Zareba ESP5M-Z Solar Powered Low Impedance Electric Fence Charger - 5 Mile Lightning Electric Fence Energizer, Contain Animals and Keep Out Predators,Black

Works great, easy to set up!

Like this charger a lot , easy to setup, does what it supposed todo. I was surprised at the jolt that it dished out , won’t test it again. Its on 24/7, day/night, keeps the horses where they belong, keeps the wildlife from getting into the duck yard. It’s still doing it’s job well with less sunlight. It was well worth buying .

These aren’t cheap, but my old one lasted about 5 years. They are powered by a small battery and charged up by solar. I have maybe 500 feet or so of paddock electrified so horses won’t chew on cross rails. After buying the new one I found a YouTube vid explains how to take old one apart to get at the battery. Bought a battery fro something like $35. Took old one apart, charged and installed new battery, put back together and works fine. Not hard to do if your a little bit handy. Installed the new one & have a backup. By the way, this is outside 24/7 in northern Ohio mounted on the barn wall facing south. Not covered and very exposed to elements. Hard to believe that old battery lasted so long (5-6 years) in those extreme conditions. Here it can get below zero and tons of snow in winter & blazing hot in summer. Good product & easy to install.

This charger works great if you set it up correctly. I’m using 4 ft ground rods spaced 10 feet apart. The instructions say to go down 6 ft with the ground rods. I have rocky terrain so this was next to impossible. I ended up with four ground rods 2 ft deep each. I was skeptical if I would have a good ground system or not. As it turns out I have an output of 6.5K on my fence line. Which I am told is excellent.

It took a few iterations of trial and error before figuring out the best method of configuration for my electric fence, but now that I've gone through the practice, this thing does a great job at keeping our squirrels and rabbits which were stealing my harvest. Make sure you're grounding rods are deep. Make sure all of your connections/terminals are sound. Make sure your fence wire/roping is not touching any metal or material that may be bleeding your current. I used the poly rope with the yellow plastic insulators to fasten to 5 ft t fence rods.