using a car battery on a feeder

[warrington]

Has anyone ever used a 12v car battery on their feeder. I thought that one of these would be more intolerant to the cold weather and work better. I was not sure if they would hurt or burn up a 12v feeder. Just an idea

[Texastaxi]

12 volts is 12 volts. It would definately last longer, but where would you put it?

[maglite]

VERY INTERESTING??????? I want to know how this turns out!! Gonna take a big solar panel to charge it up though wont it????

[kellyg]

Gonna need a looooong set of jumper cables.

[skeeter]

I remember as a kid, guys my dad hunted with used 2- 6v lawn mower batteries and a windshield wiper motor on their feeders.

[maglite]

I remember as a kid, guys my dad hunted with used 2- 6v lawn mower batteries and a windshield wiper moter on their feeders.

THATS SOME REDNECK ENGINEERING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tkuehn5410]

On the first lease of ours, the landowner had set up a feeder with a big 12 volt battery and ran the lines thru some pvc. The animals didn't seem to mess with the cords at all, but we didn't have a bunch of coons there, like we currently have at some leases.

[bowtechhunter]

From my experiance with feeder timers i don't know why you would need that much battery. I use a good rechargable and solar panel and have feeders run year round for as long as 4 years and never had a low battery these are spin cast timers.

[JGreen31]

Dig a hole near one of the feeder legs and sink the battery with just the top sticking out. Run the wires through the feeder leg to the timer. Used to do this back in the day and it would work fine. That was before the small rechargable battery days.

[Miki]

I have a freind that has one on a box next to the feeder.

[poolguy74]

Battery box ontop of feeder lid and run wires down side Strap it down so coons don,t jack it up

[sundownbrown]

I have the same thing as Poolguy. It works great.

[poolguy74]

I don't have it just thought it up when I read the post.Bet you never have to charge it thogh .What once a year?

[warrington]

there are supposely dry cell batteries at sams that do not loose their charge hardly at all. I figure that would solve any problems with a charger.

[Tmag]

Used them for years on some Leeman H feeders. Good thing about them is they lasted all season and then some. Tied them to a leg on the ground and ran the wires up the leg to the motor.