Eight gallons, 28 by 17 in., the AA element and a Bob valve on a 4 in. rod. The largest horse tank Hoskins builds.
What you are getting
- Stainless steel tank, 8 gallons (30 litres)
- Overall 28 in. long by 17 in. wide by 16 in. tall
- Insulated galvanized steel frame, 75 lb. empty
- Two Model A elements, 500 watts total, held off the tank
- 3/8 in. Bob valve with a 4 in. float rod
- 1 1/2 in. rubber stopper on the drain
- Rated for horses and cattle, smaller operations
A rod length found nowhere else
Four inches. The sheep units use six and the cattle units eight. Water level is set by the rod, so a substitute of the wrong length changes how full the tank runs.
How Hoskins builds them
Take the cover off a HC17-16 and there is very little to it. 8 gallons of stainless, an insulated galvanized frame, and a Model AA element riding in the frame with clearance all round.
The 3/8 in. Bob valve and its 4 in. float rod sit in an insulated compartment of their own behind a lift-off cover, so a repair in January does not mean emptying the tank. The drain stopper is 1 1/2 in..
At 28 by 17 in. and 75 lb. empty it takes up very little of a stall, and the 16 in. frame fixes the drinking height.
Putting one in
The water line and the power both come up inside the base of a HC17-16, so one trench carries both and the stub-ups have to land inside a 28 by 17 in. footprint. Set a reinforced pad roughly 36 by 25 in. and stand it a few inches above the ground around it, which keeps muck from packing against the frame.
Electrically the Model AA element pulls 4.2 amps on 120 volts, so its own 15 amp circuit is enough. Ask whoever wires it to confirm the earth at the same visit. Stray voltage is the usual reason stock go off a waterer that is working perfectly well, and it is almost never the first thing anyone checks.
Read your water pressure at the unit rather than at the well, and read it more than once in a day. At 75 lb. empty two people can set this one, which is part of why it ships by UPS. Hoskins puts the rating at horses and cattle in smaller operations.
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