Re: Re: Re: Non-freezing strategies (was Buckets)

["Sandy Bolinger" <bolinger@bigsky.net>]

"Don't need a fan and the hole doesn't freeze...." responds my husband in
his usual talkative manner. ;o)

----- Original Message -----
From: JOHN AYERS <ayers@bypass.com>
To: Sandy Bolinger <bolinger@bigsky.net>; Bob & Amber Roberts
<mlaboure@flash.net>; Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>
Cc: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2000 11:14 AM
Subject: RC: Re: Re: Non-freezing strategies (was Buckets)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sandy Bolinger <bolinger@bigsky.net>
> To: Bob & Amber Roberts <mlaboure@flash.net>; Lif Strand
> <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>
> Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
> Date: Sunday, December 24, 2000 10:58 AM
> Subject: RC: Re: Non-freezing strategies (was Buckets)
>
>
> >There's another kind of a system that works no matter how cold it
> >gets...it's a double walled water trough that is insulated by heated air
> >from underground...A very deep hole is dug and a 6 inch pipe goes into
the
> >hole up to the bottom of the trough...the warmed air in the pipe fills
the
> >space between the two walls of the trough..I was a skeptic but after
weeks
> >of 30 below with wind and the water didn't freeze..I became a believer!
>
>
> Do you use a fan to circulate the air or is natural convection enough?
> Wouldn't the ground in the hole freeze after a time of circulating the
> cold surface air?
>
>
> I have a spring in the paddock.  I closed it in and the water from the
> overflow runs into a rubber bucket for Meshack about 55 degrees
> year round.  Can't beat that for covenience.  Having to haul water
> all winter long would dampen my enthusiasm for horses <g>.
>
> John and Meshack
> http://www.bypass.com/~ayers (Vermont Equestrian Activities)
> Treasurer Vermont Arabian Horse Association
>
>
>
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