Hot water fast
True when the conditions and installation is good. I have heard of a
lot of stories where it did not work all that well.
If I ever have the opportunity to add it to my home or build it into a
new home I will do so. I did not mean to discourage anyone.
--
Joseph E. Meehan
26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math
"RB" wrote in message
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They work and work well. Mine runs the length of my basement and has no
more than 8 or 9 feet of elevation distance. Henry Ford did it with a
whole lot less in the Model T.
RB
HeatMan wrote:
"Joseph Meehan" wrote in message
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Really easy. A loop with one end at the hot end and the other to
the
bottom of the heater. Assuming the heater in below the distribution
lines
the hot water will rise and the cold water in the line will fall
creating
a
slow movement through the pipe from the top (hot) end to the bottom
(less
hot) part of the water heater.
As I understand it, it does not always work all that well with out a
pump assist, it consumes energy and it requires a return line, not
always
easy to add after the fact.
I used to run a 18 story office building. The bottom 9 had hot water
supplied by a WH in the basement, the top 9 by one in the penthouse.
The
pump motor went out on the lower unit and I found it on my morning
rounds.
I shut it off and started looking for a replacement. The construction
company used stuff that met the specifications of the building, but only
barely. I called many places looking for a motor to replace the bad
one. I
finally found one about the time I realized it had been almost 2 weeks
and
there was no complaints from the tenants about the lack of hot water in
the
bathrooms. From that I figured either one of 2 things: 1) no one ever
used
hot water to wash their hands(if they were doing it at all) or 2)
something
was happening to the water. I walked into the pump room and grabbed the
supply and return lines of the hot water system. The hot side of the WH
was
indeed hot about 5 feet out and the return line was warmish. This was
at
about 7:15 AM and there weren't too many tenants there. I rode the
elevator
to the 8th floor and turned on the water in the men's room. It got hot
quicker than I thought possible. Thermosiphon!
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