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[RC] water tanks and freezing - John and Sue GreenallI can appreciate your story as several years ago I had two horses who simply refused to drink from our tank with heaters in them even with others doing so. being in Vermont, I had no choice but to use something to keep the tanks from freezing. From Ridecamp came the suggestion of using a submursable 1/5 hp circulating pump. Wow. Did the trick and even the fussy horses drink. Seems that the deicers "leak" some current into the water no matter how grounded and horses can sense that. Since the heater is not on all of the time, horses will sense when it is off and then drink. Not so good when it is minus 20 out! But with the pump, the horses don't seem to notice. As with any electrical device, I have a ground fault outlet and a copper wire running from the tank to a ground post. Good luck! John and Sue Greenall mailto:greenall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.vermontel.com/~greenall =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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