Customer Reviews

Fi-Shock SS-525CS AC Powered Light-Duty Electric Fence Charger, 10-Acre Range

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Length:: 0:25 Mins

This is my 80 lb dog who was constantly digging under the fence. This charger worked perfectly. She won't go near that wire and does not dig anywhere now. Very effective and cheap. Only took 2 zaps to cure her of constant digging. Highly recommended!

Bought the SS525CS Light Duty Fence energizer to keep our minpins from digging out from underneath our fence. It was our last resort since they broke through every other barrier we set up. It did the trick! We set it up at our new house so it surrounds the fence all the way around, and also set a single strand on the outside of the back of the fence, which butts up to vacant land where coyotes and stray animals run around. We didn't want coyotes coming to our yard and digging in to get at the dogs, so this was a great idea. We've heard loose dogs get shocked out back there, and that keeps our animals safe. Well, unfortunately yesterday I heard the energizer making a louder than usual buzzing sound and knew that something was wrong. We previously had a kitten get stuck on it on the inside of our yard (poor thing was scared half to death by the fence and the dogs!), and bit the wire. It fried it's poor little mouth to the wire and his legs were stuck straight out. We turned the fence off but the poor little guy had been shocked terribly. He ended up being "ok" and we found him a home.

Yesterday when I heard the noise I freaked out and went looking around the perimeter, and found another stray kitten, with one of its rear paws stuck to the outer perimeter's line. I couldn't save this one. The fence killed him. The side of his body that was touching the ground was smouldering and burnt. I had to pick up the body and dispose of it. I cried a LOT yesterday about this. We have a cat and a kitten in our home and it devastated me that we were responsible for the death of this precious little life.

But today, after thinking more about it and then going online to research, it turns out that the manufacturer knows that the energizers with "CS" in the model number (means "Continuous Shock") DO KILL small animals. Despite thier knowledge of this, the company still advertises that "No commercially made charger when installed properly will harm a pet or human." The problem isn't improper installation here; it's that the shock in this model is continuous and doesn't give a smaller animal the chance to pull away. Cats and kittens are notorious for biting at things that hurt them, and once they clamp down, there's no getting loose unless someone happens to see what is going on. If you are considering an electric fence, be sure it is an Intermittent Shock energizer. This means it pulsates and allows the animal to get off the wire. As far as I'm concerned, the item I'm reviewing, SS525CS, is a death trap for small animals (and birds & frogs too).

We have deer, rabbits, groundhogs, and probably a few other critters that love to get into our garden. I bought this fence energizer to keep them out, and it works very well. However, I'm having second thoughts about the continuous current. One of my fence lines is just a few inches above the ground to keep out rabbits and groundhogs. The other day I found a dead starling under it. I don't really feel too bad about the starling ... it has been pulling up seedlings ... but it made me realize that small animals probably can't escape the strong, constant shock. Some other chargers use a pulsing current, and they may give the same animals a chance to break free and get away.

I will continue to monitor this. All it will take will be one dead rabbit and my wife will insist that the charger be removed. As is, I am running it only at night to minimize the chances of accidently shocking a pet or person!

If you intend to use a low fence wire, or if you are going to use it where kids might touch it, consider a pulsing fence energizer.

Length:: 3:29 Mins

Fi-Shock fence is strong- WARNING- please watch warning video!

This fence will handle most wildlife with little to no prejudice, so if you're concerned with hurting or killing smaller game such as squirrels, or birds, please consider finding an intermittent hot-box!

My tomatoes look great this year, not one dear got past this bad boy. Constantly streaming, no pulse.

I had a problem with a large ground hog devastating my wife's small garden. Fence was easy to set up and works perfectly. Used 2 single strands of aluminum wire at 6" above the ground and the other at 12".

The fencer works good.The donkeys respect it! Thanks for free shipping. Any savings is always appreciated.
I'll be back for more items.

This product delivers exactly what it says it does. The dogs are keeping clear of the chicken yard, and we haven't lost a hen since turning it on. Having experienced it first hand, I suspect a truely stubborn goat might not pay it attention, but the dogs want nothing to do with it!

I bought one of these to use in a small pen to train piglets to electric fence before putting them out to pasture. Since they had never been in an electric fence before I had to put ElectroNet woven fence up to keep them from charging through it the first couple of times they got shocked. Well, they got tangled in the fencing and unfortunately it killed both of my 7 week old registered Tamworth piglets before I even got their registration papers sent out. I only had them here for a day. Now I am out $600 and have to find a charger with an intermittent charge so I don't kill the next 2 piglets I buy. Not only that but I'll have to drive over 10 hours to buy more piglets if I buy from the same breeder...

I was very disappointed with this product. It doesn't have a blinking light or clicking noise to let you know it's working. After much effort, we found out that the product didn't even work. I may have just gotten a defective one, but I was still disappointed that it lacked a way to tell you if it was on.