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<blockquote data-quote="mjkern20207" data-source="post: 1829478" data-attributes="member: 43459"><p>I have been running (for two years now) just a 12v pump with a 30w solar panel and maybe 100ah 12v battery. The pump is strong enough to keep 15-40 gallons of water moving at the surface so that there is a way for the livestock to get their noses in and get water. (think water fountain). It has gotten down to very low negatives and worst case when it was very low negatives it froze over with a thin layer of ice in a dome shape which was super easy to break into. I have goats so have to be careful they don't chew through the wires though. I am now working on a bigger battery bank and a secondary livestock tank with an additional DC water heater to go along with the pump to see how that works. I have a low wattage DC water heater element. If it works well, will combine with a wind turbine and hook the turbine up to a secondary DC water heater as a dump circuit when the battery is full. On VERY windy and cold days, that should keep the water very warm and ice free.</p><p></p><p>The water pump is a 2 watt 12v pump. If you have a deep livestock tank, this same setup will work, you just need some tubing to extend the top of the pump output to just below the surface. The pump (eco-worthy 196gph brushless 12v-24v pump) has a max lift of over 5.5 feet. So if you have a livestock tank that is 3-4 feet deep, put that same one in (mine is a little under 2 feet high) and extend using the included tubes and additional plastic tubes if needed so that the top is about 2-6 inches below the surface. It will then bubble up about 4-10 inches above the surface (like a water fountain) and move the surface as well as the column of water. That should keep you from freezing with very low power.</p><p></p><p>I don't get money nor do i represent Eco-Worthy, just love my animals and love the product, and love not having to hammer ice every morning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mjkern20207, post: 1829478, member: 43459"] I have been running (for two years now) just a 12v pump with a 30w solar panel and maybe 100ah 12v battery. The pump is strong enough to keep 15-40 gallons of water moving at the surface so that there is a way for the livestock to get their noses in and get water. (think water fountain). It has gotten down to very low negatives and worst case when it was very low negatives it froze over with a thin layer of ice in a dome shape which was super easy to break into. I have goats so have to be careful they don't chew through the wires though. I am now working on a bigger battery bank and a secondary livestock tank with an additional DC water heater to go along with the pump to see how that works. I have a low wattage DC water heater element. If it works well, will combine with a wind turbine and hook the turbine up to a secondary DC water heater as a dump circuit when the battery is full. On VERY windy and cold days, that should keep the water very warm and ice free. The water pump is a 2 watt 12v pump. If you have a deep livestock tank, this same setup will work, you just need some tubing to extend the top of the pump output to just below the surface. The pump (eco-worthy 196gph brushless 12v-24v pump) has a max lift of over 5.5 feet. So if you have a livestock tank that is 3-4 feet deep, put that same one in (mine is a little under 2 feet high) and extend using the included tubes and additional plastic tubes if needed so that the top is about 2-6 inches below the surface. It will then bubble up about 4-10 inches above the surface (like a water fountain) and move the surface as well as the column of water. That should keep you from freezing with very low power. I don't get money nor do i represent Eco-Worthy, just love my animals and love the product, and love not having to hammer ice every morning. [/QUOTE]
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