subject: Ways To Save When Purchasing An Automatic Waterer [print this page] We know that buying an automatic waterer of any brand can be an huge investment. I personally have run into several people at trade shows or have talked to them on the phone that have saved for years to purchase an automatic waterer. We also know that over these past two years, everyone is looking for ways to save on the items that they truly need, may potentially save time and money in the future or simply want to give themselves a little extra time during the day.
Automatic waterers have the ability to do all of those. You will save time as you will not have to worry about watering your animals. How much time would that save you in a day?
Automatic waterers also offer peace of mind. You will not have those 2 am realizations that you left the hose running to the stock tank and it has been running for 8 hours, flooding your farm/pasture/paddock/barn.
They also can save you money on your electric bill and water costs. Highly insulated automatic waterers such as Ritchie can cost as low as $5 for the entire winter to heat. That is just pennies a day, if that. If you are watering your animals with stock tanks using 1000 or even worse 1500 watt heaters, you will end up paying for your waterer that first winter. And as for that water bill. Stock tanks can require 50-100 gallons of water to fill. Each time you dump one of those tanks you are dumping all of that water. Most automatic waterers have low water volume so when you go to clean, you are only dumping a couple gallons as opposed to up to 100.
Several electric companies and conservations districts have taken notice of the savings involved with an automatic waterer. Because of this, they have offered rebates or cost share programs that will cover all or some of the cost of the unit. Sometimes even cover a portion of the installation costs. Ritchie automatic waterers qualify for many if not all of these programs.
We have tracked down many of these programs and have listed them on our Ways to Save page. Take a look around, there may just be one available in your area. Here is the link http://www.ritchiefount.com/wts.html.
Also, if you happen to know of one that isn't listed please feel free to pass it on. We would be happy to share with others in your area.
We have also listed all of our estimated energy costs on each of our product page. See what you can save.
