Keeping water from freezing w/o electricity

At the very top of the page is a buttton that says USER CP on it. Click that button. On the left, click on EDIT PROFILE. Scroll down to the bottom, and put your location where it says STATE.

Thank you. I get so tired and feel like a fool always typing ALASKA. But it matters as shipping and siduations vary from area to area. Let's see if I can follow instructions

I remember seeing an article in a very old MEN about a guy who built passive solar waterers.Used them for cattle out int he pasture. Insulated tank, Glazing over all of it except for an end that the animals had access to. He claimed that it worked like a charm.

Sorry that I don't have a link. I wouldn't know where to start looking to find that article again.

http://www.motherearthnews.com/DIY/1..._Water_Trough_

Ya know this is really one of those threads where the Op didnt tell us enough. For everyone else reading this threadIt matters a great deal what you are watering ,Where on the farmstead, How many of them , how much water you want in reserve , what you water in, how the water gets there ,how far from power . how much money you have to invest,how handy you are,lotsof things likel that.

The old fashionesd cast kerosene tank heaters are available, they can be sorta duplicated by puting a kerosene lamp in a capped pipe and securing it in the water

Thermal mass and insulation is how we keep our water from freezing. An insulated 100 gallon tank of water being supplied by a spring (+45°F) won't freeze even at -45°F if it is getting much of any usage.

Our whey tank is 750 gallons and gets emptied about every two or three days and then refilled. The whey in the tank never freezes although on very cold mornings I do need to use hot water on the valve to unstick it. I feed a 1/2" hose up through the opening of the 1" pipe by the valve and pour in hot water through a funnel. About 1/2 gallon unfreezes the valve. The valve is insulated but if it gets cold enough over night, especially if the tank was empty the afternoon before, then the valve will freeze.

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