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 >
