>>     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?
    Gee, I don't know -- never thought about how much.
 > 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.
    Neat idea ... I'll have to check in on that, Jan .... that would be
wonderful as I CARRY hot water from the house out to the barn to make the 
ran
mash I give them.
 > 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.
    Good idea too .... I'll ask Buddy about it (he used to be an 
ectrician).
 > 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.
    Thanks for the info!
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