Electric Fencing Batteries & Chargers

Our range of electric fence batteries are designed to provide optimum performance for their associated products. Each battery is matched to one or more of our electric fencing and/or handlamp products and should give reliable battery life to capacity ratios.

Please Note: We are frequently asked by users of our 12v energisers why it is necessary to use a deep cycle or leisure battery, rather than a car battery. Simply put, this is because a car battery is not designed to be deeply discharged. A car battery may well be sufficient to keep your fence running for a day or two while you charge your leisure battery, but we cannot recommend the use of car batteries with electric fencing for anything more than this. Also, shorting-out on the electric fence line through vegetation touching the fence will not effect the life of the battery, only the voltage through the line.

All batteries, regardless of type, have a longer service life if they are not fully discharged every time they are used. Therefore, we recommend that you try to change / recharge your electric fence batteries before they run out completely. For example, if your battery will work with your energiser for 10-days, we would suggest changing it over or recharging it after 7. For further help and advice on battery lifetimes and charge cycles, please read our Battery Lifetimes FAQ, or use the table at the bottom of this page.

Energiser

Consumption
(Cmax in A)

Maximum operation (days)*
Recommended charge cycle (days)**
32Ah 12V Battery
75Ah 12V Battery
32Ah 12V Battery
75Ah 12V Battery
P250/S
0.040
27
63
20
47
P450/S
0.055
19
45
15
34
P150
0.065
16
38
12
29
HLC40
0.100
11
25
8
19
P500
0.125
9
20
6
15
HLC80
0.133
8
19
6
14
HLC120
0.217
5
12
4
9
P525
0.250
4
10
3
8
* Most 12V energisers will switch off when the battery capacity reaches 20% due to voltage loss.
** This ensures that the battery does not fall below 60% discharge and extends service lifetime significantly.

Important Notice:

The manufacture of batteries includes many valuable resources and when used contributes to hazardous waste.

At the end of its life, please dispose of your battery in a way that prevents dangerous materials from entering the environment… At the time of writing, it is estimated that excluding automotive batteries only 2% - 5% of dead general purpose batteries are recycled in the UK with the remaining 20,000 + tonnes going to landfill sites. (Automotive batteries are the exception, with a recycling rate of around 90% due to collections from garages, civic amenity and recycling centres).

Most recycling centres will also accept your spent leisure and other lead acid batteries. Please check with your local authority for recycling facilities for general purpose batteries in your area to keep up the pressure to introduce more of them.

For more information on battery recycling and why we should, visit www.wasteonline.org.