[TheForge] Slack tank

[Jerry Frost]

Bob: If you cut a round piece of styrofoam and float it on the tank it'll 
stay thawed no problem with a stock tank heater.

Jer
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>
To: "theforge" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 12:22 AM
Subject: [TheForge] Slack tank


>I finally broke down and got a tank heater for my half barrel. Usually this
> time of the year I empty the barrel and work out of a 5 gal. bucket which 
> I
> would dump every couple days when it was cold.  At the black friday
> hammer-in I noticed our host had a tank heater, and asked if it was
> expensive to run.  He said that he could hardly tell the difference.  I 
> have
> my shop on it's own meter so I'll have a pretty good idea if it is costing
> me a lot more.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>