CPW Instructions for Gallagher B 260 Electric Fence Charger
Hooking up the B 260 to the 12 volt power source and to the fence is similar to other chargers
except for several unique features. There is an OFF-ON switch on the bottom left of the charger
as you look at its face. There are two ON positions for full and half power. For purposes to repel
wildlife use the
“1” full power setting. There is also battery saving and protection mode switches
that need to be set as will be explained. The solar panel and battery supplied will fully power the
charger 24 hours a day if installed and working properly and a charged battery by it self should
power the charger on full power for up to 10 days. The deep cycle wet cell Interstate SRM 24
battery should have it
’s water level checked regularly and be insulated from the ground or it will
discharge. Wood will insulate when dry, not wet, but a non porous material like rubber or plastic is
better. Stone, rocks, concrete, and bricks are the same as the ground and discharge the battery.
Fill the wet cell battery with distilled or clean filtered or bottled drinking water and do not use dirty
or hard water. In some installations a sealed gel cell battery may be used instead.
POWER SUPPLY
Mount the charger solidly in the upright position to your choice of post, hive box etc... With the
charger switched off, refer to the diagram below, and find the red and the black wires with
attached clips installed on the bottom left of the charger behind and near the on-off switch. Hook
the red battery clip to the positive (+) battery terminal and the black clip to the negative (-). The
solar panel supplied should be equipped with respective positive (red taped) and negative eye
terminals that slide over the battery terminal bolts and are held tight by screwing down the wing
nuts. Mount the solar panel so it faces the sun as much as possible.
CONNECT GROUND AND FENCE
Cut and use a length of the supplied double insulated lead out cable just long enough to connect
the ground terminal on the bottom right side of the charger to the first ground rod (ground rod
clamp supplied). This terminal should have a green nut but is also identified on the lower face of
the charger and is the left of the two terminals on the bottom right side. It will be necessary to
strip approximately and inch off the ends of the lead out cables to expose and connect the
internal wire. In the same manner connect a length of lead out cable from the right (red) terminal
to the fence wire intended to be hot. Other shorter lengths of lead out cable will be used to
connect any other ground or hot wires to each other respectively on the fence and to the other
ground rods as needed. To make these connections lead out clamps are supplied and look like a
bolt with a nut and washers. Additional ground rods should be placed 10 or more feet apart and
can be connected with insulated or un-insulated cable. Un-insulated hot and ground wires should
never touch and consider this in the installation process. It is extremely important to install
multiple (three or more) ground rods properly or an animal will not get fully shocked if at all. The
full length and number of rods supplied should be installed. In shallow soils ground rods can be
cut and each shorter length pounded into the ground or buried.
BATTERY SAVE AND PROTECTION MODE SWITCHES
Refer to the diagram below and on top of the charger case. Remove the cover with a flat screw
driver or similar device.It is easier when the charger is solidly mounted. With cover removed look
on the lower left for a tiny blue square with 4 tiny white sliding switches numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4.
To repel bears and other wildlife the charger needs to operate on full power. Therefore the two
outside switches, 1 and 4 should be up and the two middle switches, 2 and 3 should be down.
The explanation written by Gallagher in New Zealand English is confusing so do as we say. Just
remember the proper switch configuration forms a “U” shape…two outside up and two inside
down.
