If you're tired of breaking ice with an axe, use an IceWaterer floating insulator in your existing watering source to make water below the ice accessible for your animals.
IceWaterer floating insulators provide your animals with access to water through the ice.
- Five gallon buckets for dogs and horses
- Shallow troughs, tubs and drinkers for sheep and goats
- Large stock tanks and ponds for cattle
How to use: Place an IceWaterer floating insulator in your animals’ water source… literally, just put it in the water.
How IceWaterer works: There are no plumbing pipes and there are no wires for electricity. There are no batteries or solar panels. Instead, the existing thermal energy of the water at the surface is preserved. As the water freezes, an opening in the ice is maintained providing your animals with easy access to water below the ice. IceWaterer floating insulators re-seal to changing water levels.
IceWaterer floating insulator seals to the ice not to a lid or cover.
Shipping is included for all orders in the lower 48 US states.
IceWaterer products have high quality non-toxic materials:
1) HDPE plastic from Iowa and Michigan which is commonly used in watering troughs, food containers for people, and agricultural containers like mineral tubs;
2) insulative closed cell urethane foam designed by its manufacturer in Pennsylvania for safe use as water features in fish ponds and aquariums; and
3) small diameter, bare, galvanized steel cable from Texas.
Tie points are provided on relevant models to help secure IceWaterer with your generic bailing wire.
IceWaterer products are fabricated in Merriam Kansas USA.
IceWaterer early model test showing how it protects at each changing water level.
Animals nudge the IceWaterer floating insulator to access water beneath the ice.
Patent pending IceWaterer products work on principles of geometry and physics combined into a cost effective easy to use solution for accessing water beneath ice.
The overall shape of IceWaterer products is similar to a hemisphere. The sides extend past the bottom which results in some areas being above the water surface and other areas of the sides extending down into the water. In geometry, the term for the area above the water is called a ‘cap’ and the area below the water’s surface is called a ‘frustum’. The ‘cap’ is filled with buoyant solid insulation.
Both the ‘cap’ and the ‘frustum’ insulate the water helping to slow the process of freezing. The ‘frustum’ acts as a barrier against ice crystals connected from side to side. The thermal energy of the liquid water is guarded from these ice crystals by the hollow ‘frustum’ barrier.
As the ice crystals accumulate, the ice thickens. The contact angle of the IceWaterer floating insulator relative to the ice results in the ice ‘pushing down’ which accomplishes two tasks. It helps prevent the IceWaterer from getting locked in the ice which makes it easy to plunge. And it further helps to prevent the ice crystals from connecting under the cap by adjusting itself down with the water level.
As the water level drops, a new layer of ice forms around the ‘cap’ and ‘frustum’. There is no need for sealing to a top lid. IceWaterer products seal to each changing layer of ice at any water level.
Models with differing insulation are offered for various watering containers. By example, a five gallon bucket will freeze first from the top then quickly from the sides making it more challenging to keep ice from forming from both above and below. Therefore, IceWaterer models for buckets have insulated sidewalls since the distance to the outer sides is small. In contrast, a watering trough has an open area of water horizontally, which when frozen, becomes a strong, large piece of ice. When the area of ice is kept smaller, it is weaker. Our models for watering troughs have an inner cap and an outer perimeter ring to weaken the ice near the cap which makes accessing water easier for your animals.
But seeing is believing …. and even then, many people react with, “I can’t believe it!”
We look forward to meeting you at the following shows and fairs:
Please contact us at: david@icewaterer.com to establish a wholesale account.
We welcome business relationships with family owned feed stores, sale barns, and farm and home supply stores. We offer attractive margins and existing product can always be evenly exchanged for another IceWaterer model to maximize your sell through opportunity.
IceWaterer SKUs have GS1 issued UPC-A barcodes for your inventory management system.
If you’re a store owner or a show-fair organization, contact us so we can promote local IceWaterer product availability.
Do you need a cold weather solution for watering livestock without expensive plumbing or electricity?
If your water trough is plumbed, does your existing valve float get stuck in the ice, suspended above the lowered water level?
In the summer, does the water get too warm and need to be covered to cut down on bugs and evaporation?
If so, you need an IceWaterer floating insulator!
Ice preventing livestock from drinking is a timeless challenge! But now you can reduce your work and wasted water from chopped ice with IceWaterer floating insulators!
