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Shaver Furnace / Re: running out of hot water
« on: January 29, 2014, 07:10:59 AM »
Thanks for the help
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Shaver Furnace / Re: running out of hot water
« on: January 28, 2014, 08:21:58 PM »
I too have had problems with hot water during the winter months here in Oklahoma. I have a shaver 165 and only a 50 gal. hot water tank installed like their directions show you. The warmer months are fine but during the winter months we can only run two showers(back to back) and the third has to be fast 
before running out of dhw. My stove has aprox 70 ft of pipe to the hot water tank and is well insulated(that high dollar insulated pex in the loom). Heat works great and I even tried the hot water on demand but the dishwater supply takes too long to heat up and through country boy experimentation I don't think that the 50 ft coil in my shaver is suficiant to heat the water on demand. It just dosen't stay in the coil long enough. I think a 100-150 ft coil in there would have worked better. 
I've tried pump on every speed , location, etc. I have an ETC on the stove and the hot water tank and temp gauges inline with the pipe. I've considered buying a larger hot water tank but hey get really expensive over 50-80 gallons. I'm going to try a plate heat exchanger and rig the pump to run 24/7(at least during the winter months) to see how that works. I have three daughters at home now and go through hot water like kids with candy my shower is always last. If anyone has tried a plate type exchanger on demand please chime in. thanks and good luck!
before running out of dhw. My stove has aprox 70 ft of pipe to the hot water tank and is well insulated(that high dollar insulated pex in the loom). Heat works great and I even tried the hot water on demand but the dishwater supply takes too long to heat up and through country boy experimentation I don't think that the 50 ft coil in my shaver is suficiant to heat the water on demand. It just dosen't stay in the coil long enough. I think a 100-150 ft coil in there would have worked better. I've tried pump on every speed , location, etc. I have an ETC on the stove and the hot water tank and temp gauges inline with the pipe. I've considered buying a larger hot water tank but hey get really expensive over 50-80 gallons. I'm going to try a plate heat exchanger and rig the pump to run 24/7(at least during the winter months) to see how that works. I have three daughters at home now and go through hot water like kids with candy my shower is always last. If anyone has tried a plate type exchanger on demand please chime in. thanks and good luck!
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Shaver Furnace / Re: hooking up dhw directly to stove
« on: January 23, 2012, 11:52:30 AM »
Thanks for the reply's.
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Shaver Furnace / hooking up dhw directly to stove
« on: January 20, 2012, 08:01:56 AM »
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone has tried hooking their hot water directly to the dhw coil in the stove while bypassing the hot water tank? I do not know if the water would have enough time to heat up in the coil at about 40 to 50 psi. Our stove sits 30 feet from the house and we used the pre insulated pex. Any insight would be great.
Thanks
I was wondering if anyone has tried hooking their hot water directly to the dhw coil in the stove while bypassing the hot water tank? I do not know if the water would have enough time to heat up in the coil at about 40 to 50 psi. Our stove sits 30 feet from the house and we used the pre insulated pex. Any insight would be great.
Thanks
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