>     Wish I had a hot water heater out in my barn 
 > .... it's hard keeping
 > my guys clean and pretty without giving them baths. I DO
 > vaccum them several
 > times a week and that helps at bit.
 
How much hot water would you need at a time?
 
We have an itty-bitty water heater under the sink at work.  I don't know how 
much capacity it has, but something like that might give you enough hot water 
to clean out buckets and tack and stuff, even if you didn't have enough to do 
the horses themselves.
 
The other nice thing is, there's a switch on the front so you could turn it 
off when you wouldn't be wanting hot water (less of a fire hazard).  We have 
ours on a ground-fault circut so if somebody splashes water out of the sink 
onto the plug, it turns itself off.
 
Anyhow, a heater like ours is probably way too small, but if you just wanted 
some little source of hot water to wash your hands and clean out the buckets 
and other little stuff, it might be useful.  Just wanted to let you know 
there are ways to get hot water without spending big bucks on a full-sized 
water heater.
 
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