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Messages - juddspaintballs

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Plumbing / Re: Flat plate and sidearm water heater heat exchangers
« on: February 04, 2020, 03:11:10 PM »
Flatplate and fittings are all here, now.  I need to anchor a 2x8 to my basement wall and bolt the flatplate onto that (brackets included with the flatplate).  I already put the 1" PEX crimp fittings and the 1"x3/4" bushings and 3/4" nipples into the flat plate.  I bought two lengths of braided stainless line in 3/4" for connecting from the house water to the flatplate and back to the water heater inlet.  I have two tee's and three ball valves for the pex so I can run the boiler water through the flatplate or bypass it as needed. 

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Plumbing / Re: Flat plate and sidearm water heater heat exchangers
« on: January 31, 2020, 07:36:05 PM »
I bought the 30 plate 5x12 from Badger. 

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Plumbing / Re: Flat plate and sidearm water heater heat exchangers
« on: January 31, 2020, 06:35:08 AM »
That's the way I'll do it, then.

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Plumbing / Re: Flat plate and sidearm water heater heat exchangers
« on: January 30, 2020, 06:46:55 AM »

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Plumbing / Re: Flat plate and sidearm water heater heat exchangers
« on: January 29, 2020, 07:10:08 PM »
I've ordered the flat plate, I need to still order the 1" pex parts to make this work for me.  Regular tee's?

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Plumbing / Re: Flat plate and sidearm water heater heat exchangers
« on: January 28, 2020, 07:02:41 PM »
Do I need a monoflow tee or will a pair of normal tee's work?  I'm obviously going to install isolation valves for the flat plate. 

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DIY remodeling with Hydronics / Re: Copper tubing for wall heat?
« on: January 28, 2020, 06:06:52 PM »
Just thinking out loud here, but what about 2 or 3 water to air heat exchangers mounted in that stud space, tied together in series and use those as your copper slinky?  That should offer a ton of surface area for the air to convect across and probably transfer more heat. 

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Water filter
« on: January 27, 2020, 09:26:13 PM »
No water filter here, either.  I'd imagine most regular filters would add too much head to the flow and breakdown in the heat.  A spindown filter would probably not work so well, either. 

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DIY remodeling with Hydronics / Re: Copper tubing for wall heat?
« on: January 26, 2020, 07:55:10 PM »
Bare copper doesn't emit very much radiant heat, in a baseboard scenario we'd be talking ~50 BTU per foot with 3/4" type L and 180 degree water. I wonder what the actual output would be in a wall like this

Ideally, it would be finned copper tubing, as in a real hydronic baseboard heater. 

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DIY remodeling with Hydronics / Re: Copper tubing for wall heat?
« on: January 26, 2020, 10:18:19 AM »
What about radiant baseboard heaters?

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Plumbing / Re: Flat plate and sidearm water heater heat exchangers
« on: January 24, 2020, 07:31:13 PM »
I have never tried to.  It is legal to do (for fuel).  I have a friend that makes fuel and stores it in mason jars, though.

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Plumbing / Re: Flat plate and sidearm water heater heat exchangers
« on: January 24, 2020, 01:20:52 PM »
Well, when I finally do move to the farm, I'm going to need some Logstor again...

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Plumbing / Re: Flat plate and sidearm water heater heat exchangers
« on: January 24, 2020, 10:32:03 AM »
Nope, still here in the mountains of WV.  It's been about 6 years since you dropped off the pipe.  When I move to the farm, it's just on the other side of the mountain so I'm not going too far. 





Badger Pipe 30 plate - $135.  I'll get that one.  Thanks  :thumbup:
https://badger-pipe.com/products/30-plate-water-to-water-brazed-plate-1-fpt-ports-w-new-style-brackets?variant=29491365201

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Plumbing / Re: Flat plate and sidearm water heater heat exchangers
« on: January 24, 2020, 06:50:01 AM »
So that 10 plate exchanger I linked above is 12" long with 1" nipples.  The 30 plates that I can find are 3"x8" with 3/4" nipples.  Will the 30 plate still have less head pressure?

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Plumbing / Re: Flat plate and sidearm water heater heat exchangers
« on: January 24, 2020, 06:45:01 AM »
Juddspaintballs, so you sold the place in the mountains? I liked that location, Where did you go from there?


Nope, still here in the mountains.  I used to live in Maryland and I had the Heatmor there, too.  I am trying to move in a year or so, but I'm not going far from where I am.  My parents bought a farm on the other side of the mountain and we're all going to live on the farm.  My dad has his boiler running there already and I'll be taking mine with me (again). 

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