It was a small vent but I made the hole bigger and added the box to the outside.
Its two 12cm pc fans I got off ebay, I put them together because I was limited on space and incase one failed during winter.
The blue/purple box is just a piece of scrap pine I had and made the box slightly bigger...
I really wouldn't want to haul water but if I have no choice, I will.
I'll keep searching around and see if I can find a deal on nipples. At the moment, they
have 4 but could easily get away with 2.
I could probably even replace the metal parts for plastic, that alone would help a lot.
I...
I read that too. It is a concern of mine. I'm not sure where to buy horizontal nipples besides on the US ebay listing. It would cost me about $15 per nipple.
I do have a plan B if they freeze. Plan C is to bring them fresh water a few times a day.
The vertical nipples I have don't exactly...
Yea it is getting colder earlier this year, hope it isn't a sign of a really cold winter.
Here's a few images to visualize it better. I wasn't going for looks, I just wanted it to work.
It's my first winter too, so I'm not sure if the modifications I did will work.
Past two nights it has gone down to 0c so I'll be testing it soon.
I wrapped 9' of heating tape around a 2 gallon bucket and wrapped that with insulation, it has nipples at the bottom.
I built a 4x8 run with a...