Patriot PE2 Electric Fence Energizer, 0.10 Joule (Original Version)

Works as designed very well

This was a cat saver... we have 14 rescue cats and a bunch of stray cats that would jump the fence and look for trouble with our cats. I used this to install a single stand of electric rope, this keeps my cats inside and the stray cats outside! I Touched it to test the strength before any of my cats touched it. It definitely gives a nice kick, but I don't even switch it off to clear branches along the fence or readjust the line. Definitely enough power for pets, small durable and compact. Easy to install and definitely worth the money! Snails are the worst nuisance with the electric fence, they slide between the line and fence post and will continue to shock until you remove them.

Like a lot of my projects, this one's a bit of a Rube Goldberg. Squirrels on our bird feeders have been my nemesis for a number of years, and I have gone through numerous designs in an attempt to keep the rascals at bay. With this zapper, they've finally met their match! It's been running 7x24 for over 4 months now and hasn't skipped a beat. The squirrels no longer even bother trying, and the birds are happy to enjoy their feast. Obviously this is very much a custom do-it-yourself project, and only applicable to someone with the skills, creativity, and of course time to implement it. (I'm a retired electrical engineer with all three of those traits.) To make it acceptable to my wife, I had to guaranty no birds, squirrels, or her would be harmed, it would still be easy to fill the feeders, it wouldn't look too unsightly, etc. I'm happy to say I achieved all those goals, although it took several iterations to fully outsmart the squirrels who were very persistent in figuring out how to avoid getting zapped. A couple of things I discovered along the way that may be helpful to the next creative genius ... 1) Although the system develops high-voltage (5kv), I did not have any issue with using "standard" electrical wire. Most wire for home use is rated at 600v, but it worked fine in this application. 2) The voltage developed can easily jump an 1/8" air gap (maybe even up to a 1/4"), so be cognizant of where the two conductors are run and exposed. An unintended "short" of this type makes a distinct snap and arc, just like a spark plug, but doesn't seem to harm the energizer unit. Great product! I only hope it continues to run non-stop for many years to come.

I was using a much stronger fence charger but it had my blue heeler terrified of going outside (dog door) when he could hear the fence charger on. The dog is super smart but my old charger had such a strong shock, he would wet himself if he touched the hot wire, then would refuse to go outside again as long as he could hear the charger on. I decided a much lower powered charger would be sufficient to keep him attempting to dig under the fence, so I purchased this one. This one makes no sound that the dogs or I can hear. We've had this charger running for over a week and he's yet to touch the hotwire. My pugs have both touched it and they just acted uncomfortable and moved away, they didn't yelp out like they did with the other one. I am using the charger to electrify 65' of poly-wire along the bottom of a fence line and also to surround my container garden that's about 24' x 6' with 3 strands of poly-wire. Our barn cat is awful about killing plants in pots, but he's yet to set foot in my container garden area, (have cameras on everything), so I'm guessing he knows from prior experience with horse fencing to stay away from electric fence. We are using a 6' copper ground rod. I give it 4 out of 5 stars, because it's not weather proof. To make it more weatherproof, I purchased a very small clear container put charger inside of it, drilled a hole in the back of the container and hung both the charger with the container over it, on a screw, screwed into some privacy fencing. The container should sufficiently protect the charger. Update 3/2025- Charger is still working great.

Works execellant, very good charge that lasts for days without sun power. Deers can hear it, dont even try.

Power supply is perfect for our needs. Keeps dogs and chickens in with that voltage. Easy to pop up and not large enough to need much more support than we already have. Definitely a good bargain compared with what we had available locally and seems quite durable.

Shocks great y'all. I bumped it and it popped me good. Seems to be a good value for the money considering it's still going strong.

I didn't not use this because after the purchase I had a concern about if it would work so I called their customer service. A nice lady answered the phone but gave me wrong information. I pressed her further so she decided to go talk to their technical dept. When she came back she told me my concerns were correct. This will not work from a GFIF protected outlet. Actually no a/c powered charger can work on a protected circuit. The whole idea of GFIC protection is trip when ever there is a shock to the earth ground. You would think they would put that info in their manual in their ads specifications. I returned it and bought a solar powered one.

I think it will last a while and for now it's working. I like that it's lower voltage and 0.1 joules so that it isn't harmfull to small animals. The enclosed flyer shows a pictogramme of a hare, a squirrel and a cat for the pe2 model. If ya got cows, elephants crocs and kangaroos (lol) you'll need a stronger model. This one is fine for my tomato plants. :) BTW, i mounted it inside an enclosed plastic container (my pool alkalinity plus container) that has an opening lid to protect against the elements. Laid it flat in the bottom, screwed the bottom to my vertical support and drilled 2 holes for wires. I can open the lid to access the unit. The power cord runs out the corner of lid (made a little notch for wire). I never stuck my hand on the fence but my cheap volt meter was able to momentarily see 1375volts on the 1000v scale between fence and probe touching the earth. Good enough for me. I'm sure it's 5kv as advertized. Didn't want to try directly on the unit's output to not blow my crappy meter. It is now a month later and this gizmo has saved my tomatoes. Not a single critter stuck around to grab a bite and i have hares, squirrels, ground hogs and possibly others but for the first time none made it through the barrier. On 3 occasions the wire was seemingly stretched from what had to some very unhappy animal that got zinged lol. Nobody died so it seems safe.

Un excelente producto cumple con todo, muy buena calidad, se terminaron los problemas con los gatos, tenía una plaga en propiedad, era un gran problema

Si un perro gato o puerco se mete en tu jardinera a ensuciar, esta es una opcion eficaz e inofensiva para mantenerlos fuera de allí.

Working well after several years.

Funciona muy bien y fácil de instalar .