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[DaveWertz]

This looks like something to be used if my water heater and OWB were tied together? I have shutoff valves for the water heater so water from the OWB would never reach my water heater when I start burning again. Am I right?

[victor6deep]

I think I am gonna burn year round since the wood is so convenient to get to. Hardly use much wood anyway but my next step is insulating the pex lines in the basement so my ac don't have to fight as much with the constant radiant heat. I use a 20 plate heat exhanger and it works sweet.

[slimjim]

When properly instaled on an electric gas or oil fired hot water heater the wood boiler will heat all your hot water during the heating season and after the heating season it will automatically switch back over to the original fuel. Suggestion if you are buying a new tank go with a good quality, well insulated tank such as a Marathon as you will not want to do the installation all over again in 3 years when the cheap tank fails, also you should install purge ports and ball valves on all 4 ports of the sidearm in order to clean the minerals ( the same stuff that destroys the elements on electric heater) from the sidearm as it will eventually plug up, If properly installed it can be thoroughly cleaned by the home owner in about 15 minutes without taking anything apart.

[d conover]

My electric bill drops by about $50.00 a month when I am using the Hardy.   Most years I burn the entire year, I only have to put junky wood in it every 3 or 4 days in the summer.  The real dry pithier wood seems to do best.

It makes me happy when the water going into the water heater is hotter than what is going out.

[johnybcold]

I use my wood boiler for hot water, I have a hot water storage tank with a zone switch and I love it free hot water feels hotter, I do use my oil furnace to make hot water in the summer, I just turned it on a day ago, I wanted to get a elec tank so I would not need any oil but have not got around to it.