Frozen water buckets would these work?

[Keltic]

My girls water buckets have been frozen everymorning and ive been trying different things to try to stop this. Today I have thought about these Snugglesafe http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Snugglesafe-D...9?pt=UK_Pet_Supplies_Dogs&hash=item1c177de38d

They are a plastic disc you warm in the microwave, do you think you could put them in the bottom of the bucket? Do you think they would work?? Anyone tried them?

 

[HollyB66]

They might float.

 

[Keltic]

They might float.

They are quite heavy so dont think they would, i had a look at my friends who has them for her dog. Just alot to pay out if they dont work!!

 

[3DE]

Warm water freezes quicker than cold water...

They do float - you have to weight them down when you boil them to reset them...

 

[Keltic]

I didnt know that about water?!! These are hard plastic discs they dont need boiling? you microwave them.
Hmm off to think of something else that might work!

 

[wipeout]

We use them at work, I would be extremely surprised if they would stop a bucket freezing. I don't know for definite but I *think* they are filled with gel. I would imagine it would freeze too.

 

[madeleine1]

warm water does not freeze quicker

 

[wipeout]

I think technically it can freeze faster but it doesn't always. It's one of those scientific strange phenomena thingies, it depends on various factors. Apparently!

 

[WelshD]

I dont have horses but I do have rhea who drink from a bucket. The Snugglesafes do not freeze. I put one in the bottom of a feed bucket, put a normal bucket of water on top of it then fill the gap between the two buckets with straw to add extra insulation and keep the taller bucket upright, it works quite well

I was worried about actually putting the snugglesafe in the water in case the covering contained any nasty chemicals that could leech out, but then I am paranoid!

 

[Spudlet]

If the buckets are sitting on the ground, try raising them up, maybe on bricks? And try putting straw around them as insulation?

 

[3DE]

warm water does not freeze quicker

It does - laws of thermo dynamics. Try it