Publicité
Solar operation:
The solar panel produces electricity as soon as it is exposed to usable sunlight. The pasture fencer constantly requires elec-
tricity - by day as well as by night. The electricity generated in this way by the panel is stored in a rechargeable 12V battery,
which means the energizer can operate without sunlight or can be supplied directly by a.
9V battery. The solar panel may not always have a sufficiently large output
to fully recharge a rechargeable battery – especially in dark, grey and misty months (e.g. October to
February).
For temperatures around 0 degrees centigrade or below, we recommend the use of a large 9 V alkaline battery instead
of a 12 V rechargeable battery.
The energizer is operated primarily from the solar panel. If the solar panel does not have sufficient output,
the energizer switches automatically to the connected 9 volt battery or to the 12 volt rechargeable battery.
Rechargeable battery indicator:
The rechargeable battery indicator (Fig. 5 LED 2) provides information about the rechargeable battery or battery voltage. The
solar display lights up constantly in green when the solar panel charging voltage is greater than the voltage of the rechargea-
ble battery/battery. Whilst the solar panel charges the 12V rechargeable battery, it does not charge the 9 volt battery.
Fence voltage indicator
The 6 LEDs (LED4 - LED9) indicate the fence output voltage in 1000V steps. The indicator builds up from the left.
For herding security purposes at least 3 LEDs (3000V) should light up otherwise the voltage is too low.
Possible causes:
● With fence: Marked growth at fence, poor insulators, short-circuit at metal posts, or fence too long
● Without fence: Device is defective, see Service
Power economiser:
A fitted power economiser matches power consumption to the state of the fence. This means less current consumption with
well insulated fences and a greater current consumption with poorly insulated fences (leakages due to plant growth, etc.).
Argutector display:
The 6 LEDs (LEDs 4 to 9) indicate fence insulation by way of the Argutector display in 6 steps. The display builds up from the
right. If all 6 LEDs light up, the fence insulation is good and little energy is required to maintain herding security. The fewer
the number of lit up LEDs, the poorer the fence insulation is due to leakages (plant growth, branches fallen onto the fence
system, short-circuit, poor earthing). Increased energy is required to keep the fence herding-secure.
Various modes can be set with press button 1 . The currently set mode is displayed by pressing the button briefly. All
modes can then be selected one by one with each additional button pressing. The mode selected last remains set after
exiting the menu. The energizer again shows the fence voltage and Argutector values after 5 seconds.
Table 2
The following menu items can be selected:
Normal
Normal pulse sequence (1.5 seconds) The maximum output energy is attainable..
1
Normal
The power economizer automatically undertakes control.
SMART
2
Smart
Normal pulse sequence (1.5 seconds) Control by APN*
DAY MODE
3
Normal pulse sequence (1.5 seconds) by day, slow pulse sequence (2.0 seconds) at night.
Control by APN*
NIGHT MODE
4
Slow pulse sequence (2.0 seconds) by day, normal pulse sequence (1.5 seconds) at night.
Control by APN*
SLOW MODE
5
S low pulse sequence (2.0 seconds) by day and at night Control by APN*
6
NIGHT-ONLY MODE
6
N o pulse transmission by day, normal pulse sequence (1.5 seconds) at night Control by APN*
* APN (Automatic Power Niveau): The output energy of the energizer is set initially, for instance, to 50% and the actual fence
voltage is measured continuously. If the output voltage is below 5,000 V or drops below this value, the energizer gradually
increases the output energy until the output voltage is above 5,000 V or the maximum energy of the energizer (100%) is
reached. In order to ensure herding security with the lowest possible energy requirement, the output power can also be
turned down automatically when the fence voltage is above the minimum herding voltage of 5,000 V.
This intelligent control ensures that the set voltage or minimum herding voltage at the energizer of 5,000V is always main-
tained at the same time as the energizer's energy requirement is optimized.
POWER Regulator:
The output energy can be set between 50% and 100% of maximum energy with the POWER regulator. The LEDs of the
fence voltage display show the currently set value during the setting. For example, one lit LED indicates an output energy
of 50%, 3 lit LEDs an output energy of 70% and 6 lit LEDs an output energy of 100%. After 2 seconds this display is extin-
guished and the last output energy set is adopted.
5. Maintenance
Table 12 (9V battery)
Remaining capacity
Flashing
green
light
Flashing
red/green
5-15
%
light
Flashing
red
5
%
light
Replace the battery at the latest when 95% discharged (only 5% charge capacity left).
The battery indicator (LED) lights up:
Table 13 (12V rechargeable battery)
Remaining capacity
Flashing light
green
Flashing light
red/green
20-40%
Flashing light
red
0-20%
The rechargeable battery must be recharged at the latest when discharged down to 20% (only 80% charge capacity left) to
prevent a flat battery. The rechargeable battery indicator (LED2) lights up:
Do note that temperature and measurement deviation may cause these figures to vary.
Caution!
When using a solar system
Only carry out a battery or rechargeable battery test at start of the day ( no solar power supplied - cover panel )
6. Disassembly, Dismantling, Storage and Transport
Disassembly, Dismantling
Before starting disassembly:
● Switch off energizer
ranger AN2000, ranger AN3000, ranger AN4800
Battery good
15-100%
Replace battery
Battery fully depleted
9V battery - immediately replace
Rechargeable battery good
40-100%
Charge the battery
Rechargeable battery absolute-
ly depleted
7
Publicité
