You don't have to go full mediaeval, with all four elements: Be rock, skip the water.

Post #445,196 by CRConrad 12/17/24 10:54:53 AM 12/17/24 10:54:53 AM Reply	You don't have to go full mediaeval, with all four elements: Be rock, skip the water.
Post #445,197 by crazy 12/17/24 3:11:33 PM 12/17/24 3:11:33 PM Reply	I think I've got whatever short-term is required First of all, it is a few degrees colder than the surrounding area, just by evaporation effect. I have a heat camera so I can see. I'll put an insulated champagne bucket and put the cat water fountain inside the champagne bucket. Right now I have a cooler. I'll put it in for the same effect. The cat water fountain is on a tray next to my tiny deep freeze chest. I say tiny because in my kitchen area we are compact, but I got a many body one back in the shed. I always have a bucket of ice inside that chest because that's where I feed from my ice maker machine. I walk by that spot about a hundred times a day. I can fill it with ice.
Post #445,198 by crazy 12/17/24 5:24:32 PM 12/17/24 5:24:32 PM Reply	Done Took a plastic bowl that has a flat bottom and the cat circular water fountain fits in perfectly, with an extra inch all around and on the bottom. Wrapped this bowl in bubble/aluminum reflective insulation. About 10 times. Cut 10 large squares for the bowl to sit on plus extra space. Made sure that the bowl that had been wrapped has the bottom wrap cut out so I can flare out and press against the insulation squares on the bottom. Put that all on its own plastic tray and fill the bowl with ice and water. Take the cat fountain apart and clean it thoroughly. Yes there was a yuck. Remove all filter material because it does nothing other than gather bacteria. It can't be washed. Double check that nothing on the outside will ever get to the inside where the cat drinks and that there's nothing electrical that's scary. Drop the cat fountain in the plastic bowl and walk away. Let's see if he likes it
Post #445,202 by crazy 12/18/24 5:59:42 PM 12/18/24 5:59:42 PM Reply	That cat has a better water source than me The water fountain is now 40°. Nothing yucky will grow in it. At least not quickly. I will fill it with fresh clean ice water once a day along the ice bucket is in. The ice comes from a very cold freezer and lasts the entire day, at least not doing more than a 5° rise. The cat drinks well.
Post #445,203 by crazy 12/18/24 5:59:46 PM 12/18/24 6:00:33 PM Reply	Dupe: my thumb stuttered on the submit The water fountain is now 40°. Nothing yucky will grow in it. At least not quickly. I will fill it with fresh clean ice water once a day along the ice bucket is in. The ice comes from a very cold freezer and lasts the entire day, at least not doing more than a 5° rise. The cat drinks well. Edited by crazy Dec. 18, 2024, 06:00:32 PM EST Expand All History

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