Well house heater issue

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This house was built new when we bought it but for some reason they skimped out on the pump shed. It was basically some busted up plywood with a tarp over it and they had a heat lamp in there just laying on the ground. MG and I were not having any of that shit. We had a guy come in and build a pump house properly so now it is protected from the elements and looks way better. I bought a chicken coop heater with a thermostat although I haven't needed it yet. We had 2 or 3 days with temps below freezing this year but we can get as much as week or so on occasion. I remember back in the 80's I think where it went a couple of weeks. Thermal blankets and pipe wrap does the trick most of the time.

I couldn't find a chicken coop heater that wasn't IR or didn't have a fan and with a thermostat that could be set as low as 40 degrees. Most that I saw were also over 500w, I don't need that much heat. One 60w light bulb will keep it plenty warm. The thing I've learned about bulbs is that they can and will burn out at any time. I've checked them one day and there burning and the next day they are burnt out. Reliability is why I got the simplest most basic heater I could find. Hopefully this heater will be reliable.