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Electric Fencing Batteries from Central Saddlery

People often get confused about the difference between electric fence batteries and energizers. Batteries provide power to the energiser and the energiser converts the voltage and current to a suitable level to shock the animal without causing damage. Should you not have access to a plug your other options are 12 volt wet cell battery powered energisers, dry battery powered energisers and solar powered energisers. There are also units that work with multiple power sources.

The different types of electric fencing battery available are:

• A wet battery, often 12volts, is like a car battery but not one, you need a leisure battery for electric fencing not a car one! The main difference is that after repeatedly discharging the battery a normal car battery will get what's called a pan in it causing it to take less and less of a charge each time you use it. This will cause it to stop working as well, however a leisure battery is designed to be repeatedly discharged completely and not get the same problems, if you used a leisure battery in a car it would stop working due to never being discharged fully.
• Dry batteries come in various shapes and sizes - they work just like a AA battery you might use in a torch or remote control .You basically just buy one and when it runs out you chuck it away or better still recycle it.
• Solar energisers and solar assisted energisers are a great idea and work well in sunny locations. They do work in the shade too, but obviously not quite as well. They save enough power in their batteries during the day to last through the night. The solar assisted units are based on battery energisers and use the solar panels to dramatically increase the time between charging.