My wife and I will be starting the build on our forever home within the next few years. We plan on doing much of the work ourselves and plan on being 'off grid'. Will be using wood heat primarily from a large wood cook stove.
I ran across a couple of indirect water heaters. They are Superstor ultra. They are the stainless steel models, I got two at 45 gallons. They were only installed for a couple years and I got them virtually free.
What Im seeking advise on and my question has to do with a range boiler setup. I was wondering if a passive thermosiphon system heated from the cook stove would work with these tanks. They have the coil in the bottom of the tank. I have read before that for thermosiphon to work there should be minimal bends and turns in your plumbing, and I am unsure if it would work through the coils or not.
With the plan to be off grid, I want to use as little electricity as possible. I also will probably incorporate solar water heating as well. If the passive system is a no go I will just use a pump. I just want to get an idea if I should go down the passive system road at all with the tanks I currently have.
I aslo read that these type of tanks (thin walled, insulated) are also not the best for a passive setup, mainly due to the durability issues of the thin wall tank and possibly of getting too hot because of the insulation. When there is a fire in the firebox it will be heating water no matter what. Hopefully you'all can make sense of my questions, thanks in advance.
I ran across a couple of indirect water heaters. They are Superstor ultra. They are the stainless steel models, I got two at 45 gallons. They were only installed for a couple years and I got them virtually free.
What Im seeking advise on and my question has to do with a range boiler setup. I was wondering if a passive thermosiphon system heated from the cook stove would work with these tanks. They have the coil in the bottom of the tank. I have read before that for thermosiphon to work there should be minimal bends and turns in your plumbing, and I am unsure if it would work through the coils or not.
With the plan to be off grid, I want to use as little electricity as possible. I also will probably incorporate solar water heating as well. If the passive system is a no go I will just use a pump. I just want to get an idea if I should go down the passive system road at all with the tanks I currently have.
I aslo read that these type of tanks (thin walled, insulated) are also not the best for a passive setup, mainly due to the durability issues of the thin wall tank and possibly of getting too hot because of the insulation. When there is a fire in the firebox it will be heating water no matter what. Hopefully you'all can make sense of my questions, thanks in advance.
