Hot water and hydronic heating
The water treatment/circulation for the fresh water tank from another thread got me thinking.....:R How would using the fresh water supply work if a guy also used that water for hydronic heating? M...
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Im a plumber.. The issue with this concept is that these heat emitters are based on 180F water temps... The campers hot water heater like mine are set to 120F with no way to turn it up.
This will mean the heat emitters output is reduced.. To compensate you will need more heat emitters.
So my 200 sq ft camper would need 7000 btu as a heat sourse at a minimum..
200 sq ft x 35 btu per sq ft = 7000
7000 / 550 btu per ft of baseboard @ 180f = 12 ft of base board...( But wait)!!!!!!
I dont have 180f water. And as the chart for heat emmiters goes@ 120F water I would get maybe 200 btu per ft..
so 7000/ 200 btu per ft @ 120f water = 35 ft of baseboard...
Now where the heck will I put 35 ft of baseboard...???
Although the plan seems good this is what most fail to see...
IMO anyone would be best off with a wave olympian heater that also uses no electric...
I would probably get a wave 3 or 6 and hang it on a wall somewhere...
Wave 3 heater
This will mean the heat emitters output is reduced.. To compensate you will need more heat emitters.
So my 200 sq ft camper would need 7000 btu as a heat sourse at a minimum..
200 sq ft x 35 btu per sq ft = 7000
7000 / 550 btu per ft of baseboard @ 180f = 12 ft of base board...( But wait)!!!!!!
I dont have 180f water. And as the chart for heat emmiters goes@ 120F water I would get maybe 200 btu per ft..
so 7000/ 200 btu per ft @ 120f water = 35 ft of baseboard...
Now where the heck will I put 35 ft of baseboard...???
Although the plan seems good this is what most fail to see...
IMO anyone would be best off with a wave olympian heater that also uses no electric...
I would probably get a wave 3 or 6 and hang it on a wall somewhere...
Wave 3 heater
