In Canada ain’t nothing for cheap. Except the light bulb.
Jokes aside until Amazon started bringing us cheap crap there was no practical low cost alternative, aside from gutting a coffee pot or something. I fixed an old water trough once that was heated by a 240v stove element brazed to the stubs of the old 120v one that had burned out. 2kW / 4 = 500W which is about the right power level for this job.
Stove element from the dump $0, Canarm watering bowl element $70
In Canada ain’t nothing for cheap. Except the light bulb.
Jokes aside until Amazon started bringing us cheap crap there was no practical low cost alternative, aside from gutting a coffee pot or something. I fixed an old water trough once that was heated by a 240v stove element brazed to the stubs of the old 120v one that had burned out. 2kW / 4 = 500W which is about the right power level for this job.
Stove element from the dump $0, Canarm watering bowl element $70
Actually I agree, it’s a pretty good source of heating elements. I’ve scavenged from some old toasters and sandwich iron