De-icer thoughts...

[Skipcurt]

Hey all, I recently purchased a de-icer for my chickens water bucket for the upcoming winter. I was reading the instructions (imagine that!) and it states to not use extension cords which I thought was a little strange but I understand the risk. It does say thought that you can use with a LOCKNDRY extension cord that happens to be from the same company.
This the De-icer that I bought.
Does anyone here use an extension cord for their de-icer?
I currently have a fan running off of an extension cord but the connection point is under the roof so it will not get wet and neither will the de-icer.

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[True Patriot]

As long as the connections are protected from weather and it's on a ground fault circuit it should be ok. What is the wattage and expected length of the extension cord?

 

[Skipcurt]

As long as the connections are protected from weather and it's on a ground fault circuit it should be ok. What is the wattage and expected length of the extension cord?

The de-icer is 250watts and the extension cord I'm running is a 50'.

 

[True Patriot]

Shouldn't have any problems.

 

[blackdog043]

I run a 12/3 50ft extension cord to my coop, for my deicer. It plugs into a covered ground fault, goes to the coop and plugs into a covered power inlet and works fine. As long as your connections are out of the weather, you should be fine.

 

[PetesChicks]

Just make sure that the extension cord is rated for outdoor use, and is heavy duty enough for the wattage, and you should be good to go. I have a 100' cord that I run from my basement to my coop for the winter, and never have a problem.