Time for New Hot Water Heater

[dremd]

New Well pump pressure switch bit the dust today, would turn off at low pressure and ON at high pressure . . . . Waco. . . . . Replaced

I'm having an issue with moisture between the 2 glass panels of my water heater. it looks like there is perpetual rain fall inside lol. Any advice on removing the moisture? Silica? Looks like there might be as much as a half ounce of water inside, I THOUGH I had it sealed . . .

[dremd]

System is holding up to 12 (yes that is correct) people, all showering no problem. When everyone left this morning outlet temp of Solar (inlet of Tankless) was still 80 deg.

No Complaints.

I need to get the Water out between the panels still. . ..

[AndrewJ]

wow, 12 people that's pretty awesome performance!

That's got me pretty stoked on the idea of building a passive batch heater once I get a house again.

The way I see it all I need is about 3 old water heaters, some random pipes, and a few panes of hail-resistant glazing.

[dremd]

Installed a tube between the 2 pannels, I plan on opening it on dry days and closing it at night/ wet days. We will see how it works in comming weeks.

As a side note, I finally did the math on previous propane consumption, came ot to about 75 gallons a month. Now that is not ALL water, we also have a gas stove and gas dryer, however the last month (how long the solar has been up) we have used less than 20% of a 120 gallon tank, so DRASTIC savings there.

I was using about 2x as much Propane as Diesel lol

[Daox]

Awesome results! As I think I mentioned before I have been house hunting since early spring. I can't wait to get into a house to do some work. This is very inspiring!

[dremd]

If anyone else builds one I highly recommend installing a vent / faucet at the highest point. I had a heck of a hard time removing trapped air after my well was offline last week.

Tube appears to be working, much much less fog now.

[rbhollabaugh]

Dremd,

On the moisture problem between the panes of glass...
I'd recommend getting a 'spray can' of Nitrogen. It's sold in paint stores and it's called 'bloxygen' I think. Painters use it to replace the air in a can of paint so it won't go bad in the can. Once the panes are dry, flush the air out with the N2 and make sure it's sealed up real good with some silicon.

Rich

[dremd]

Originally Posted by rbhollabaugh

Dremd,

On the moisture problem between the panes of glass...
I'd recommend getting a 'spray can' of Nitrogen. It's sold in paint stores and it's called 'bloxygen' I think. Painters use it to replace the air in a can of paint so it won't go bad in the can. Once the panes are dry, flush the air out with the N2 and make sure it's sealed up real good with some silicon.

Rich

Sweet!
Do you think C25 would work ok also? (75% Nitrogen/25% Carbon Dioxide) I use it for mig welding and have a rather large tank hanging around.

[rbhollabaugh]

Yes, any gas that's moisture free would work.

[ebacherville]

I want to do solar water but in the great whit north it requires a glycol system..

Also the on demand heaters are pretty sweet, especially if your pre heating the water by solar, you'll save big time on electricity.