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Anyone have a GFCI on their water trough heater?
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<blockquote data-quote="grubbie" data-source="post: 984019" data-attributes="member: 5478"><p>I highly recommend using a GFCI for your heater. The water we have in one of our wells is very hard and builds up minerals on the heater. The heater eventually overheats and shorts out. One time I noticed a couple days when the tank level was not being drank down at its normal rate. Stuck my finger in and got zinged. Some cows were obviously drinking a little bit but getting shocked. I replaced the heater and it actually took a couple days before the cows would trust it again, even though it was their only available water. I now use a GFCI on all of my tank heaters. Never had a problem or a trip that wasn't caused by a dead short. I am using the 1500 watt floating type heater in 9 foot round tanks. When they short out, it trips the GFCI and I change out the heater. Spend the extra few bucks for a 20 amp instead of 15.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grubbie, post: 984019, member: 5478"] I highly recommend using a GFCI for your heater. The water we have in one of our wells is very hard and builds up minerals on the heater. The heater eventually overheats and shorts out. One time I noticed a couple days when the tank level was not being drank down at its normal rate. Stuck my finger in and got zinged. Some cows were obviously drinking a little bit but getting shocked. I replaced the heater and it actually took a couple days before the cows would trust it again, even though it was their only available water. I now use a GFCI on all of my tank heaters. Never had a problem or a trip that wasn't caused by a dead short. I am using the 1500 watt floating type heater in 9 foot round tanks. When they short out, it trips the GFCI and I change out the heater. Spend the extra few bucks for a 20 amp instead of 15. [/QUOTE]
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