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good afternoon, I want to show you what I made today..
It is a waterer warmer..
I cut 6 inches off the bottom of a plastic 5 gallon pail.. mounted a light fixture inside it flipped it open side down and set my 5 gallon plastic water container on it..
the bucket was free,, the plastic light fixture cost $1.05 including tax.. the cord with plug I cut off of an old lamp.. and the light bulb we had on hand already... it is a 60W..
One note of caution: do not over tighten the bolts.. you could crack the fixture, like I did with the first one.. just snug it up ..
another note of caution and then I am done.. do not set the heater where straw or similar material can come in contact with the light bulb.. maybe set the heater into a shallow pan, like an oil drain pan..
the first one took about a half hour to build.. the second one I made in about 15 minutes..
I have it plugged into a thermo cube.. the power will come on after the coop temperature gets down to 34* F ..
...........jiminwisc............
It is a waterer warmer..
I cut 6 inches off the bottom of a plastic 5 gallon pail.. mounted a light fixture inside it flipped it open side down and set my 5 gallon plastic water container on it..
the bucket was free,, the plastic light fixture cost $1.05 including tax.. the cord with plug I cut off of an old lamp.. and the light bulb we had on hand already... it is a 60W..
One note of caution: do not over tighten the bolts.. you could crack the fixture, like I did with the first one.. just snug it up ..
another note of caution and then I am done.. do not set the heater where straw or similar material can come in contact with the light bulb.. maybe set the heater into a shallow pan, like an oil drain pan..
the first one took about a half hour to build.. the second one I made in about 15 minutes..
I have it plugged into a thermo cube.. the power will come on after the coop temperature gets down to 34* F ..
...........jiminwisc............
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