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Can you please educate me on what a (20 plate) heat exchanger is?
Quote from: Nate on September 26, 2018, 11:32:41 PMCan you please educate me on what a (20 plate) heat exchanger is?Sounds like H after she lost the election to Trump!
And here is the 1" PEX I picked up at Home Depot. It retails for $74 for 100 feet. With my discount I am paying $67 for the roll. I think I will end up needing three rolls total
Quote from: Flyin6 on September 26, 2018, 11:18:26 PMAnd here is the 1" PEX I picked up at Home Depot. It retails for $74 for 100 feet. With my discount I am paying $67 for the roll. I think I will end up needing three rolls totalDon, sorry to be the bearer of bad news. That pex is for potable water use only, and not to be used in a hydronic system. You need Pex with an "oxygen barrier" for that application. Using the Pex you purchased will promote bacterial growth, turn the water foul & murky over short time.
Quote from: Nate on September 26, 2018, 11:32:41 PMCan you please educate me on what a (20 plate) heat exchanger is?I'll tryYou know how one of those old cast iron water registers things worked/ looked like?Well this is very similiar. The plates have hot water on one side flowing from the boiler, and cold water on the other side that in my case is going on to fill the water heater tank.The two "waters" cannot touch each other and do not mix. They are simply separated by a stainless steel plate that allows the heat to be wicked off the steel into the colder waterBasic Physics: Heat moves from hot to cold.Another physics lesson: SO how does the thing work exactly? Well as the water on the cold side of the heats and expands, it becomes pressurized to some extent. The added pressure within the already pressurized vessel is simply an expression of the heat. So the water in the hot water tank is somewhat cooler and at a lower pressure than in the plate exchanger, and pressure will seek to equalize, the heated water will migrate into the tank and over time warm the entire tank up to equalize temps and pressures everywhere.Now once the Misses gets in the shower and takes an hour long rinse off, the bulk of the hot water is evacuated. Now as water is flowing past the heated plates it wicks off the heat and the plate HE then acts more like an instant on demand water heater and the woman of your life remains complaint free.Make sense?
Not my shop yet Boss, hopefully sorting those details out Friday
I'm positive. the label on your pex clearly states "for use with potable water only"
Dodged another bullet there it seems, good all around I hope.Maybe something a little smaller for the farm later? Would be even more self sustaining that way as long as you have chain saws that work,,,,,,,
This tubing is fineTake a look at this YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvDxsOE-YOcMine is an open system with a vent to the atmosphere
Quote from: Flyin6 on September 27, 2018, 03:48:55 PMThis tubing is fineTake a look at this YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvDxsOE-YOcMine is an open system with a vent to the atmosphereYou can’t trust that guy in the video.....He’s white and male!