You know how important it is to ensure your livestock has access to clean and unfrozen water during the harsh winter months. Frozen water tanks can lead to dehydration, weight loss, and even serious health complications in your livestock.
But what if you could rest assured that your water would flow as needed, preventing surface ice from forming and keeping your water open for your animals to access?
The team at Stock Tank Solutions provides a fantastic solution for this problem.
What is a Float Valve & How Does it Work?
Float valves help automatically control the flow of water into your troughs to help ensure your livestock always has the water they need.
It’s a float you place in your water troughs (typically metal or plastic) that rises and falls with the water level in your tank.
As the water level goes down, either by consumption or evaporation, the float lowers, and the valve opens to allow more water in. As the water level rises, the float rises with and closes the valve.
What are the Benefits of Float Valves?
- Keep water at the correct level in the tank without effortlessly
- Prevent flooding and overfilling
- Keep the water clean by preventing dirt from entering the tank
- Don’t require electricity, so you don’t have to worry about power outages
Stock Tank Solutions + Freeze Miser: The Ultimate Solution for Keeping Your Stock Tanks Full & Ice-Free
In colder weather, you’ll need to ensure your water continues flowing even in freezing temperatures. That’s where the Freeze Miser comes in.
What is The Freeze Miser & How Does it Work?
The Freeze Miser operates like the thermostat in your home. After installation, it senses the internal water temperature arriving to the faucet (not the air temperature).
The Freeze Miser activates when the water temperature drops below 37º F/3º C. To conserve water, no water is released until the activation temperature is sensed, and the flow varies based on the temperature. When the temperature rises, the Freeze Miser shuts off automatically.
At under $30, the Freeze Miser is an effective & affordable solution that helps prevent water from freezing in your outdoor pipes.
Combining The Freeze Miser with a Stock Tank Solutions Float Valve
In the video below, you can see a top-mounted float valve for a livestock water tank paired with a Freeze Miser to keep your water flowing freely even in the coldest temperatures.
The setup is simple yet effective: the Freeze Miser is connected to an internal line, preventing it from freezing, while the ice sweeper, an automatic thermal sensing valve, opens and closes as needed.
The Benefits of This Setup:
- Keeps water from freezing even in sub-zero temperatures
- Prevents surface ice from forming in your stock tank
- Protects water hoses up to 150' in length from freezing
- Allows animals access to water during cold winter months
- Automatic thermal sensing valve ensures efficient water flow
- Can be used with metal, poly, concrete, and tire tanks
Keeping Mud & Ice Buildup Away from Your Stock Tanks
If you want to prevent mud and ice from building up around your stock tank when the Freeze Miser is running to prevent ice from forming, you can install a simple overflow line to keep the water from overflowing.
Set up an overflow to prevent mud and ice buildup around your stock tank:
Run the overflow line out away from the stock tank to prevent ice formation:
Don't Let Frozen Water Tanks Hold You Back This Winter
If you’re looking for a place to buy a quality float valve for your water trough, check out Stock Tank Solutions today.
Their team carries some of the best Float Valve Kits, Solar Pond Aeration kits, Stock Tank Ice Prevention products and Algae control products for your Stock Tank or Pond.
Visit https://www.stocktanksolutions.com/ to learn more about this innovative solution and take the first step towards ensuring your livestock has access water all winter long.
And, to keep your water lines from freezing and prevent ice forming in your stock tanks, be sure to pick up a Freeze Miser here.
With the Freeze Miser and a float valve, you can rest assured that your water flow will turn on and off as needed, keeping your animals healthy and happy all winter long.