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09-17-17, 10:53 PM
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Repurpose an old central 2 ton
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It's polybutylene, aka poly-b or PB pipe. The...
It's polybutylene, aka poly-b or PB pipe. The main problem with this type is that the chlorine or chloramine the utilities use to disinfect the water attacks the plastic. It becomes brittle and...
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09-15-17, 03:40 PM
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Oil Pan, The rental trailer is full of gray...
Oil Pan,
The rental trailer is full of gray plastic pipe. It was a nightmare at first. The stuff that has failed has been replaced with pex. Crossing my fingers this year...
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09-14-17, 12:05 PM
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OK, so I've been doing some homework on brazed...
OK, so I've been doing some homework on brazed plate heat exchangers. I've found the entire sizing process is dominated by two types:
A: Gurus who will give you 3 answers to the same question
B:...
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09-10-17, 10:08 AM
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Repurpose an old central 2 ton
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That's exactly why I asked the question. For a...
That's exactly why I asked the question. For a 5000 BTU batch tank, the heat transfer and mass flow rates are small enough that a single "Slinky" tube condenser doesn't have to be huge to be...
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09-09-17, 11:32 PM
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Repurpose an old central 2 ton
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Ok, what I am going to do first is run the...
Ok, what I am going to do first is run the outdoor unit like a big heat pump water heater to measure its baseline performance. I have a water heater gleaned from the rental trailer that is still...
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09-09-17, 09:24 AM
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Repurpose an old central 2 ton
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Repurpose an old central 2 ton
I recently purchased a 2 ton outdoor unit for 50 bucks. I'm going to be doing some experimenting with it, to figure out what kind of gains can be had with the stock setup, before doing anything...
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