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

[Travis Creswell, Ozark Solar]

Excellent suggestion Doug.  I think Allan can help with the control part
also.  The main problem with off grid use of gas boilers is they tend to be
electricity hogs.

I am playing around with a wood fired instantaneous water heater I built
myself.  It has features a 180,000 BTU triple coil on top of a reverbatory
fire box.  Built it my self.  Pretty neat really.  Maybe someday I'll get
around to marketing the thing.  It appears the Hot Pro folks went out/under
so as far as I know there is no small wood fired water heater on the market
anymore.  We currently have the next 5 months scheduled for big lighting
jobs and maybe will have a chance to get something pretty ready by next
summer.

Travis
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>From: Doug Pratt <dpratt at pacific.net>
>To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
>Subject: RE: In floor heating with Aquastar water heater [RE-wrenches]
>Date: Mon, Oct 29, 2001, 8:30 PM
>

>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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