[TheForge] Ice in the Slack Tub

[Steve Smith]

The cords definitely have to be isolated from goats, as I'm sure you're 
familiar with, Frosty. We also had geese that were persistent enough to 
peck through the insulation one time.

Steve

Jerry Frost wrote:

> This is a seriously goot thing to bring up Ralph. Stock tank heaters and 
> bucket heaters are a potential fire hazard.
> 
> There are a few differences that make them a more acceptible risk in a 
> shop than in the barn:
> 
> First, your shop floor isn't covered in straw, hay, sawdust, etc. At 
> least I HOPE it isn't! Your shop should be a reasonably fire resistant 
> structure to start with.
> 
> Second, you won't have animals who might like chewing on cords living in 
> your shop. Probably anyway, I may be way off on this one. <grin>
> 
> Third, you'll be right there on a daily basis and an occasional peek 
> will tell you if the cord is degrading, etc.
> 
> For the most part, unless you live in really cold country a bucket 
> heater should be enough to keep the slack tub thawed and Bob's dipper 
> swinging free.
> 
> Sorry Bob, I couldn't resist after all. <grin>
> 
> Frosty
> ------------------------
> If it ain't forged
> it ain't real.
> Wrought iron is.
> The FrostWorks
> 
> Meadow Lakes, AK.
> 
> 
> From: "Ralph Sproul" <brhlbsmt at mcttelecom.com>
> 
> 
> 
>> Cheer up Jonathan, I waited 40 years for a shop with heat.........then 
>> I put
>> up this real nice propane ceiling furnace three years ago, and now 
>> it's too
>> expensive to run it!   :-(
>>
>> I've used those cattle trough heaters as well to keep the quench tank 
>> from
>> freezing - but near here two barns have burned down last winter due to 
>> them.
>> When the cords get stiff, and that protective wire that comes on some of
>> them rots off and the connection where it goes into the heating element
>> looks funky - ditch it - why burn down your shop keeping a quench tank in
>> tact.
>>
>> Ralph
>>
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