Electric Fence Charger died need a TSC replacement

[stevenf]

63DH8,
They claim they are weed burning but it doesn't actually catch on fire it just hits them repeatedly with enough juice to dry them out hence no more or very little conductivity. I have also seen where some regions have outlawed them and I'm not sure if this falls in that category or not, I expect so.
Steve

 

[RichZ]

I've got 2 of the TSC solar powered, 3 mile chargers, that I use for my pigs. I've had them for 2 years, and they work great. They don't have enough power to burn weeds, but they have enough to zap my very stubborn pigs into respecting the charged tape. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[SPIKER]

I have an old one I repaired was DOA from a lightning strike and was dumpster diveing for it. was easy fix as they have lighting arresters fuse type thing inside wihch burns out to prevent it from back feeding the AC homes/barn so bad... I'm goig around my 1/8 acre garden with it on 2 rows this year, doing to give the rabbits & deer a good suprize /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

markM /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[stevenf]

well the 50 mile low impedence lasted one day when we got to the ranch this evening it was dead, no fuses to replace, electric circuit fine at house, charger dead no activity at all. Guess it goes back tomorrow /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
steve

 

[63DH8]

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They claim they are weed burning but it doesn't actually catch on fire it just hits them repeatedly with enough juice to dry them out hence no more or very little conductivity. I have also seen where some regions have outlawed them and I'm not sure if this falls in that category or not, I expect so.
Steve )</font>

I used to have a "weed burning" electric fence. Like you said, it didn't light grass and brush on fire. However, it would arc the branch, leaf, grass and whatever else that fell on the wire until it was clear of whatever touched the wire.

When I bought goats, I wanted a fencer that would keep the blackberry vines from shorting the wire, so I looked for the "weed burning" electric fencer. The people at the farm supply store said they were no longer sold and were against the law. I was wondering if this law was only in Washington State or nationwide.

 

[stevenf]

I expect it must be a state or regional thing because they are for sale here up to 6 or something joules, I was pretty bummed when the one I bought lasted a day but TSC switched it out without a receipt this morning since the receipt is filed at my office in San Antonio. Like I say I've made some good friends at TSC and I'm in there multiple times a week picking up something. I was amazed they couldn't take my tax exempt accout number and find the sale in history easily since it was only the day before. We ended up reseeding the food plots with some soybeans that came in so I haven't managed to check out the fence again and plug in the new one, hopefully the jackasses don't figure it out before tomorrow and have a little snack tonight or my honey will strangle me.
Steve

 

[4rocketman]

Hello,

I am new to the TBN and I am trying to get information regarding a charger I have which is a Sears Model 436.22029. I want to use it on my fence to keep my horses. It was my late father-in-law's and is fairly new. It seems to pack a punch and was wondering if it can be used with the polytapes fences? I believe the charger has the ability to burn weeds and wondered if it would also burn or melt my tape fence? Anyone familiar with this model? I have no information on the unit or a manual.

Cookie

 

[heehaw]

i had a little part time business fixing fence chargers for a long time: Fi-Shock makes some reasonably priced units, put out a heck of a spark, but don't stand up to lightning very well, seemed like a distant thunder would knock them out: ParMac is a good brand, heavy duty an well designed: there are some really high priced units out there, but i couldn't tell they were any better than PM or some of the others: the high priced ones would not sell parts and to repair, they had to be sent back to the company..i tested a bunch of solar units: put a fence around my hay an went from one solar unit to another and never found one that would keep the cows out: but i did this before the low impedance models came out.
heehaw