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78 ENERGIZERS & SOLAR PANELS
How an electric fence works…
When animals touch a fence…
1. The energizer pushes an electric pulse
through its “+” terminal to the fence.
2. The pulse travels through the
conductors and pressurizes the fence
with excess electrons. The pressure is
measured in volts.
3. When an animal touches the fence,
excess electrons enter it and travel
through the animal to the ground.
4. After exiting the animal, the
pressurized electrons travel through
the soil’s moisture back to the
energizer’s ground rod.
5. The electrons enter the energizer
via the ground rod. The amount that
returns is equal to the shock effect.
You obtain these benefits:
1. If an energizer fails within 2 years of
its date of purchase, we will replace
the failed module or unit at our cost.
Your credit card will be charged for
the replacement but you will receive full
credit when the failed item is back at
Premier. Your only cost is shipping the
failed item to us. If the original energizer
is over 2 years old, we will repair it, but
you pay for the repair cost and freight.
Note: Policy does not apply to failure due to
abuse or neglect.
Warranty does not cover batteries.
2-Year Energizer Warranty
When you buy an energizer from Premier, you purchase more than an energizer.
2. Free next-day air shipment of
warranty replacement energizers.
If you think your energizer has failed,
call us at 1-800-282-6631. We’ll help
you test your energizer to ensure that
it has truly failed. This is important
because we’ve found that 25% of the units
returned to us work fine; the fence was at
fault, not the energizer.
3. Free technical support.
We provide free advice before you
purchase an energizer and free support
afterwards for as long as you wish.
4. Solar energizer packages.
With larger energizers (over 1 joule), the
panel, battery and energizer need to be
correctly sized for each situation. Call us
and talk to our consultants.
5. Three-year assurance against
energizer obsolescence.
Premier’s “contract” with customers
includes repair or replacement of any
nonworking units for up to 3 years.
During the 2-year warranty period,
Premier pays for the replacement cost.
Factors that affect a pulse’s
strength and shock effect…
• Joules of output from the energizer
equal the volume of electrons in a
pulse. The more joules, the larger the
potential shock effect to an animal.
• Resistance of conductors, animal and
soil. High total resistance absorbs more
electrons and reduces the shock effect.
• Electron loss via grass contact and poor
insulators. Electrons that leak this way
are not available to shock the animal.
• Soil resistance. This also absorbs
electrons and reduces the total
electrons that complete the circuit.
Ground rods?
Ground rods guide the pulse from the
soil, back into the energizer. The larger the
pulse or higher the resistance of the soil
(because it’s dry, sandy, or rocky), the more
ground rods that are needed to collect the
electrons from the soil.
What is the effect of dry soil?
Soil moisture determines the conductivity
(or not) of soil.
Dry soil increases resistance and absorbs
more electrons. A weaker, less effective
pulse occurs that does not deter animals.
To overcome this, use wide impedance
energizers, higher output units and/or
more ground rods.