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The pump outlet needs to be a little higher than the inlet. This helps with getting air out of the system.
Also the inlet line needs to be primed first before start up.
Their is alot of info in the video. Great info !
It will burn (on low ) 5.33 oz's per hour.
The tank holds 2.64 gal's (10 Lt's )
Running 24 / 7 ,that's about 2.64 days
With a spare 5 gal can that would be about 7 1/2 days.
Being in AZ the only time is would run 24/7 would be in the winter up north.
Need to find a timer control that can be...
Got the heater running,all be it a temp setup.
WOW ! just WOW.
Its just a little power house. At 5:45 pm I started it and ran it till 7:15. Back door was opened for part of that time ? My BAD!
From 55 deg. to 72 deg. No roof insulation (its Alum )and only 1/2 of the walls done with 1 1/2"...
No it just better flow both hot and cold.
And yes the by-pass water will bring the temp up in the main water tank.
With luck I will only need to run the by-pass for a short time.
Today I got to do the first test with the heater on line. Worked great !
This 3 gal. of hot water on line works great.
Next will be a test with the 24V heater in the tank.
But their is a lot of work to do on the Solar system.
Not sure why the flow is better in the system but I will take...
Even after going with the bypass system I am going to still add the 24V heater.
This is the work that was needed to convert the SS air tank to a water heater and 3 gal. tank.
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