Homemade water heater

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Thank you all for the posts. Watering the flock is a project, especially in winter. Great ideas, I need to rethink the whole process. The galvanized waterer is loosing heat, the tin heater is loosing heat, I keep the water right outside the coop. Man, I did not think I would need to rethink so much. One thing at a time. Thanks for the great ideas.
 
Here is my water heater;

I created a box at the height and size to hold a "plant light" then removed the hanging part. It stands on its end which is sturdy. I then covered the top with metal flashing and cut out a small piece of non-skid material to stand it on. The light bulb I have in it is a 25 watt and works great.


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I had DH make one of the cookie tin water heaters a couple weeks ago. Tried it with a 40 watt bulb and it was not enough to keep water thawed at 20 degrees. Upped it to a 60 watt rough service bulb and at -10 this morning water was still flowing! I have it sitting on a 18"x18"x1" cement patio block and it works great. I also have a popcorn tin that is approximately a 3 gallon size hung upside down with another 60 watt rough service bulb which I use for light and heat as needed. Last night at feeding time my birds were nice and cozy warm. I really need to get a thermometer in there to see just how much difference there is from teh outside temperatures.
 

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