In floor heating with Aquastar water heater [RE-wrenches]

[Doug Pratt]

Bob, hydronic heating CAN be done with the "L" model Aquastar, but I
frankly don't recommend it highly. By the time you add the storage tank,
aquastat, pump, sensors, fill valves, safety bits and pieces, and then
plumb it all together, you'll have spent as much as a REAL boiler,
probably more, and it won't be a pretty sight. It can be done, and
Controlled Energy will be happy to tell you how, but it's really not the
right tool for the job. Boilers come off the shelf with most all the
pumps, controls, and safety stuff already installed, and you end up with
tidy installation.

Doug Pratt
Real Goods Technical Editor

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Ellison, Alternative Energy Systems [mailto:ellison at gisco.net]
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 4:26 PM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: In floor heating with Aquastar water heater [RE-wrenches]

I have a customer who has installed an infloor hydronic heat system, he
is
asking me about an Aquastar to heat the house, instead of an outdoor
wood
fired furnace.
The home is one of the Styrofoam incased concrete homes with a great r
value.

The question is; has anyone got any experience with this use? Seems like
I
remember that there was a unit that is for that use. I can't call them
till
Tuesday afternoon and need an answer sooner if possible.

Thanks,
Bob

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