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ElevenBravo
09-25-2012, 02:54 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmH_LiEREk8

Echo2
09-25-2012, 06:36 AM
http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/13964683/sn/2045008932/name/n_a

ElevenBravo
09-29-2012, 02:26 AM
Thanks bro, looks like a good idea! Ive got some other ideas brewing too....

Jimmyq
09-30-2012, 11:09 PM
Nothing so fancy here but I have a few of the solar shower rigs for water heating in nice weather.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgZe-jlhHqo&feature=share&list=UUQ51mn3lFHIyMYxX74ViCPg

SARKY
10-01-2012, 01:49 AM
Echo2, How hot can you get the water with that heater coil?

Echo2
10-01-2012, 06:33 AM
You wont want to put your hands in it....the one I used, you can pull the bottom off of it to dump the coals, to stop heating the water.

Another troop made one that used propane.

Rick
10-01-2012, 07:13 AM
When I was a kid dad installed a very similar setup in our coal furnace running into a pre-heat tank then into the hot water tank. The water was pre-heated in the winter before it reached the water heater, which reduced gas usage.

SARKY
10-01-2012, 11:10 AM
But it won't melt the plastic barrel?

Echo2
10-01-2012, 11:52 AM
Dunno...The one I used was stainless steel.

I know you can boil water in plastic.....not exactly recommended...but it can be done.

Echo2
10-01-2012, 11:53 AM
All it is, is a simple heat exchanger.