I pour a cement pad with a 12"dia. and 36" long pipe in the center for the water lines and electric to come up thru. I have the waterer there when I pour the pad. I put in Stainless steel anchor bolts and also mash the bottom of the waterer down into the cement a 1/4 inch or so. This makes the bottom seal tight. You don't have any air leaks this way. I then mount a electric receptacle box on the wall of the waterer with short 3/4 inch long SS screws. Just like you would a wood board. This way you have something to plug the electric submersible heater into. I also put a 40 watt light bulb in a plug in light holder into the receptacle. This little 40 watt light does several things. 1) It will keep the water valve and lines from ever freezing. 2) The top submersible heater will rarely run with the small light on, only on real cold below zero days. 3) It makes the waterer glow in the dark. So I can tell at a glance that the electric is on in that waterer.
I have installed 10-11 of them this way. I have had zero problems with them. My electric bill is at least a $100 less in the cold months. The old metal waterer thermostats would not kick in right. If you had them set too low then the waterer would freeze or too high an then the waterer would steam on warmer days. Plus not none of mine had any of the insulation left on them. You could not keep the mice out of them. On these new waterers they are insulated inside the plastic. I also like the big clean out plug that you can easily pop out for cleaning. I get some calves that carry feed back in the waterer. This way I can easily clean them weekly without any troubles.
My chores in the cold winter are ten times better with these waterers!!! I have not had a frozen waterer in two years. Used to be every time we had a cold spell one of the thermostats would not work right and I was working half a day to get it unfrozen.
This post was edited by JDseller at 22:27:15 08/28/12.
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