How Tursaco Started

2006-03-02T11:15:00.002-05:00

In 2003 I sat down with my son (in 3rd year of Electronics at the time) and an older friend (working in mechanical/electrical manufacturing) and said, "there has to be an easier way". It had to do with my hobby of raising and showing rabbits. In the winter there is nothing worse than having to handle frozen water dishes. It's not good for the rabbits (no water then they don't eat) because they get out of condition and don't grow properly and it's no good for me because it's a painful chore in the cold weather.

We came up with an idea to heat the water dishes using low voltage making it safe. My son and I wired up a transformer, added the components to a metal water dish and set it out side one January night in 2004. It was so primitive I only had a pail to cover the tranformer from the elements. It was a cold night...at least -10 celcius and low and behold the water was not frozen. I couldn't believe it.

From that early experiment, the following fall I set up all my cages (50) wiring up all the dishes and installing the transformers (in box). That first winter (2004-2005) I experimented with different types of dishes (plastic & metal) , different sizes and different amounts of power to the dish to find the best working arrangement.

By the winter of 2005 -2006 I had it working very well. Seldom does the water freeze. The average temperature in my area in January/February is -10 celcius and the dishes don't start freezing till -15. Out of all this I plan to put together a company called "TURSACO" and a website at http://www.tursaco.com/ that will explain in detail how it works and how you can purchase your own system. Hoping for a startup of fall 2010. Check it out and feel free to contact me if you have questions. Thanks.