Generac GP3600 3600-Watt Portable Generator vs Zareba 10-Mile Solar Low Impedance Electric Fence Charger
What separates them
These two differ on 2 recorded specifications. The Generac GP3600 3600-Watt Portable Generator is $359.01 dearer. They are different kinds of product — portable generator against solar fence charger — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Generac GP3600 3600-Watt Portable Generator vs Zareba 10-Mile Solar Low Impedance Electric Fence Charger
Generac
Generac GP3600 3600-Watt Portable Generator
$499.00
An open-frame generator at half the price of an inverter unit, and the difference is the waveform: this runs tools, pumps and lights and should not run a laptop directly.
Full details →Zareba
Zareba 10-Mile Solar Low Impedance Electric Fence Charger
$139.99
The 10-mile rating assumes a clean fence with no vegetation touching it; through summer grass the effective range is closer to two or three miles.
Full details →Who the Generac GP3600 3600-Watt Portable Generator is for
Buy it if: Job sites and outages running tools, pumps and lighting rather than electronics.
Avoid it if: Anyone powering computers or modern appliances directly, who needs inverter output.
Who the Zareba 10-Mile Solar Low Impedance Electric Fence Charger is for
Buy it if: Remote paddocks and rotational grazing where no mains power reaches the fence.
Avoid it if: Shaded fence lines, and anyone who can run mains power to the charger instead.
Specifications, side by side
2 of 18 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Generac GP3600 3600-Watt Portable Generator | Zareba 10-Mile Solar Low Impedance Electric Fence Charger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $499.00 | $139.99 |
| Output type | Conventional AVR, not inverter | Low impedance |
| Warranty | 3-year limited residential warranty | 1-year limited warranty |
| Battery included | not published | Yes, 4 V sealed rechargeable |
| Engine displacement | 212 cc Generac OHV | not published |
| Fence type | not published | Steel, aluminium or poly wire |
| Fuel capacity | 4.0 gal | not published |
| Fuel type | Gasoline | not published |
| Mounting | not published | Post mount bracket included |
| Noise level | About 75 dBA | not published |
| Outlets | 2 x 120 V 20 A, 1 x 120 V 30 A locking | not published |
| Output voltage | not published | About 10,000 V open circuit |
| Power source | not published | Solar with a sealed rechargeable battery |
| Rated range | not published | 10 miles on a clean fence |
| Realistic range | not published | About 2 to 3 miles through summer vegetation |
| Running watts | 3,000 W | not published |
| Runtime | About 11 hours at 50 per cent load | not published |
| Starting | Recoil | not published |
| Starting watts | 3,600 W | not published |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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