Installed the new solar charger in July. ZThe hot wires and ground wires are properly connected, snd the fence is properly grounded. It worked great until approximately two week s ago (end of Sept). The battery slowly lost charge, and would not recharge. It is completely dead now. I have checked and re-checked all connections and the fencing to be doubly sure that there wasn't something that had damaged the battery; however, everything is in order. Please help!

Any electric fence will have no power if weeds or long grass is up against the fence itself. We even had a big thistle that shorted out our fence and there was no shocking power in the fence itself.

put the ground wire on the fence and the other wire to ground

The voltage out to the fence is too high for a regular multimeter to read.
See if this general application video helps.
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1. A solar powered electric fence energizer usually contains a battery for energy storage. The solar panel collects the energy from the sun and charges the battery. Lead acid batteries, which are used in solar fence chargers, typically last around 3 years, or around 1,000 days of charging.

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Jill, If there are only two wires, and the battery is already connected to the solar panel, and the solar unit or the fence is not connected to anything else, then it doesn't matter which is which. However, if you are hooking to the battery or to something else, then it DOES matter. That said, the universal color code is green for ground and red for hot.
Good luck.

It depends on the type of fence tester. the common light-o-meters are a resistor ladder, calculated not only for voltage but current. the DF-SP-LI uses half the lowest current most are designed for. no if that is a digital or analog meter, then it would be time to check the out put from the charger with out the fencer connected. if you get the same reading it maybe defective unit. if you get a better reading then you will probable need to upgrade your ground system. insuffencient ground will show its self as a low out put on the fence but not on the charger.

It sounds like to me that you have something shorting the "shock" output to ground. Check your fence to see if there are any plants, or other objects touching the "Hot" wire to the ground. You could also have a broken or cracked insulator that is causing the short circuit on the output.
joe

We have one of these, it's great.

See these links:

http://www.parmakusa.com/Battery_Maint.htm

http://www.parmakusa.com/service.htm

I would try removing the battery and charging it with a proper low-amperage charger (1 amp). Your battery will either be 6 volt or 12 volt, just be sure the charger matches.

Also check the ground rod and all wiring connections.

You have got to make sure there are no weeds or brush at all touching the hot wire. Nothing can touch it or it pulls the voltage level way down. Do a full inspection of line.

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did you make sure the fence isn't grounded or an insulator hasn't melted