Posted: Sep 26, 2017 5:51 pm
Yesterday, I got the project to the point where I have domestic hot water again.
I failed to check the orientation of that drain pan before I filled the thing. I'll have to empty it again to fix that before I put a drain line through the floor.
It got ten degrees (F) cooler in that room when it heated that first tankful of cold water. I'll probably want to at least duct it to the living space for summertime operation. It can have all the heat from my living space it wants in the summer time.
I am pleased with the results. I wish those flexible supply lines were longer, but that's as long as they had. If they were longer, I'd be able to turn the heater to make the safety blow valve a bit more readily accessible.
Hot water. Not free yet, but cheaper than I used to make it. I can see a solar water heater to preheat the intake water for this new heater. If the preheated water is hot enough, nothing left for the electric one to do except keep it there.
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I failed to check the orientation of that drain pan before I filled the thing. I'll have to empty it again to fix that before I put a drain line through the floor.
It got ten degrees (F) cooler in that room when it heated that first tankful of cold water. I'll probably want to at least duct it to the living space for summertime operation. It can have all the heat from my living space it wants in the summer time.
I am pleased with the results. I wish those flexible supply lines were longer, but that's as long as they had. If they were longer, I'd be able to turn the heater to make the safety blow valve a bit more readily accessible.
Hot water. Not free yet, but cheaper than I used to make it. I can see a solar water heater to preheat the intake water for this new heater. If the preheated water is hot enough, nothing left for the electric one to do except keep it there.
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