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Old 07-17-13, 09:58 AM   #49
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Originally Posted by ELGo View Post
...If you have a shower that is often used on the second floor and some plumbing skills, check out drain heat exchangers. I think they cost under $400 and conserve about 50% of the hot water energy.
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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 like to know your method of measurement and calculation that brought you to the "50%" number.

Being able to save 50% of energy anywhere is definitely a worthy victory.

Best,

-AC
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