Hi, sorry first post.
I am trying to keep my dogs water bowl outside from freezing up. I know there are commercial products that can do this, but most of these are either very expensive, or they only hold a small amount of water.
I use this,
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Behrens-5-5-Gallon-Residential-Bucket/3452176
as his water bowl, its a 5 gallon, metal water bowl. I was under the impression, that i could use this
https://www.amazon.com/NTE-Electron...UTF8&qid=1481215322&sr=1-1&keywords=nte+dto60
inline to open or close a circuit that contained just a resistor and I could use thermal paste to attach the thermostat and the resistor to the bottom of the water bowl.
Then when temp falls, the circuit closes, the resistor gets hot, and heats the water bowl, then when water heats up, circuit opens. Rinse and repeat.....
Question is, what resistor should I use, or should I use multiple resistors.
Sorry for the very basic and laymans terms, but trying to get this solved before the really cold temps get here.
I am trying to keep my dogs water bowl outside from freezing up. I know there are commercial products that can do this, but most of these are either very expensive, or they only hold a small amount of water.
I use this,
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Behrens-5-5-Gallon-Residential-Bucket/3452176
as his water bowl, its a 5 gallon, metal water bowl. I was under the impression, that i could use this
https://www.amazon.com/NTE-Electron...UTF8&qid=1481215322&sr=1-1&keywords=nte+dto60
inline to open or close a circuit that contained just a resistor and I could use thermal paste to attach the thermostat and the resistor to the bottom of the water bowl.
Then when temp falls, the circuit closes, the resistor gets hot, and heats the water bowl, then when water heats up, circuit opens. Rinse and repeat.....
Question is, what resistor should I use, or should I use multiple resistors.
Sorry for the very basic and laymans terms, but trying to get this solved before the really cold temps get here.