water tank heaters
Remington77
Reg. Nov 2011
Posted 2016-01-13 7:40 AM (#165790)
Subject: water tank heaters


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would very much like to know what type/brand of stock tank heaters you use. I use a 75 gal. Rubbermaid tank with the Universal Drain Plug de-icer made by Allied Precision industries. One usually last just a little over a year, [4 months of use] then shorts out and starts shocking the horses . Of course it is easy to see that the horses aren't drinking and obvious what the problem is when they walk up to the tank and just stare at the water. I replace the heater but it is difficult to get them to start drinking out of the tank again. Anyhow, was hoping to find something better. would appreciate your advice or experiences
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calamityj
Reg. Jun 2005
Posted 2016-01-13 8:31 AM (#165791 - in reply to #165790)
Subject: RE: water tank heaters


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We use those drop ins after the drainplug heater fails.... but, I worry about stray current. Some of our horses on that tank aren't drinking enough until it is un-plugged?? I don't trust any of them. Our automatic waterers work well and don't freeze.... we just need one more.
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Remington77
Reg. Nov 2011
Posted 2016-01-13 10:02 AM (#165792 - in reply to #165790)
Subject: RE: water tank heaters


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calamityj ,what brand automatic waterers do you use
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Minty
Reg. Oct 2009
Posted 2016-01-13 1:39 PM (#165794 - in reply to #165790)
Subject: RE: water tank heaters





Location: Brampton, Ontario
We have Ritchie waterer`s for our horses and haven't any problems at all when it got down to -20+ degrees celcius the double sided ones are heated and draw about 2amps.https://ritchiefount.com/product/omni-2/
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huntseat
Reg. Oct 2003
Posted 2016-01-16 7:05 PM (#165814 - in reply to #165790)
Subject: RE: water tank heaters


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I use the Farm Innovators ice chaser drop in type. They have legs that stand them off the bottom of the plastic tubs we use and I get one winter out of them but in the years we used them we've never had a problem or failure and it keeps all of ours drinking. I like that they only come on when the water temp hit's 32 degrees so they are not running 24/7.
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