Introduction to Electric Fence Controllers and Types

hey there folks this is Josh Stoney Ridge farmer welcome to the farm today we're gonna be working inside the shop today I've got as a Reba brand fence controller that has a burnt-up circuit board we're gonna go through and talk a whole lot about electric fences different types of electric fence controllers the experiences that I've had with electric fence controllers and we're going to show you how to fix one so come along on the farm blog today we're gonna have a little bit of fun learning about electric fence controllers for your farm all right [Music] first of all folks I want to welcome you to the channel today we're in the shop it's a nasty old rainy day we've had a lot of nasty old rainy days this year I want to talk to you a little bit about the experiences that I've had with fence controllers now it might seem like I'm sponsored by zareba fence controllers but I'm not I just bought tractor supply out of zareba fence controllers when they went on sale so tractor supply company changed brands and they put this stuff on half price and I knew I'd meet it for the rest of my life so I just bought every one of them that they had just in case I might need them or a friend might need them so sitting on the work bench here today we have a 30-mile zareba brand solar fence charger and we're going to get into the guts we're going to learn a whole lot about that one today we have a five-mile one that you plug in to AC power we have a 10-mile one that you plug into AC power the five-mile let's point one joules of output the 10-mile is 0.5 joules of output now the joules is what the shocking power is of these machines in other words this one is five times more powerful than that one that's something to think about when you have large livestock now the 30 miles solar fence controller is also 0.5 joules as I step back over here you'll see the premiere one fence brand I am a huge fan of premiere one products and we'll get more into that as we go this here is also a DC powered zareba brand this is a 15-mile and it puts out one Joule so that means ten times more power than this guy right here and basically you just hook it with these clamps onto a 12 volt battery like a car battery or a deep-cycle marine battery probably be recommended so the reason we're doing this video today is to educate you a little bit as to what your options are if you're considering purchasing livestock if you're using the premiere one fencing for your chickens to keep them in it gives them a…