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How's your sun? If you're using a rather run down battery and it's cloudy for a few days, you may well lose power. Not a problem in Kansas, but a very real problem in Oregon. Use a proper battery instead of a car battery, especially a used car battery. A good proper battery can go for a month without recharging, which is darn nice. Premier fence carries a good solar system, but it doesn't come cheap. Cheap solar panels tend to not charge well and aren't terribly weather resistant. White tapes break down the fastest. Expect no more than three years with them. You might get lucky and find one that goes five. The yellow or yellow and black ones last much longer, but aren't as visible to the animals. Beware of barbed wire combinations or using barbed wire with a charge. It has the nasty habit of ripping the animal when the jump from the jolt. I've seen some god awful messes from this. Aluminum vs stainless in the rope or tapes, the battle continues with pros and cons for each. I personally lean towards stainless because aluminum stretches and corrodes, but there's arguments the other way. Beware of your charger type and make sure it's suitable for tape. Overcharging tape, particularly with long pulses, results in melting the tape, destroying it. This is a common problem with weed burner type chargers. If you're not dead certain where you're going with the fence, or if you want mobility, consider the netting systems. They work well. If you're going temporary, avoid the cheap plastic step in poles sold by TSC and the like. Their life is measured in minutes it seems. Ken Cove and Premiere both carry very good plastic step in posts.
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