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Another hot water tank heat pump
Anyone that's been following my post on the solar space heating for shop had been introduced to the items that presented themselves to me. A slightly used hot water tank and a air-conditioner that was pushed out of the window landing on its condenser.
From here its not a great leap to know what's going to happen next. We're going to hack this into another heat-pump hot water heater. The weather here in South-Western Ontario has been very rainy and I'm still waiting for some materials so work on the solar panels have been paused and in-door projects prevail. Saturday and Sunday produced a condenser with a threaded adaptor to replace the lower element. I'm hoping to be able to guide the tubing in and turn the threaded adaptor in. A prior twist counter clockwise of four turns and tighten into position should straighten the thing back. Again keeping with the theme of the eco-renovators everything is scrap pieces that are cluttering up the place. Rain will be ending in two days and we can get back to the shop improvements. In the photos a brass adaptor is turned up using the old elec. element as a model the threads are a 1" straight pipe thread sealed with a rubber ring. The threads are test fitted in the tank before milling the hex details. A copper cutting from a 1/2 copper pipe stub out is used to return the condensors end. The copper tubing condensor is soldered to the adaptor. Randen Last edited by Daox; 10-26-13 at 11:19 AM.. |
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