bobrammer
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I'd like to put an automatic waterer in the middle of my pasture. I don't have electricity. Does anyone offer one that won't freeze up? Maybe a solar panel or something? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks! Bob
bobrammer":1la7ftf3 said:I'd like to put an automatic waterer in the middle of my pasture. I don't have electricity. Does anyone offer one that won't freeze up? Maybe a solar panel or something? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks! Bob
bobrammer":360bac9n said:I'd like to put an automatic waterer in the middle of my pasture. I don't have electricity. Does anyone offer one that won't freeze up? Maybe a solar panel or something? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks! Bob
hayray":1kxkr8pv said:bobrammer":1kxkr8pv said:I'd like to put an automatic waterer in the middle of my pasture. I don't have electricity. Does anyone offer one that won't freeze up? Maybe a solar panel or something? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks! Bob
Well up here we obviously have to use some heaters but I have cut down on only having to use water trough heaters at night when it is getting close to zero or minus by building a box out of plywood around the trough and insulating it with foam and that really helps a lot. Now if that works up here I can't believe you could not make something work in Texas with out electricity. How cold does it get down there anyway, and for how long? My training horses are in the barn and I have the old dairy barn watering bowls with a paddle valve, if I shut the barn up at night it stays warm enough not to freeze.
msscamp":1xbwgijw said:hayray":1xbwgijw said:bobrammer":1xbwgijw said:I'd like to put an automatic waterer in the middle of my pasture. I don't have electricity. Does anyone offer one that won't freeze up? Maybe a solar panel or something? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks! Bob
Well up here we obviously have to use some heaters but I have cut down on only having to use water trough heaters at night when it is getting close to zero or minus by building a box out of plywood around the trough and insulating it with foam and that really helps a lot. Now if that works up here I can't believe you could not make something work in Texas with out electricity. How cold does it get down there anyway, and for how long? My training horses are in the barn and I have the old dairy barn watering bowls with a paddle valve, if I shut the barn up at night it stays warm enough not to freeze.
Hayray, I might be wrong on this, but I would think your winter temps would be comparable to ours, and we don't have heaters in our Politron waterers - never have - and we do not have a problem with them freezing up.