this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2023
920 points (98.7% liked)
People Twitter
5278 readers
235 users here now
People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.
RULES:
- Mark NSFW content.
- No doxxing people.
- Must be a tweet or similar
- No bullying or international politcs
- Be excellent to each other.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
In Canada ain't nothing for cheap. Except the light bulb.
Jokes aside until Amazon started bringing us cheap crap there was no practical low cost alternative, aside from gutting a coffee pot or something. I fixed an old water trough once that was heated by a 240v stove element brazed to the stubs of the old 120v one that had burned out. 2kW / 4 = 500W which is about the right power level for this job.
Stove element from the dump $0, Canarm watering bowl element $70
Actually I agree, it's a pretty good source of heating elements. I've scavenged from some old toasters and sandwich iron