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Posted by JIMMIE on March 13, 2008, 8:34 pm
> I will probably be purchasing a new "energy star" electric hot water
> heater for my house in the not too distant future. I was wondering
> what the issues would be (good or bad) to gut out the old one, remove
> the insulation and pipe it just ahead of the new one to act as a
> tempering tank?? =A0I also have a wood stove in the basement for heating
> the house and I would place the old heater tank close to the wood
> stove to add heat to the tank. =A0I'm thinking I could preheat the water
> in the old tank up to about 100 degrees F overnight especially. =A0Do
> others here think this could be a worthwhile project to do? =A0Thanks
> for any input on this!
> Steve
My brother did something like this several years ago. Two old non
functional hot water heaters in front of the working one. They are in
his garage. He doesnt have a freeze problem where he lives but he
still bypasses them in the winter, about 3 months. cut his LP gas
usage by a third.
Jimmie
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