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<blockquote data-quote="mitch2" data-source="post: 603826" data-attributes="member: 6621"><p>Ok, this crappy tank was bought at a local farm supply store. It was purchased with purpose of just to be used in the spring/summer/fall. It is made of that hard molded plastic stuff. The heater in it lays on the underneath of the drinking part which only has a water depth of about 3 inches. There is a "dome" of sorts that separates the drinking well part in two, the protects the float *junk* and valve *crap* from the cattle with about 3/4 inch clearance from the bottom. </p><p></p><p>It is the float/valve that freezes up. So, to unfreeze all I have to do is throw an old sweatshirt over the tank and plug up all the areas except where i stick the hair dryer and let it run. This takes anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes.</p><p></p><p>The hair dryer has a "breaker" thingy on the cord, and when it was under water, only the end 3 inches or so was, it wasn't "sucking" water through whole dryer, so maybe this is why it continued to work and not shut off????</p><p></p><p>Really was my own stupidity, I usually stand right there, but was trying to accomplish other things at the same time.</p><p></p><p>Michele</p><p></p><p>But YEAH no worries any longer, hubby let the calves out of the corral and into their winter pasture where they share the Ritchie!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mitch2, post: 603826, member: 6621"] Ok, this crappy tank was bought at a local farm supply store. It was purchased with purpose of just to be used in the spring/summer/fall. It is made of that hard molded plastic stuff. The heater in it lays on the underneath of the drinking part which only has a water depth of about 3 inches. There is a "dome" of sorts that separates the drinking well part in two, the protects the float *junk* and valve *crap* from the cattle with about 3/4 inch clearance from the bottom. It is the float/valve that freezes up. So, to unfreeze all I have to do is throw an old sweatshirt over the tank and plug up all the areas except where i stick the hair dryer and let it run. This takes anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. The hair dryer has a "breaker" thingy on the cord, and when it was under water, only the end 3 inches or so was, it wasn't "sucking" water through whole dryer, so maybe this is why it continued to work and not shut off???? Really was my own stupidity, I usually stand right there, but was trying to accomplish other things at the same time. Michele But YEAH no worries any longer, hubby let the calves out of the corral and into their winter pasture where they share the Ritchie! [/QUOTE]
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