Exploring Safe Winter Heating Options for Dog Kennel and Outdoor Water Bowl

Hello.
Since winter has practically started, the problem of freezing water outside for the dog has returned. Normally, I would put a tea heater in a pot of water and a thermostat, but in the event of a breakdown, you know what would happen. I was thinking about something like an electric blanket and put a pot of water on it, but this solution seems to me not the best. Maybe something for low voltage? There are heating cables on the Allegro with power and lengths, e.g. 8m 80W, and twist it around the pot. But is this power enough for 5-10l of water in frost of -10 degrees C?

I also had the idea of heating a dog kennel. You could insulate it, and heat it, preferably electric, but SAFE. And here's the question, how? It is known that it cannot be too warm, but so that the 10th. it was positive. Maybe 4 bulbs with identical wattages to connect in series. They will have a very low efficiency, but they will give 300-400W of heat. But that doesn't seem too safe to me. Or maybe somehow outside the shack to generate heat and bring it to the shack, e.g. through an air tunnel? Do something like a farelka, only with lower power (100-200W), so from 5 meters from the kennel and bring warm air through a thick pipe, of course, so that the warm air does not burn, and when working at full power, it does not heat the kennel too much.

Regards

robertcb wrote:

Put something like this under the mug:
http://aga-dom.pl/images/swiecapodgrzewacz.JPG
100 items of this in a hypermarket is a parenteral amount of PLN

Only it will burn out in 2 hours
Or maybe do something similar to a kerosene lamp, i.e. water would be 10 cm higher and under that a wick and a container with fuel. What do you say?

jannaszek wrote:

The first voice is now.
Sure they are, they are home made, but I consider sleeping in a bed not hygienic (dogs lick their genitals, then they lick their masters' face and mouth, and this can lead to venereal disease) as well as licking the tableware, and I have seen it more than once and never in these houses I will not be given anything.
I do not want to find out here what else can such a dog lick and to.

Don't be so gentle. A dog that lives in a house will not catch syphilis (if it is at all biologically possible) because it does not have the opportunity to do so, unlike people who do often. He will not give you the hand in which he was holding a wack just a moment ago when he was taking care of physical needs in the toilet (I wonder how many hands you squeeze such a day then you go to a cigarette or a snack etc.), and maybe "higher" needs . Some dogs are cleaner than some people. And if someone lets their face lick their face, that's their problem. Licking plates is also not a nightmare, unless someone does not wash the dishes or just rinses them with water. You'll catch the virus from a human this way. But it is still a matter of "arranging" a quadruped, but if someone is not able to raise his own children, what is there to discuss about dogs ...

arturavs wrote:

Maybe let's start with what breed of dog? Different breeds have different requirements.

1. What are you giving Him (or dog) to eat? There are no warmers for dry food.
2. The dog can handle it. The snow will fall, it will be fed and the thirst will be quenched.
3. As someone wrote above, do not heat the kennel. Possibly keep her warm.
4. If you want the dog to eat whenever it wants to, then the upbringing of your four-legged friend is bowing. Mine gets at 6:30 (I go to work at 8) and 6:00. He got used to it
to it. He gets a warm bowl (or two, he can devour a lot) and he is not afraid of frost. I have a pet from a puppy. -30 was there and he didn't complain. Before the food in the bowl cools down, it will be eaten anyway.
And to make it more interesting, how I forgot to let the cat go home for the night.
This morning it was hard to wake them up (pets). The cat went to the kennel and slept together. 5-year-old German Shepherd Dog + cat dachowiec.


Insulated shed 2x1m (10cm polystyrene + sheet), a rubber curtain in the entrance, a playpen 4x4m, height 3m. Floor ; euro pallets (easy to clean). Plus, the playpen is covered.

Dude, I am writing here about freezing water, not about freezing food.

I say right away that I am not crazy about dogs like some people, i.e. I do not sleep with my dog, I do not give the dog lick plates, etc.
As for the breed, it is a mongrel similar to a dachshund.
Currently, the weather is often such that it is frost and there is no snow, so the dog will not drink snow. And sometimes nobody is at home for 6-8 hours (and the water freezes in 1.5 hours in light frosts). I mention him when I'm at home. Yes, maybe I exaggerated with the heating for the dog, but I did not come up with the idea of insulating the kennel (and with the appropriate size of the kennel matched to the dog and a thick leather curtain, it should be enough.).

My friend andrzej lukasiewicz, a man will also survive the winter -15st. without a house, no heating, I will hunt food .....