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Finally finished my replacement of the galvanized pipes Eigenvector 03-05-2007
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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on March 7, 2007, 5:45 pm



> On 5 Mar 2007 10:26:49 -0800, scott21230@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>I would support it more often then every 32 inches, but that's just
>>me.
>>
>>I am also curious about the double insulation??
>
> Very simple really,
>
> Use the 4 ft foam insulation sticks from home depot. Then wrap
> that with 3 1/2 " fiberglass wall insulation in a spiral, and finally
> wrap clear plastic (loosely so as not to over compress the fiberglass)
> around that to hold it all together.
>
> Water sitting in the pipe stays hot/warm for hours after a shower.

I just read on the Taco web site (they make the hot water circulating pumps)
that plain tubing loses 60 Btu per hour per foot while insulated pipe loses
30 Btu per hour per foot.



Posted by Deke on March 7, 2007, 6:08 pm


wrote:

>
>> On 5 Mar 2007 10:26:49 -0800, scott21230@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>>I would support it more often then every 32 inches, but that's just
>>>me.
>>>
>>>I am also curious about the double insulation??
>>
>> Very simple really,
>>
>> Use the 4 ft foam insulation sticks from home depot. Then wrap
>> that with 3 1/2 " fiberglass wall insulation in a spiral, and finally
>> wrap clear plastic (loosely so as not to over compress the fiberglass)
>> around that to hold it all together.
>>
>> Water sitting in the pipe stays hot/warm for hours after a shower.
>
>I just read on the Taco web site (they make the hot water circulating pumps)
>that plain tubing loses 60 Btu per hour per foot while insulated pipe loses
>30 Btu per hour per foot.

Mine doesn't



Posted by Berkshire Bill on March 7, 2007, 6:23 pm



> wrote:
>
>>
>>> On 5 Mar 2007 10:26:49 -0800, scott21230@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>
>>I just read on the Taco web site (they make the hot water circulating
>>pumps)
>>that plain tubing loses 60 Btu per hour per foot while insulated pipe
>>loses
>>30 Btu per hour per foot.
>
> Mine doesn't
>
>

There has to be some heat loss in moving water through tubing. What method
of measurement are you using to arrive at 0% loss.

Bill



Posted by Goedjn on March 8, 2007, 11:24 am



>>>
>>>I just read on the Taco web site (they make the hot water circulating
>>>pumps)
>>>that plain tubing loses 60 Btu per hour per foot while insulated pipe
>>>loses
>>>30 Btu per hour per foot.
>>
>> Mine doesn't
>>
>>
>
>There has to be some heat loss in moving water through tubing. What method
>of measurement are you using to arrive at 0% loss.
>

Failed your reading comprehension, didn't you?





Posted by Berkshire Bill on March 8, 2007, 4:54 pm



>
>>>>
>>>>I just read on the Taco web site (they make the hot water circulating
>>>>pumps)
>>>>that plain tubing loses 60 Btu per hour per foot while insulated pipe
>>>>loses
>>>>30 Btu per hour per foot.
>>>
>>> Mine doesn't
>>>
>>>
>>
>>There has to be some heat loss in moving water through tubing. What
>>method
>>of measurement are you using to arrive at 0% loss.
>>
>
> Failed your reading comprehension, didn't you?
>
>
>
>
The comment about heat loss re-enforced the comment from the Taco site.
Where's the flaw in comprehension?

Bill



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