Dumb question,
your drinking water is rolling around your heating system before you drink 
it?
I know, I know there are yards of piping in the water system, but I 
thought that there would be more sediment in a circulatory system.
What new spiffy did you get? Knowing you it is very cool.


On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Dan Rossi wrote:

> I've got guys in the house replacing my furnace.  The new contraption
> looks wild.  There are pipes going everywhere.  It is an indirect hot
> water tank and hot water heat.  The water that is used to heat the house,
> flows around an inner tank that is used for the potable hot water.  So,
> the furnace heats both the house and the potable hot water.  There is an
> automatic over-ride switch that will shut the house heat pump down if
> potable hot water is needed.
>
> I asked the guys about all the soldering, but they don't solder much.
> They use special fittings that have an O ring inside the fitting, then a
> power tool that rolls around the fitting and crimps it onto the pipe.
> Pretty slick.  They say it is a huge time saver but the tool that does the
> crimping is pretty expensive and the fittings are more expensive than your
> standard fittings as well.
>
>
> -- 
> Blue skies.
> Dan Rossi
> Carnegie Mellon University.
> E-Mail:       [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Tel:  (412) 268-9081
>

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