Holy Moly the Battery is Finally Charged

Holy Moly the Battery is Finally Charged!

It only took 70hrs but my battery is finally charged courtesy of my NOCO Genuis G3500 charger. I think I really had it discharged and my month old Exide deep marine cycle battery took a long time to get fully juiced. Now its time to get it hooked up to the fence charger and solar panel. I think this will help keep the offending party contained as I know it trained the neighbors puppies already to keep out.

Finally Charged After 70 Hours

The Rig

Renogy 30 watt solar panel mounted to a portable dolly made right here in the USA by the fine folks at Kencove Farm Fence Supply. I like the fact that its mobile and easy to move around along with you can adjust the angle of the panel with two bolts. I set my panel facing south at 30 degrees as my I'm located at 29degrees18'53'' North. However with summer coming I might lower the degree of angle to accommodate the suns path moving north of us for most of the day.

Renogy Solar Charge Controller

Patriot P30 Fence Charger

Bigger is definitely better, as most solar/battery fence chargers are rated by the distance coverage. While this is important and the charger might actual cover the distance stated the shock it throws out is so week the animals dont even care. That's why I went with a charger rated for 65 miles of fence when it is only having to operated currently on a 1/2 mile of single strand fence. I had an all in one charger with solar panel that was rated at 5 miles, 0.1 joules and it would hardly shock you under the best of conditions (no grounding out through grass or what ever, 6 grounds rods driving 8ft in the ground as this South Texas and it is Dry 350 days out of the year and I also ran aluminum wire, as is it more conductive or less resistance than galvanized and with all that said I was more afraid of a 9v battery shock on the tongue. Now this new Patriot P30 charger from Valley Farm Supply has a rating of 3.0 joules and 65 Miles and seems to trow at a good spark. The draw back is, making sure you have enough battery reserves to supply that power hunger device. That's why opted for the large 12v deep cycle marine battery and the largest solar panel allowed. Coupled with the Texas sun I think I will be in good shape.

Meet Chuey the Offending Party

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