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Posted by RBM on October 12, 2009, 4:39 pm
>> What are you talking about? The heat exchanger on an indirect is a loop
>> into the boiler, not the potable water. The only way your scenario would
>> be true, is if the potable water went through a coil in the boiler before
>> it went to the domestic cold inlet on the indirect. Without anyone
>> knowing what type of system you have and how it's set up, any answer
>> could only be a wag.
> Your answer is a wag. A wrong wag. True that some indirect fired systems
> have an internal coil for exchange in the tank, but mine has an external
> plate exchanger on the boiler. As stated, both top pipes are hot when
> using and making hot water. That was the "mystery" compared to a regular
> stand alone heater. There is a third pipe at the bottom of the tank too
> to complete the loop.
And anyone would know that you have some type of hybid system, because???
>
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Posted by RBM on October 12, 2009, 5:05 pm
>> What are you talking about? The heat exchanger on an indirect is a loop
>> into the boiler, not the potable water. The only way your scenario would
>> be true, is if the potable water went through a coil in the boiler before
>> it went to the domestic cold inlet on the indirect. Without anyone
>> knowing what type of system you have and how it's set up, any answer
>> could only be a wag.
> Your answer is a wag. A wrong wag. True that some indirect fired systems
> have an internal coil for exchange in the tank, but mine has an external
> plate exchanger on the boiler. As stated, both top pipes are hot when
> using and making hot water. That was the "mystery" compared to a regular
> stand alone heater. There is a third pipe at the bottom of the tank too
> to complete the loop.
>One more thing Ed, I'm sitting at my pc, not looking at your system, but
>for your edification, what you have is not an indirect tank. You have a
>system 2000 boiler which uses a stainless steel plate heat exchanger, and
>an insulated "storage tank", which is why it's hot going in and out
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Posted by Ed Pawlowski on October 12, 2009, 10:15 pm
>>One more thing Ed, I'm sitting at my pc, not looking at your system, but
>>for your edification, what you have is not an indirect tank. You have a
>>system 2000 boiler which uses a stainless steel plate heat exchanger, and
>>an insulated "storage tank", which is why it's hot going in and out
Well I"m glad you could figure that out. Sorry for the lighthearted attempt
at stumping people with a non-standard tank. Seems as thought at was lost on
you and Count Chocula
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Posted by Wayne Whitney on October 11, 2009, 5:56 pm
> Nope, water was running. Hint: that helped make it hot
You have a recirculating system?
Wayne
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Posted by Van Chocstraw on October 12, 2009, 6:11 pm
Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> Passing my heater this morning, I grabbed the inlet and the outlet pipes
>>> on the water tank to see the temperature differential. They were both
>>> hot.
>>> There is a valid reason for this. I'll post the answer later for anyone
>>> that cannot figure it out.
>> Run the hot water for a second and the cold pipe will get cold. Heat rises
>> and a sitting tank is bound to have hot water rise in the cold pipe by
>> convection. Also the pipe inside the tank that brings the cold water to
>> the bottom of the tank may be broken off.
>
> Nope, water was running. Hint: that helped make it hot
>
>
In a standard tank I am correct. You need to better explain your setup
if you have a clue.
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>> into the boiler, not the potable water. The only way your scenario would
>> be true, is if the potable water went through a coil in the boiler before
>> it went to the domestic cold inlet on the indirect. Without anyone
>> knowing what type of system you have and how it's set up, any answer
>> could only be a wag.