Propane hot water heater. I’m thinking I’m losing heat in some places I shouldn’t if things were insulated better.
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How big? Last one I had was 52kw
So 2 flaws I see is that I have it super far away for safety and second it’s been freaking cold outside lately. Those combined with non insulated hose and I’m losing a bit of heat
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What are the specs on your hot water heater? How many BTU / Hour is it?
I believe it is 200k btu
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Mine are “outside” under a covering and double wrapping them with water heater blankets was very noticeable and makes it so i can shut them off over the weekend and its still warm monday.
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Try making a holding tank that the heater will heat up first i would heat mine up to 120-140F before circulating through my jackets . I also ran mine with some PG in it so it wouldn’t freeze. I think it is important for a safety factor to run some pg so you do not freeze the water in your jackets or coils . I used a large cooler as a holding tank that held about 35 gallons of antifreeze it would always maintain temp . I built it for super cheap too 2 cheap 100$ amazon camp showers , whole house harbor freight shallow well pump , and the cooler with some plumbing to hook it all up . Worked great made 22 kw of heating power for under 500$
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You’ve got plenty of heat then.
You must have missed where he said he was losing heat to the cold weather
If he is losing half the heat 100,000 btu / hour is still enough to get 10 pounds a minute in passive transfer.
Seem to me like your contradicting yourself.
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ok… so I’m not looking at my calculations every response and I’m 5 beers in. My point is he’s got the equipment he needs to get 10 pounds a minute. It just needs to be tweaked.
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Insulate your hoses, Insulate your collection vessel and don’t run you hot water temp too hot. You have what it takes to get raging fast passive transfer.