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Interesting idea. It'd have to be done carefully because there are problems with going too cold or too hot: * Too cold: Legionnaire's disease. Presumably not r
by scottlamb 6y ago
Interesting idea. It'd have to be done carefully because there are problems with going too cold or too hot:
* Too cold: Legionnaire's disease. Presumably not right away, so maybe there's some wiggle room if you're careful about timing.
* Too hot: scalding, particularly if you have kids. Maybe a new design could have a thermostatic valve on the output to give more flexibility.
- abe_m 6y agoThermostatic valves are common in institutional water heating installations. There are also quite a few people who use thermal storage with wood fired boilers. The boilers burn the most efficient and cleanest when they are near full output, then hot water is stored in an insulated tank to intermittently supply the house with heat. Description of one such system: https://www.newhorizoncorp.com/PDF/ekomanual.pdf https://www.newhorizoncorp.com/PDF/ekomanual.pdf