Mine is a Behlen, two sided with electric heater backup. I put mine where the old open stock tank was, right against the east wall of the barn- sheltered from the west wind, close enough to the south end to get sunlight most of the day. I remember that part of the freeze protection is a drain tile buried six or eight feet deep under the unit pointing up to bring warm air from down below the frost line, not sure if that really works or not, as my tube was full of water when I set the fountain on top. It will start collecting ice around the edges if the bowl heating mat loses power, but has never frozen the valve, and the most I have had was 22 cows on it at one time.
Sure beats the open tank filled by the windmill and deiced by me that I grew up with. Just a reminder, the electric fence will bite through a nylon snowmobile suit when pulled tight across one's backside even if standing on snowy ground.
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