drain back shw
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ws9876
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For a drain back system to work the panel return port needs to be higher than the pipeline back to the hot water tank,no???
what would you do if a portion of the return line was higher than the lower panel port but not by much..??
what would you do if a portion of the return line was higher than the lower panel port but not by much..??
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Re: drain back shw
Read this guy's trials and tribulations...
http://www.arttec.net/Solar/BarnHeat.html
You will find out many of the common mistakes/problems with doing solar thermal systems. Very sharp guy and he documented his project well.
You would not believe there are so many ways of getting into trouble with a "simple" hot water system.
-BillNear San Francisco California: 3.5kWatt Grid Tied Solar power system+small backup genset -
Re: drain back shw
that is frightening
I know I could do a simpler version
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