Proof in Pics!
Jan. 13th, 2024 04:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
peristaltorHey, folks! The heated feeder is a hit with the birdies! I put it up Thursday night, just before sunset. That night, it started getting cold. Really cold.
Here it is Saturday afternoon.
Embiggenation
That was not the temp when I pulled the outdoor thermometer from its housing to hold it before the camera. It got up to 29˚ before I realized my goof. I set it on a branch above the unit to get a better reading of how cold it really was:
Moar Embiggening
And the birdies love it! It was quite full two days ago; you can see from the first pic how much the level has fallen. Soon the test tube will have its bottom exposed.
In the near future, I'm going to scout out possibilities for improvement, like:
• Dyeing the interior of the tube a translucent red (for coolness sake); and
• A thermoswitch that will activate the bulb only when the temp dips into freezing territory.
As per that last one, I know some things like this exist. I was once tempted to get a pipe wrapping that only kicked on the thermo elements when it got to 33˚F. If something like that exists in a simple in-line plug form, that would be a worthy upgrade.
Here it is Saturday afternoon.
Embiggenation
That was not the temp when I pulled the outdoor thermometer from its housing to hold it before the camera. It got up to 29˚ before I realized my goof. I set it on a branch above the unit to get a better reading of how cold it really was:
Moar Embiggening
And the birdies love it! It was quite full two days ago; you can see from the first pic how much the level has fallen. Soon the test tube will have its bottom exposed.
In the near future, I'm going to scout out possibilities for improvement, like:
• Dyeing the interior of the tube a translucent red (for coolness sake); and
• A thermoswitch that will activate the bulb only when the temp dips into freezing territory.
As per that last one, I know some things like this exist. I was once tempted to get a pipe wrapping that only kicked on the thermo elements when it got to 33˚F. If something like that exists in a simple in-line plug form, that would be a worthy upgrade.
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