- Mar 24, 2013
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I just don't believe it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As a "test" this past weekend I figured I'd try out my cookie tin heater I made late last winter (even before we had chicks I believe). On Friday night I sat the cookie tin on a flipped-over milk crate, added a 5 gallon bucket with about 2 gallons of water and a plastic lid. Put the entire thing outside on my patio right in all the elements. With the HIGH temp over the last 3 days at only 28 degrees the darn water DID NOT freeze!!!!!!!!!
Inside the cookie tin is a 60 watt bulb. The tin doesn't even feel warm on the sides!!! I took the bucket off the top of the tin and it's just a tiny bit warm (TINY BIT!).
How in the world that this thing works when it's been TOTALLY outside on a milk crate that has many holes in the crate so wind and cold can get in and around from underneath.
I just don't get how it works!!!!!! But it does!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm going to leave it plugged in till Friday and check it again. The temps aren't supposed to get over 25 degrees and we expect about 8" of snow in the next 48 hours. We will see how she does.............
As a "test" this past weekend I figured I'd try out my cookie tin heater I made late last winter (even before we had chicks I believe). On Friday night I sat the cookie tin on a flipped-over milk crate, added a 5 gallon bucket with about 2 gallons of water and a plastic lid. Put the entire thing outside on my patio right in all the elements. With the HIGH temp over the last 3 days at only 28 degrees the darn water DID NOT freeze!!!!!!!!!
Inside the cookie tin is a 60 watt bulb. The tin doesn't even feel warm on the sides!!! I took the bucket off the top of the tin and it's just a tiny bit warm (TINY BIT!).
How in the world that this thing works when it's been TOTALLY outside on a milk crate that has many holes in the crate so wind and cold can get in and around from underneath.
I just don't get how it works!!!!!! But it does!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm going to leave it plugged in till Friday and check it again. The temps aren't supposed to get over 25 degrees and we expect about 8" of snow in the next 48 hours. We will see how she does.............