The amount of heat generated from a light bulb in a heated environment is barley enough to make you not want to hold on to it for very long. If it shorted out, it would blow the circuit breaker. If there is a concern with that, plug it into a GFI socket. I have three of these running in my...
See thats what worries me.... Winter has only started here. -30C and less is kind of normal for Jan-Feb. I think I might go out and get one gal jugs, I know it keeps them liquid.
doug b
I have two waters, one is supposed to be 4 gl and the other is 5, the two cans I built for them have 40 watt lights in them. At about the same temp as you are talking about -20C it only keeps the bottom inch or so liquid.while the top freezes solid. the chickens and I are both losing our minds...
Sorry I missed your post. I am in the process of making bigger and better light bulb water heaters because now I have more chickens and bigger founts. I am also in the process of slowing down the breeze through the coop,.to see if that will keep the water in liquid state. I will post again with...
I don't know if we are talking about the same ProForm (usually typed ProForm ) and manufactured in Chilliwak British Columbia Canada. In BC I think there are only two mills and ProForm is one of them. In Canada at least they are required to show an analysis of the food content on a label. If the...
Last fall when it appeared that it was really going to be a cold winter I started to panic. I read about the cookie can water warmer and decided to try it. It was a little more money than I thought it would be (aprox $20.oo each) but was worth it. They work like a charm until you reach -10 and...
Good day all!
I have been reading hints from this site for about three years now and suddenly decided to actually join. I think I was waiting for me to get to know something! I always seem to find the answer here (well, most of the time anyway) and it always seems to be at the right time...