Outdoor Wood Furnace Info
All-Purpose OWF Discussions => Plumbing => Topic started by: newmod on December 24, 2014, 01:15:16 PM
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Should the top of the hx loop tee into the blow off vlave on the side or should I tee it into the hot coming into the top of the water heater? I only ask because my precious hookups were into the blow off valve that was mounted on the top of WH. My relief comes out of the side of the WH.
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I prefer to leave the blow-off valve unaltered from the factory. The hot outlet at the top of the water heater is fine to tee into for your plate exchanger.
I'm curious, are you using a circulator to move the domestic water through the exchanger or relying on thermosiphon? Also, have you considered simply using the plate exchanger for on-demand hot water and shutting down the water heater as well as valving it so it's not open to the water system while you're using the plate exchanger?
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Just put it in series with the cold line going into the tank. Simplest to install and normally works best.
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I prefer to leave the blow-off valve unaltered from the factory. The hot outlet at the top of the water heater is fine to tee into for your plate exchanger.
I'm curious, are you using a circulator to move the domestic water through the exchanger or relying on thermosiphon? Also, have you considered simply using the plate exchanger for on-demand hot water and shutting down the water heater as well as valving it so it's not open to the water system while you're using the plate exchanger?
I just rely on thermosiphon . The 2 OWB I have owned before I have done the same way without problems. Thanks