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Larry Jaques[_4_]
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Commercial water heater in home
On Wed, 26 Feb 2014 17:24:36 -0500,
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On Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:41:59 -0600, Jon Elson
wrote:
Ignoramus9393 wrote:
I bought a used water heater at an auction (at a defunct Grainger
warehouse). Model G91-200-1.
Here's a link to this model's description:
http://www.grainger.com/product/RHEE...r-Heater-6E743
OK, a couple observations. 590 Lbs dry weight plus 91 gal of
water weighs 1318 Lbs! Can your floor take this weight?
Second, can your flue take 199K BTU without
burning down the house? My water heater has a 3" flue connection,
I think. This thing needs a 6" flue, and it burns more gas than the
furnace on my 2600 sq. ft. house, which is 138K BTU, I think. Third, it
apparently needs electricity for the draft blower and safety controls, so
you get no hot water during a power failure.
Jon
With 91 gallons of hot water sitting in a well insulated tank, he
won't need to heat water for quite some time during a power outage.
Oops, except that there won't be any pressure to use it...
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