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Forum: Solar Heating 07-20-13, 12:44 PM
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Posted By AC_Hacker
Good info for solar heat collectors, but this...

Good info for solar heat collectors, but this thread is addressing the recovery of heat from shower water, so the disaster scenario that you have described will not happen in a shower.

-AC
Forum: Solar Heating 07-19-13, 07:41 PM
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Posted By AC_Hacker
Well, the outside sleeve would be great,...

Well, the outside sleeve would be great, especially if it was a terrible conductor. If you make one copper and the other plastic, there could be problems with different expansion rates.

But the...
Forum: Solar Heating 07-17-13, 03:39 PM
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Posted By AC_Hacker
Plastic, especially thinner plastic is not too...

Plastic, especially thinner plastic is not too bad once it comes up to temp. It's interesting to note how well plastic HXs work in HRVs.

It would be unfortunate to pass on this project because of...
Forum: Solar Heating 07-17-13, 09:58 AM
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Posted By AC_Hacker
Elgo, Nice job on the shower water heat...

Elgo,

Nice job on the shower water heat recovery. Nice video, too!

But I'm curious how you determined, "conserve about 50% of the hot water energy"?

I'm not challenging it... but I would...
Forum: Solar Heating 05-06-13, 10:47 AM
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Posted By AC_Hacker
Xringer, I'm not sure how it is that you...

Xringer,

I'm not sure how it is that you are applying your solar PV power to your electric water heater when you are in resistance mode?

Last time I tuned in, you had bolted a big power...
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