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I've run an outdoor extension cord to the nipple water bucket with an aquarium heater submerged in the bottom of the bucket. Our temps have been down to -10 several nights and the water and nipples are always fine in the morning. If you use the aquarium heater you must be sure that it...
Try getting another container and mount or screw in the nipple so that it is pointing towards the ground, mounted in the bottom of the container. My first try was a one gallon Rubbermaid jug and I mounted the nipple at the bottom edge on the side of the container. It leaks like a sieve. The...
Hi Dr. Doorlock!
I went to my local Lowes and talked to the plumbing department about my nipple bucket idea. I started with 5 of the nipples in the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket hanging from a hook on the wall.
But I wanted to make an automatic watering system.
The guys suggested a simple...