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Originally Posted by Descant
Didn't want to hijack the Bear Power thread with a bubbler discussion.
I'm under the impresasion that the bubbler might save some damage from freezing ice lifting the dock, etc, but once the ice starts to break up and move with the wind, the bubbler has little or no effect. Remember the great web cam videos showing ice moving up and over a breakwater last year.?
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You're right, Descant, a bubbler or dock circulator (ice eater) is powerless to ward off moving ice masses headed for a particular dock. Their benefit is keeping the ice from freezing around dock pilings and creating a buffer zone of open water at the end of a dock to protect it against expanding ice. They won't protect your dock against wind-blown icebergs.