Outdoor socket advice

Tringo · 14 Jul 2010

Looking for some advice and expect to be mocked for general lack of knowledge and the lengths i am going to for a couple of rabbits!

Here goes - I have a rabbit hutch in the garden approx. 5 metres from the conservatory. I would like to have an outdoor socket so that i can have a small heater in the hutch when the cold weather sets in.

So the plan was to get a socket put on the exterior of the conservatory wall which during the summer i could plug the old mower in and cut the grass etc. In the winter i could run a weather proof extention cord to the rabbit hutch to power the heater - is this a sensible option or should i be looking at a different solution.

All work would be undertaken by an electrician and not by my goodself.

Any advice / suggestions appreciated.

ban-all-sheds · 14 Jul 2010

Tringo said:
I would like to have an outdoor socket so that i can have a small heater in the hutch when the cold weather sets in.

Sort of a slow cooker affair?

sorry...

So the plan was to get a socket put on the exterior of the conservatory wall which during the summer i could plug the old mower in and cut the grass etc. In the winter i could run a weather proof extention cord to the rabbit hutch to power the heater - is this a sensible option or should i be looking at a different solution.

Fine for the mower, but that lead will be trailing across the garden for months at a time in the winter - you'd be better off with a permanent supply taken to the hutch.

I take it you can get heaters suitable for the environment, that won't cook them, and that won't be damaged by them chewing it, peeing on it etc?

And as a slightly off-topic bit of advice - if you consider yourself an animal lover you should spend a bit of time googling for information about the fundamental cruelty of keeping rabbits locked up in a cage in the garden.

Tringo · 14 Jul 2010

sorry...

And as a slightly off-topic bit of advice - if you consider yourself an animal lover you should spend a bit of time googling for information about the fundamental cruelty of keeping rabbits locked up in a cage in the garden.

Thanks for the reply - when i eventually manage to find an electrician who is interested in a job that requires a bit of digging (which i'd probably do myself anyways) then i'll take his expert advice.

As for the rabbit comment - you could apply that to all domesticated animals who i am sure would prefer not have been domesticated in the first place and roaming around the wild as nature intended. . .

Cheers

ban-all-sheds · 14 Jul 2010

OK - I did say IF you consider yourself an animal lover.

You don't so carry on locking up an animal which naturally lives in large family groups in underground burrows and is designed to spend a lot of time running about at speed.

ColJack · 14 Jul 2010

wouldn't it just be easier to bring the rabbits into the conservatory for the winter?
surely a little heater isn't going to do much good when the front of the hutch is essentially open to the elements? ( it being a rabbit hutch I expect that it's mesh? )
water freezing in the bottle / dishes when the temp drops below freezing overnight..?

do rabbits hibernate underground in the winter?

add to that the cost of effectively heating the entire planet for 3-4 months..

you could use under tile heating mat and tile the bottom of the hutch..

ColJack · 14 Jul 2010

Tringo said:
Thanks for the reply - when i eventually manage to find an electrician who is interested in a job that requires a bit of digging (which i'd probably do myself anyways) then i'll take his expert advice.

recon you could train the rabbit to dig the cable trench for you?

ban-all-sheds · 14 Jul 2010

ColJack said:
do rabbits hibernate underground in the winter?

Not Tringo's....

Actually, no, they don't in the wild either.

Taylortwocities · 14 Jul 2010

Tringo said:
So the plan was to get a socket put on the exterior of the conservatory wall which during the summer i could plug the old mower in and cut the grass etc. .

Why not let the rabbits go free range in the summer - then you don't need to cut the grass. And (per ColJack) in the winter they go in the conservatory.

Voila! No need for an outside socket!

OwainDIYer · 14 Jul 2010

Tringo said:
As for the rabbit comment - you could apply that to all domesticated animals who i am sure would prefer not have been domesticated in the first place and roaming around the wild as nature intended. . .

You think any animal with sense would swap three meals a day, a warm bed, veterinary care, and doting owners, for the uncomfortable and unpredictable existence of 'nature'?

Getting your ****** chopped off is a small price to pay for a tin of chumalot every evening.

ColJack · 14 Jul 2010

OwainDIYer said:
Getting your **** chopped off is a small price to pay for a tin of chumalot every evening.

did it hurt much?
it's supposed to extend your life expectancy by about 10 years as well..

SteNova · 15 Jul 2010

couple of hot water bottles.... sorted

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