With a lot of help and information that I gained from this site I recently installed an OWB to heat my house and DHW. I fired it for the first time this weekend and with the exception of one minor leak I found in on of the copper adapters to my heat exchanger everything is working great.
However, as I was cleaning up I picked up the manual for my heat exchangers and noticed that it said that they must be mounted vertically. I somehow didn't see this when I was installing them and mounted both a 5"x12" 30 plate for DHW and a 5"x12" 50 plate that heats my house horizontally. The horizontal mounting made the piping a lot easier and 'cleaner'.
Did I make a mistake? Will the heat exchangers still function correctly mounted horizontally?
However, as I was cleaning up I picked up the manual for my heat exchangers and noticed that it said that they must be mounted vertically. I somehow didn't see this when I was installing them and mounted both a 5"x12" 30 plate for DHW and a 5"x12" 50 plate that heats my house horizontally. The horizontal mounting made the piping a lot easier and 'cleaner'.
Did I make a mistake? Will the heat exchangers still function correctly mounted horizontally?