Posted 11/27/2024 07:51 (#10984411 - in reply to #10983277) Subject: RE: Ritchie waterer thermostat?
SW Iowa
to answer your actual question, no you will not burn it out. I have done it in a pinch in single-digit temps when the thermostat went out and the water didn't seem miserably hot to drink, But I would get it fixed sooner rather than later.