Re: [Killietalk] flow through systems?

[Joel Antkowiak <mrkillie at optonline_net>]

Lee,

Is that when you start or when you finish or sometime in the middle? That
is, does the heater in the drum keep up with the cooling effect of the
colder water running through the coiled tube?

Joel

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Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 09:30:32 EST
From: LeeH920226 at aol_com
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] flow through systems?
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In a message dated 10/26/03 1:34:07 PM, LeeH920226 at aol_com writes:

<< By that time the tap water had warmed up to 65 degrees
and warmer later in the summer, so I stopped using the hot water. Now, I
need
to decide - SOON, what to do next.  >>

OK, here is a progress report. My tap water has dropped to 60 degrees
Fahrenheit. So I put in a 50 foot coil of polyethylene tubing (copper would
be more
efficient but toxic, stainless steel is prohibitively expensive) in my 55
gallon drum (presently unheated at room temperature -- 75 degrees). Running
my flow
system through that coil warms up the water to 65 degrees. So, if I double
the length of that coil and turn on the submersible heater in the drum to 80
degrees, I should be in good shape for the winter. I will report on that
later.

Lee Harper
Media, PA


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