was just pouting since she
knew she was not going to get any right then.
J&J Acres says:
March 17, 2015 at 5:25 am (UTC 0)
The dog’s coat is apparently thick enough along the back to skinny under
the bottom wire and get out. Found her outside of the pen this morning
(really just glad she was still around the property!) We’ll have to address
this soon – would rather her just choose to stay with the livestock, but if
she doesn’t choose, we have to make it happen.
J&J Acres says:
March 17, 2015 at 6:16 am (UTC 0)
Thank you very much. I hope to give some better or at least more detailed
information when we get a chance to install the next section. Thank you for
watching!
J&J Acres says:
March 17, 2015 at 6:32 am (UTC 0)
We’ll keep him around a little longer 😉
PeppersPlants says:
March 17, 2015 at 7:21 am (UTC 0)
Man, Tommy is just a fount of information, isn’t he?
J&J Acres says:
March 17, 2015 at 7:55 am (UTC 0)
I sure hope so. Still going to give a small amount of feed to our milking
goat while she is being milked, but otherwise hoping they can live off of
the natural forage.
TheSoloAsylum says:
March 17, 2015 at 8:03 am (UTC 0)
what is the ball park price of the job with wire, posts, solar controller?
I might look into doing a few acres myself. I never really looked into it
thinking it costs to much….
Alderman Farms says:
March 17, 2015 at 8:53 am (UTC 0)
LOVE, love, love the marked PVC pipe. Stroke of genius there, sir. One
which I will be using in the future! Also the wire “dolly.” FIrst time I’ve
seen one of those, actually, but I will have one soon, book that. 😉
Thanks for the hat tip – do I get royalties on watering bucket
applications?? Ha. Nicely done, and you will be amazed at how quickly your
goats clear that area.
J&J Acres says:
March 17, 2015 at 9:02 am (UTC 0)
I hope they clear it quick, but not so quickly that I am not done stringing
up the next section first! lol – Thank you for the water tip, I am sure it
is helping, as this is a higher point on our property, so the ground water
drains easier. In other places we may be able to put the ground rods near
damp soil – but if not, we know how to keep it damp!
J&J Acres says:
March 17, 2015 at 9:20 am (UTC 0)
Only 2 strands? wow. We have tried using only 5 and have had them get
through, even when it is registering over 7,500 volts on all lines.
Rhumbaazul says:
March 17, 2015 at 9:58 am (UTC 0)
Thanks man. Im setting up a minifarm here in south part of Sweden w 2
milking goats, ducks, chickens and rabbits like you! So thank for taking
the trouble to share your skills it really helps a beginner.
J&J Acres says:
March 17, 2015 at 10:24 am (UTC 0)
You can get much less expensive controllers, fyi.
ThisnThatPackRat says:
March 17, 2015 at 10:45 am (UTC 0)
Some good, practical stuff here. Thanks. The marked PVC pipe was a nice
tip….soooo common sense!
J&J Acres says:
March 17, 2015 at 11:25 am (UTC 0)
The controller was $180. The wire, 1 mile worth (enough for 6 strands
around 1 acres) was $100. The rest was around $50-75, for ground rod,
insulators, insulated wire (not 100% sure why you need that).
J&J Acres says:
March 17, 2015 at 11:39 am (UTC 0)
Well, mostly, just trees. If we are expecting inclement weather we have a
pen set up inside of a metal carport where they can stay safe/dry/warm.
However, it takes a lot to convince me to put them in there. They seem to
do better in nature than in a building.
Countess Calypso says:
March 17, 2015 at 12:25 pm (UTC 0)
Very informative. I was looking into Hotwire for my horses, I had never
considered it for my goats
J&J Acres says:
March 17, 2015 at 12:52 pm (UTC 0)
Thank you, and thank you for watching 🙂