The three gallon tank at 26 in. The rim sits at an easy reach for a horse and well clear of shavings.
What you are getting
- Stainless steel tank, 3 gallons (11 litres)
- Overall 17 in. long by 14 in. wide by 26 in. tall
- Insulated galvanized steel frame, 65 lb. empty
- One Model A element, 250 watts total, held off the tank
- 3/8 in. RM 153
- 1 1/2 in. rubber stopper on the drain
- Rated for stall and small pen use
The tall frame costs sixteen pounds
Forty-nine pounds becomes sixty-five, and that is the only change. Capacity, tank and valve match the low-frame version exactly.
How Hoskins builds them
The HC7-26 puts 250 watts behind 3 gallons, and the element is held off the tank so the heat arrives as warm air rather than as a hot spot on the wall of the tank.
The RM 153 float-and-valve assembly, 3/8 in., sits 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 17 by 14 in. and 65 lb. empty it takes up very little of a stall, and the 26 in. frame fixes the drinking height.
Putting one in
The water line and the power both come up inside the base of a HC7-26, so one trench carries both and the stub-ups have to land inside a 17 by 14 in. footprint. Set a reinforced pad roughly 25 by 22 in. and stand it a few inches above the ground around it, which keeps muck from packing against the frame.
Electrically the Model A element pulls 2.1 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 65 lb. empty two people can set this one, which is part of why it ships by UPS. Hoskins puts the rating at a single stall or a small pen.
Browse the rest of the line under Hoskins horse waterers, or see Hoskins waterer parts.
