Journal of Agricultural Technology 2011, Vol.7(5): 1199-1209 1199 Performance of solar power fencing system for agriculture D. M. Kadam 1* , Atul R. Dange 2 and V. P. Khambalkar 3 1 Department of Agricultural Engineering, Vivekanand Agriculture College, Hiwara (Bk), Buldhana-4443301 (MS), India. 2 Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad-500059 (AP), India. 3 Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidhyapeeth, Akola-444104 (MS), India. D.M. Kadam, Atul R. Dange and V.P. Khambalkar (2011) Performance of solar power fencing system for agriculture. Journal of Agricultural Technology. 7(5):1199-1209. Solar power fence system provides controlling for all type of animal. Its applications suits remote areas provide an economical and practical solution to achieve maximum protection of field or particular areas. The preset solar power fencing system works on the solar energy The daily observations like solar radiation, panel voltage, panel current, battery voltage, fence voltage and current were note and graphs were plotted among these parameters. The average input-output energy from solar panel were found 172 and 23 watts respectively. Voltage in the fence live wire ranges from 2 to 11 kV. The range of pulsating current through fence wire was 0.005 to 0.008 Amp. Each pulse in fence wire is for 0.0003 of a second and pulses are spaced about 1.0 seconds apart. One panel of 35 kW and 12 V battery was found effective for 3.5 km fence line. As sunshine hours of day decreases and battery get discharged. As results fence wire voltage decreases and gives poor performance to control animals. Key words: Solar photovoltaic, Energy, Battery, Voltage, Current, Sunshine hours Intrduction The sun generates power in the form of radiant energy at the rate of 3.8 x 10 23 kW. An extremely small fraction of this is intercepted by the earth, but even this small fraction amounts to the huge quantity of 1.8 x 1024 kW, intercepted by the sun side of earth every 24 hours (Anonymous, 2000). India has about 95 percent clear sunny days with average daily incidence of solar radiation at 5000 kcal/m2/day for 8 to 10 hours a day over most calendar year (Gupta et. al., 1989). It is observed that on a typical land area of earth, approximately 1000W/m 2 of energy from photons is available for conversion into electrical power at solar noon. Although about 85% of villages are electrified through the electricity, it is available only for limited durations. Therefore, in the larger * Correspoding author: D.M. Kadam; e-mail: dmkadam2000@gmail.com Journal of Agricultural Technology 2011 Vol. 7(5): 1199-1209 Available online http://www.ijat-aatsea.com ISSN 1686-9141