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Old 02-16-10, 02:14 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by kbhale View Post
Next thought would be to put a small metal tank about five gallon, in the barrel in front of the coil to keep the cold water in the warm wast water longer. Like a small bulk storage warming up.
A box will have very small surface area compared to its volume, so heat transfer will be slow. Maybe a few small boxes (or cylinders, made out of large diameter pipes), or another coil, plumbed parallel to the first?
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