1. The cast aluminum kind last longer than the bare
kind.
2. If applicable, the drain plug kind are
great.
3. If plastic tank, element can not touch the
tank.
4. Horses like to play with the floating ones. You
will find the heater hanging outside the tank.
5. Some horses like to play with the cord on the sinking
ones. I have used, successfully, two methods to stop this. My
original method was to run the cord through a wood or large plastic conduit
carefully attached to the building or fence. Lately I have been more lazy
and simply used tape to attached the cord, which is covered with a spiral of
spring wire, to a big "c" clamp which is attached to the tank side.
6. It is worthwhile to keep extension cords short. I
spent the time to wire in rigid conduit from the barn.
7. As you said a GFCI is vital
Ed
Ed & Wendy Hauser 2994 Mittower
Road Victor, MT 59875
