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Posted by Tarascon on 11-30-2011 01:38 PM:

bucket heaters?

I am moving and puttng in a bank of outside runs under cover. I am thinking of using the Nelson water bucket heaters. Anyone have experience with these? I like the looks of the ones that use the conduit to clamp heater, bucket and all to the pipe on the kennel panel. My dogs could tear up an anvil. Any comments or advice would be welcome.
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Posted by JiM on 11-30-2011 03:07 PM:

I have the large blue heated water bowl that Menards and other farm stores sell and I am sold on them. Third year on this one, it never freezes and it just plugs into the extension cord.

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Posted by Bob Hennessey on 11-30-2011 03:38 PM:

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Originally posted by JiM
I have the large blue heated water bowl that Menards and other farm stores sell and I am sold on them. Third year on this one, it never freezes and it just plugs into the extension cord.

I use the same and have no trouble at all with them. They also make a stainless heated bowl if dogs chew bad, but they are expensive and I never used one. I really like the big blue buckets.

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Posted by Ron Ashbaugh on 11-30-2011 05:33 PM:

A heated bucket is the best money I ever spent. I bet you could build some kind of wood or metal box to put around the bucket to keep the dogs from destroying it. Just put a hold in the bottom and run the cord out of it and out the kennel so that the dogs can't get to it.

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Posted by Tarascon on 11-30-2011 10:16 PM:

Thanks guys. I think the heated plastic buckets would do for three or four of mine that act decent. The other ones are going to require metal buckets that fasten to something solid. We made insulated boxes for their water bowls and they ate the lids and pulled the bowls out and then ate them. For summer, I got those paticular dogs a fortex flat feed pan, about a foot square and put eye screws on the bottom part of that and then snapped it to the fence. We can dump the ice out of those pretty easy, but I'd really rather have water in liquid form for them if possible.
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Posted by Bear dog 99 on 12-01-2011 02:42 AM:

Re: bucket heaters?

quote:
Originally posted by Tarascon
I am thinking of using the Nelson water bucket heaters. Anyone have experience with these? I like the looks of the ones that use the conduit to clamp heater, bucket and all to the pipe on the kennel panel. My dogs could tear up an anvil. Any comments or advice would be welcome.
Thanks.

I have 12 nelson heaters, best thing I ever bought.No way for dogs to destroy them.I'm not sure that they manufacture the model that uses the conduit anymore. Karl

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Posted by l.lyle on 12-01-2011 05:04 AM:

I use the same Lixit nozzles I use all year. I put the garden faucet in the gound and wrap the yellow heated pipe tape all the way up to the nozzle, then insulate the pipe and then slide a two inch pvc Pipe down over the whole works to keep the dogs from chewing. The very tip might freeze but when the dog licks the tip quickly thaws but not so quick it busts. Haven't had one busted yet but it's not that cold for that long around here. In fact mine are only plugged in a month or two a year. If I watched the weather closer I would not have to plug them in but a dozen nights a year.

Posted by Tarascon on 12-01-2011 11:26 AM:

Re: Re: bucket heaters?

quote:
Originally posted by Bear dog 99
I have 12 nelson heaters, best thing I ever bought.No way for dogs to destroy them.I'm not sure that they manufacture the model that uses the conduit anymore. Karl

Those are still made. I called Nelson yesterday. Thanks. I'm going to order them.

Posted by Tarascon on 12-01-2011 11:27 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by l.lyle
I use the same Lixit nozzles I use all year. I put the garden faucet in the gound and wrap the yellow heated pipe tape all the way up to the nozzle, then insulate the pipe and then slide a two inch pvc Pipe down over the whole works to keep the dogs from chewing. The very tip might freeze but when the dog licks the tip quickly thaws but not so quick it busts. Haven't had one busted yet but it's not that cold for that long around here. In fact mine are only plugged in a month or two a year. If I watched the weather closer I would not have to plug them in but a dozen nights a year.

That sounds like a good solution for you. I'm too far north for that to work here. Thanks, though.

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