>> 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.
 
 
For a horse.. it's a lot of water...
 
CJ with her winter coat requires three full rinses to get all the soap out.
 
 
 
                                     BK
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