A Homemade Electric Fence Charger

By The Mother Earth News Editors
Published on July 1, 1982
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by Adobestock/Michal

This homemade electric fence charger was created when footloose livestock caused crop losses resulting in this livestock management idea.

Whether you’re growing vegetables or raising critters (and especially if you’re doing both), you know the importance of keeping hungry livestock in their place. Of course, barbed wire will usually serve as an effective deterrent to all but the most determined animals. For those few headstrong beasties, though, this homemade electric fence charger might be just the ticket . . . and it requires less sturdy, and thus often less expensive, posts than would a barbed wire enclosure.

However, if you were to buy a fence charger at your local farm supply house, that piece of equipment would probably set you back about $150. You’ll be glad to know, then, that it’s possible to make this component on your own-using readily available, and some easily salvageable, electronic parts and the information given here.

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