Old Tarm HX coil as new HX in storage tank?

[sandiapaul]

Greetings,

I have a DHW coil from my older Tarm that I took out a few years ago and replaced with a new one. It was all limed up and did not do its job to well.
I am going to be putting in a storage tank soon and got to thinking...could I de- calcify this old HX and use it in the tank as a HX? I don't know how I would calculate the total are it has...

Just a thought...

 

[webbie]

What boiler was it from?

Most of these coils are able (when clean) to take almost the entire output of the boiler.......but that may be dependent on the fact that they are designed for cold water input - maybe Brownie or Nofossil can explain whether the same output would apply to warm water input.

 

[sandiapaul]

It is from a 502 boiler...sounds interesting though...esp at the price of copper today!

 

[BrownianHeatingTech]

No, the domestic coil would not transfer the full output when the temperature difference is that small (when it's getting 45-degree well water, it moves heat a lot better).

You could certainly use it to supplement your coil, though. If it has a flow restrictor in one of the ports, make sure to remove it.

Joe