Could I place the cooler outside of the coop and the waterer inside?
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I don't think so. It screws into the cooler and if it is not screwed in tight enough it will leak. The only way I could to make this work is if you had a hole in the coop wire/wall that was big enough for the brite tap waterer to fit through.
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If you cut a hole in your coop, I guess, where the waterer and the cooler connect. The waterer needs to be about a foot and a half above the ground for the chickens to drink out of (depending on the size of your chickens). I don't have mine in the coop. It's in the chicken run and the cooler is on pavers to raise it up.
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If you cut out a place for it, then it might work. I haven't tried it that way. I can't be happier with this clean water system.
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I don't think it's possible. I had to put the cooler inside the coop. We only have one chicken and the water lasted a long time! The chicken also learned how to drink from it right away. I think this is a great product, only downside is the price.
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No you cannot, this unit needs to be connected to a ducting that is properly vented to the outside!
485668
Hi, I keep the cooler in the garage most of the time, I don't leave nice things open to the elements like sun and rain.although I'm sure you can.
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Is it in the same room? If so, it will exhaust some of the cool air. Since your swamp cooler is moving a lot of air from outside in, you would not need to run this when it is on, would you?
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funny you should ask that... I used this coop as designed for a few months with no problems. Later, my chickens were in a shed-turned-coop (much bigger), and I just used the "run" part of this as a little shelter in their run and hung a waterer in there. The coop was also sitting out separately as just an extra shelter they could use in the run. We recently had some strong winds, and both things were totally blown over. However, this was when separate, so I think that is worse. Also, really, you probably could anchor this down if you just put some strong wire through the hardware cloth around the bottom edges & over the wooden bars and then staked those down with something - maybe not a bad idea if you get strong winds like I do.
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I doubt it. The walls of the cooler are likely too thick. This is meant for a bucket.
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A wire cooling rack to separate the layers might work. Just a thought. I'm looking into racks right now!
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You can easily attach it by sandwiching the fence between a 2X4 and the water trough, I attached mine to the chicken coop and hard piped it in with PVC pipe. It was so simple.
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Will work either location. Be careful not to create backflow if used underground. Draining to prevent freezing could be an issue if underground
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Not a good idea, but in an enclosed building like a chicken coop it works really well, outside temp drops to zero not heat in building but the water stays fine, not ever frozen.
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There is an opening on one end of the run. It's so it can be attached to the coop. There is also a door near the opened area. This does send you with instructions how to build it, but you might be able to adjust the way you build it.
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I have this and yes as long as you have the ability to do so externally of the unit. It only has one hook up so I have valves to balance the temp going into it.
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Yes. It is an outdoor unit and cannot be installed inside due to ventilation requirements.
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Yes you can, I go outside and stick it trough the metal fins (vent) on the side of the housing and drop a table into the water reservoir that cools the condenser. Works great.
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Have not tried it outside of the coop. Not sure how it will work outside if it get very cold.
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There is no way this would work as a cooler. The inside is not completely closed off to the elements.
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I have mine mounted on the outside of the a hutch. Do yes, but if you have a wood hutch with one wire door the bottle is to big. It makes it difficult to open and close the door when mounted outside.