Hot water heaters on wheels?

[Hermein]

I’m moving to a place w/o water or electricity for the barn I hope to erect. I’ll put a water line in eventually, but I’d still like to have hot water available for bathing, making horse porridge, etc.

I’m considering buying one of these: http://www.sstack.com/Horse-Care_Horse-Care-Featured_Winter-Grooming/Insta-Hot----Portable-Equine-Washing-System/

Do you have one–either this brand or another? One big question, in addition to whether or not it works, can you fill up the tank, wheel it to where you want to use it, turn it on and soon get hot water OR must you be connected to a water source for the whole time you need to use it?

Thank you.

[King_s_Ransom]

This is the kind that must be connected to a water source.

What you’re wanting is the HotWash system. I have the Insta-Hot, it works great. I don’t have any experience with the HotWash, but have read on here that it takes awhile for the water to heat up. Don’t know what “a while” is. Sorry.

https://www.smartpakequine.com/pt/hott-wash-hot-portable-water-unit-1337

Also, check out this thread on CoTH: http://www.chronofhorse.com/forum/showthread.php?240244-Insta-Hot-vs-Hott-Wash

[Tory]

There is no tank. We have a tank-less hot water heater in our garage. It works well. The catch is getting enough water pressure for the job you want, but no so much that the internal coils can’t heat the water.

If water goes to fast through the coils it won’t get very hot. Or if there are not enough coils it can’t heat the water.

I’m not sure about a portable system like this, but you can go to a Lowe’s or Home Depot and look at tank-less hot water heaters to see how they work.

[Guilherme]

Since the horses have today off I spent some time looking for a device that might work for the OPs needs. I didn’t find any device, short of a very high dollar commercial system, that would combine a tank, heater, and pressure system.

I looked at what was linked here and am not sure about quality.

Then I found this http://www.hotcampshowers.com/inc/sdetail/4070 I has an optional 12v pump available, allowing the unit to draw from any convenient source (creek, spring, stock tank, etc.). This company also offers a pet/horse washer that is somewhat more money; I didn’t look closely to see if there were more features or it’s just marked up because it’s labeled “pet/horse.”

IMO if you’re going to spend the money on a barn then find the money to put in a water line. The time you will save over messing with hoses and buckets will pay for the cost of the line in short order! As soon as you have water pressure you’ve got hot water from any number of portable products.

Good luck in your project.

G.

[Ghazzu]

[QUOTE=Guilherme;8623539]

IMO if you’re going to spend the money on a barn then find the money to put in a water line. The time you will save over messing with hoses and buckets will pay for the cost of the line in short order! As soon as you have water pressure you’ve got hot water from any number of portable products.

Good luck in your project.

G.[/QUOTE]

Amen to this.
At our old place, I used a hose run down from the house for years.
When we finally trenched water and electric out to the barn, my quality of life improved immensely.
And I actually had the plumber put a mixing valve n the house, so I could run hot water out to the barn. It was such an improvement.

Here, we have a hydrant in the feed room, which I insult and put a heater in so that I could install a small (8 gallon) electric water heater. Works fine.

[Hermein]

Thanks to all who responded. The insta-hot could work for me if it wasn’t freezing because my water source would be a long hose. When the barn is in place, if that ever happens*, I’ll get a trench for water: electricity too if the solar isn’t all that’s advertised.

*Need engineering paper work. All engineers in the state are busy, busy, busy.

[DHCarrotfeeder]

If you get a water line, I can attest the Insta-Hot works nicely. When it’s extremely cold the water won’t get very hot, but it will warm it quite well.

[Frog_Pond]

[QUOTE=Hermein;8623425]
I’m moving to a place w/o water or electricity for the barn I hope to erect. I’ll put a water line in eventually, but I’d still like to have hot water available for bathing, making horse porridge, etc.[/QUOTE]
I have a barn (3 horses) and it will never have electricity or water because it’s 800’, uphill, from the house and the property is almost solid granite. I run hoses in good weather, and in the winter I move water in a Gator with a water tank with a pump that runs off the battery. For mashes and small horse-washing jobs, I fill a 3 gallon Igloo water-cooler with a spigot at the house. To wash them, I walk them down to the house and run a hose off the laundry room sink. I’m about to buy a new generator – Honda, quiet – and heat water with an electric tea kettle. a few quarts of hot water dumped into a 5 gallon bucket of cold makes a decent supply of warm water

[Laurierace]

The hott wash was totally useless as it was either so hot you couldn’t use it on a horse or ice cold. The insta hot works pretty well. It does have to be hooked up to a water source to work. It is hard to get the temp exactly where you want it but lasts as long as you need it to. It doesn’t have much pressure either even though there is plenty of pressure at the source. I got the 2 burner one for added flexibility in colder weather.