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Electric compensation question.

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MontanaPoke

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One of my neighbors wanted to use my electricity to run a electric fence (300') and power stock water heaters (10-20 horses). Off hand I thought it would probably be about $1 a day. Their fence, not their heater. What would be fair?
 
Thanks HayGuy, yep figured the fence would be pennies which the link shows, it was the winter heaters that concerned me. Thanks for the link.
 
We have a fencer at one of our places the minimum bill is $19 a month it's the same no matter if the fencer is on or not.
 
Would be easy enough to calculate the exact electricity usage. Find out what your provider charges per Kilowatt hour. (Usually around $0.10) Look on the charger and heater tag and get the consumption in watts or amps.

Multiply it out.
 
Cowpuncher said:
Why don't they get a solar powered fence charger? Been using one for years.
I do think it is getting old and it needs a battery every 5 or 6 years.

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I'm not an expert on electric fencers but we run a number of them, and there are probably better deals out there, but I did some quick comparison shopping a few months ago, in store. For joules, advertised miles covered, etc...., it was hard to justify solar if you have access to electricity, or even a highline. Just my limited observation, but the solar chargers have gotten expensive. I bought a charger that day that ran off AC, was rated at 6 joules for $340. Hooked it to regular barbed wire (a no no to some, I realize) and barbless wire on insulators for 4 miles (so far). I accidentally touched the hotwire after it was hooked up....pretty good bite, no more neighbor's fence crawlers. Did have a transformer and outlet added to a powerline. Still a better deal in the long run, imo.
 
Every situation is different...we have been considerate to a 'neighbor' in a similar deal. We supplied water. It started out with 24 pairs, then went to 50+ pairs, until it ended with over 140 pairs and him trying to short us by saying he only ran water one or two days a week. We were burning up a submersible pump every year. We ended the agreement and he had to hook onto rural water. Our electricity bill dropped by 50%. I'm not against lending a helping hand....I just don't like coming up short a couple of fingers. Neighbor drug us through the mud to the community.
 
All, thanks for the information.
I setup a line tracker on the water heater and after a couple days checked it and it worked at 3.33 cents per hour. I forgot to input the newer rate I had written down which was $0.069 but had done a calculation before estimating 500 watts. .5kWh x 0.069 cents per hour = $0.0345 cents per hour which was fairly close to the tracker. So, $0.0345 per hour x 24 hours a day = $0.828 per day. So, my original $1/day is very reasonable having no consideration for the fence and wear. If I'm off, let me know. Thank you all. What's your view? Sorry about what happened to you DejaVu.
 
No problem-MontanaPoke. Life is a 'live n learn' deal. I've learned a lot both good and bad. :wink:
 

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