Bruce:

How big is the building this is located in? Even though it is only insulated to R4, you could probably keep it above freezing with a small electric heater. If you used a 1500W milkhouse heater (low temperature, high volume air output) you could direct the warm air toward the pipe tree for best effect.

P.S. Thanks for the tip on putting the open end of the trough up. I already figured this out; I tried watering cattle with it the other way and had a calf simultaneously suffocate and die of dehydration underneath the trough trying to drink. :p


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