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Location: Lake Helen,Fl | Im currently looking to purchase a DC fence charger. Ive look at the yellow jacket and the Parmak magnum 12 or patriot. If not one of these what charger would you recomend? I will be using it for portable pens for two horses while camping. Thanks |
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Location: Northern Utah | I've used several over the years. The Yellow Jacket works fine. My problem is I usually break or destroy my chargers. Rain, water, horses stepping on them etc. They just don't last forever. Make your enclosure large enough for the horses to move around and get away from any bullies. |
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Location: Missouri | I have been using a Yellow Jack for a lot of years. Just change the batteries. |
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Location: Lake Helen,Fl | Have any of yall tried the patroit chargers. It has the option to be a/c or d/c. |
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Location: Arkansas | Have used the yellowjacket for years and vouch for its ease and effectiveness. Good luck.. |
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Location: Columbia, KY | I use a yellow jacket too- great charger. have had this one for about 8 yrs w/ no problems. |
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Location: North Carolina | I've had this charger for 3 years. I use it for a portable corral when we travel. Electric tape and step in posts are good for our two horses. The single length of tape is doubled back to form a gate with an insulated handle. http://www.zarebasystems.com/store/electric-fence-chargers/sp3 I keep it charged (ready for a trip) by storing it where the sun shines through a window on it for a couple hours a day. PS .. Tractor supply sells it for $99 on sale
Edited by hosspuller 2012-04-26 10:21 AM
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Location: Northern Utah | Portable fence chargers for me are used when I pack into remote areas. So I want something small and light. It's bad enough that my horses have to pack chargers, rolls of wire and 30-40 fiberglass rods. I'd hate to throw on a heavy charger. I've posted this photo before. Sorry to bore you with it again, But it shows 20 horses in an alpine meadow at 10,500 foot elevation in a remote wilderness area of Utah. We take in two 1/4 mile rolls of poly string and about 40 fiberglass rods and string the hot wire around the meadow, We turn the horses out during the day light hours to graze and highline them at night. The little yellow jacket charger works great to electrify that much wire and keep the horses from heading back down the trail to the trailer. You can see one of our white fiberglass rods in front of the small spruce tree on the left side of the photo. 
On smaller camp out with fewer horses, we might just string out 1 roll of string , enough to keep horses close to camp. And a couple of laps arund camp to keep any bears out that wander by during the night.  When we are camping at the trailers. I don't usually put up a fence. We can turn the horses loose to graze and they always seem to just return to the trailer. I've probably been lucky that none have decided to go sightseeing by themselves.
Edited by Painted Horse 2012-04-26 12:59 PM
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Location: Alberta Canada | I use a Gallagher S17 model, its solar recharged, and works well for horses and cows. I use poly wire for cows and equi tape for the horses, since its a high visabilty. The S17 has one of the biggest solar panels built in I have ever seen, so keepthe battery at optimal charge at all times. It is priced around $150. |
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