Re: GBlist: Re: SS HE in VC stove

Marc J. Rosenbaum (Marc.J.Rosenbaum@valley.net)
10 Mar 97 15:14:42 EST

Neither the stove nor the solar will pop the PTRV on the tank. The stove will
pop the PTRV on the piping just a foot or so out of the stove if the fire is
started too hard before the thermosyphon gets going!

The woodstove heat exchanger is about 4x2x15 inches, stainless steel
rectangular tubing. I think the Holly Hydro Heaters in Petaluma CA still
makes them, and Real Goods sells them. Another manufacturer may be:

Hydro-Coil Mfg. Co.
14340 Dandee Hill Road Grass Valley, CA 95945 916-272-4904

The flat plate absorbers were made with a product called Thermfin - no longer
made. They are copper with black chrome selective surface.

Marc

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