[RE-wrenches] trenching for solar thermal

Darryl Thayer daryl_solar at yahoo.com
Thu Dec 3 08:05:33 PST 2009


I tried it, I had failure, I do not try again. Pex that is.  I use it all the time on boilers.  (hydronic heating that is)
Darryl

--- On Thu, 12/3/09, Nicholas Ponzio <nponzio at buildingenergyus.com> wrote:

> From: Nicholas Ponzio <nponzio at buildingenergyus.com>
> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] trenching for solar thermal
> To: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
> Date: Thursday, December 3, 2009, 8:31 AM
> Thanks for the replies. 
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> Tump, my understanding is that the outdoor wood boilers use
> PEX tubing. Are you guys using PEX linesets for solar
> thermal now?  I've always shied away from using PEX
> since it's only rated for 200-deg. Please clarify.
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> Thanks again.
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> From: "Tump"
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> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] trenching for
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> can buy insulated line sets for direct burial from most of
> the outdoor furnace
> retailers.
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