[AT] Heating livestock water in the frozen south with a M-67 immersion heater

[Mike M]

   If you are putting these in the tanks, I would be concerned with
   overheating the water.  for your "freezeproof" faucet, we hang a metal
   bucket over the head and hang a trouble light under it.

   Mike M

   Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 12:32 PM
   From: "Cecil Bearden" <crbearden at copper.net>
   To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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   Subject: Re: [AT] Heating livestock water in the frozen south with a
   M-67 immersion heater
   4 degrees this morning and -14 wind chill. A week ago I ran
   electricity to the2 cattle water tanks and got everything installed for
   2ea 1500 watt heaters. The "freezeproof" water faucet froze up 3 days
   ago and I spent the next day insulating and installing a heat tape on
   it.
   Now the horses are the only stock I have that I have to worry about
   frozen water. Their pond in the pasture is too low to even chop ice and
   get anything drinkable. I ordered a M-67 military immersion heater a
   few minutes ago. I have had them around before, but did not have a lot
   of luck with them. I think the fuel tank valve would plug. Probably
   needed to clean the tank out since they were 40 years old. Have any
   of you guys used these and have any tips for getting them to work
   reliably. I would set it to run in the evening through the night and
   in a 4ft diameter x 2 ft tall tank, it shouldn't get too hot if I can
   throttle it down.
   Any help would be appreciated
   Cecil in OKla
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