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Dave Allison Dave Allison is offline
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I agree with this assessment. I've tested fish tanks, and farther away
gets cooler, PLUS, when it turns on, it is more hot so could I guess
impact the wine touching it.

The blanket is the best bet.
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DAve

Quixote wrote:
> "Lou" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I want to heat my primary 50 gal plastic vat this yeqar. It will be in a
>> cold garage. I've heard about using an electric blanket. I was thinking of
>> a fish tank heater! Any thoughts?
>>

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> I fish tank has a lot of circulation so that the water heats evenly. I
> would wonder whether the small area of contact with a fish-tank heater would
> be sufficient to do this in a still environment. I would guess it would be
> warm right around the heater but cooler farther away.
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> Quixote
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