Comments on: Save 50 Percent on Oil Hot Water Heater Costs http://savehouseholdenergy.com/energy/saveenergyandheat/save-50-percent-oil-hot-water-heater-costs/ Saving Energy in Your Household and Developments in Alternative Energy Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:54:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: William http://savehouseholdenergy.com/energy/saveenergyandheat/save-50-percent-oil-hot-water-heater-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-101 William Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:54:22 +0000 http://www.savehouseholdenergy.com/energy/?p=12#comment-101 Donald, See the pictures at this site: http://www.savehouseholdenergy.com/save-hot-water.html It looks like it is a sleve around the exhaust pipe that collects the hot air, not the CO2 exhaust. Although, I just wonder how much algae bio-diesel could be produced from a home if you combine it with the nutrients from sewage??? Donald,

See the pictures at this site:
http://www.savehouseholdenergy.com/save-hot-water.html

It looks like it is a sleve around the exhaust pipe that collects the hot air, not the CO2 exhaust.

Although, I just wonder how much algae bio-diesel could be produced from a home if you combine it with the nutrients from sewage???

]]> By: donald morss http://savehouseholdenergy.com/energy/saveenergyandheat/save-50-percent-oil-hot-water-heater-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-98 donald morss Sun, 23 Oct 2011 03:25:35 +0000 http://www.savehouseholdenergy.com/energy/?p=12#comment-98 I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THE HEAT YOU ARE GETTING FROM YOUR CHIMNEY AFTER YOU HEAT YOUR WATER WITH GAS IS CARBON MONOXIDE. AFTER IT IS BURNED YOU SHOULD HAVE CARBON MONOXIDE GOING UP YOUR CHIMNEY BUT YOU ARE CHANNELING IT TO YOUR TEMPERING TANK. IS THAT WISE IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANOTHER WAY FOR THE USED WARMED AIR TO ESCAPE? JUST WONDERED WHERE THE WARMED AIR GOES AFTER YOU WARM YOUR WATER IN THE TEMPERING TANK. I HAVE MY OWN WATER WELL WHICH IS ABOUT 90 FEET DOWN AND IT COMES OUT LIKE 35 DEGREES, WHICH GOES INTO MY WATER HEATER. EVEN IF I JUST HAD IT GO INTO A TEMPERING TANK AND LET IT WARM TO ROOM TEMPERATURE WITHOUT THE EXHAUST FROM THE GAS HEAT IT WOULD SAVE ME QUITE A BIT OF MONEY. IT WOULD MEAN MY HOT WATER HEATER WOULDN'T HAVE TO HEAT ICE COLD WATER AS TO ROOM TEMPERATURE WATER. JUST A THOUGHT THANKS DON I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THE HEAT YOU ARE GETTING FROM YOUR CHIMNEY AFTER YOU HEAT YOUR WATER WITH GAS IS CARBON MONOXIDE. AFTER IT IS BURNED YOU SHOULD HAVE CARBON MONOXIDE GOING UP YOUR CHIMNEY BUT YOU ARE CHANNELING IT TO YOUR TEMPERING TANK. IS THAT WISE IF YOU DON’T HAVE ANOTHER WAY FOR THE USED WARMED AIR TO ESCAPE? JUST WONDERED WHERE THE WARMED AIR GOES AFTER YOU WARM YOUR WATER IN THE TEMPERING TANK. I HAVE MY OWN WATER WELL WHICH IS ABOUT 90 FEET DOWN AND IT COMES OUT LIKE 35 DEGREES, WHICH GOES INTO MY WATER HEATER. EVEN IF I JUST HAD IT GO INTO A TEMPERING TANK AND LET IT WARM TO ROOM TEMPERATURE WITHOUT THE EXHAUST FROM THE GAS HEAT IT WOULD SAVE ME QUITE A BIT OF MONEY. IT WOULD MEAN MY HOT WATER HEATER WOULDN’T HAVE TO HEAT ICE COLD WATER AS TO ROOM TEMPERATURE WATER. JUST A THOUGHT THANKS DON

]]> By: Semo http://savehouseholdenergy.com/energy/saveenergyandheat/save-50-percent-oil-hot-water-heater-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Semo Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:51:22 +0000 http://www.savehouseholdenergy.com/energy/?p=12#comment-56 Thank you for taking the time to write this blog. It was interesting to say the least. Thank you for taking the time to write this blog. It was interesting to say the least.

]]> By: Mike http://savehouseholdenergy.com/energy/saveenergyandheat/save-50-percent-oil-hot-water-heater-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Mike Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:47:24 +0000 http://www.savehouseholdenergy.com/energy/?p=12#comment-20 The air escapes out the bottom of the shell surrounding the temper tank. I think without the fan, not a lot of heat would go down. In retrospect, a nice addition to this system would be to run copper water line along the exhaust stove pipe as well since water is generally drawn in as the hot water heater is running. I plan to make this improvement down the line. I did clean out my temper tank pretty good before installing it to remove deposits. With what I saw, I will never drink hot water out of a tap again! I don't think this system would be worth the effort for anything other than an oil hot water heater, although a temper tank would be helpful for most any system, particularly if the temper tank could be kept at a fairly decent temperature. My objective here was to make use of the great amount of waste heat coming off my hot water heater exhaust flue. The air escapes out the bottom of the shell surrounding the temper tank. I think without the fan, not a lot of heat would go down. In retrospect, a nice addition to this system would be to run copper water line along the exhaust stove pipe as well since water is generally drawn in as the hot water heater is running. I plan to make this improvement down the line. I did clean out my temper tank pretty good before installing it to remove deposits. With what I saw, I will never drink hot water out of a tap again!

I don’t think this system would be worth the effort for anything other than an oil hot water heater, although a temper tank would be helpful for most any system, particularly if the temper tank could be kept at a fairly decent temperature. My objective here was to make use of the great amount of waste heat coming off my hot water heater exhaust flue.

]]> By: Bill Collins http://savehouseholdenergy.com/energy/saveenergyandheat/save-50-percent-oil-hot-water-heater-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Bill Collins Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:20:45 +0000 http://www.savehouseholdenergy.com/energy/?p=12#comment-18 I love it, but have questions. I'm about to purchase a new water heater and want to temper my water as well. #1. How does the air your blowing into the old tank escape? Just by circulation? Do you really need the thermostat and fan, or do you think warm air would go down and back up when the new heater is running? #2. What else did you do to the old tank? Are you concerned about the old deposits in it currently and/or any more that may develop w/ so much water being held in reserve? I love it, but have questions. I’m about to purchase a new water heater and want to temper my water as well. #1. How does the air your blowing into the old tank escape? Just by circulation? Do you really need the thermostat and fan, or do you think warm air would go down and back up when the new heater is running? #2. What else did you do to the old tank? Are you concerned about the old deposits in it currently and/or any more that may develop w/ so much water being held in reserve?

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