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  1. Tash and Bex
    well, that sounds like an excellent plan, and the hot water gets out doe to the head of water betwixt that and the header tank. the header tank usually being in the loft, in this case the "header" will be a simple expansion tank to allow for....expansion. I guess just a skin fitting through the deck head would be more than adequate unless of course you drill a 10mm hole through a couple of push fit copper elbows and solder the 10mm pipe?
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    My attitude is rather reflective, and I choose friends with care, please feel free to ignore me or block me or whatever one does on this site.
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    Sorry to confuse, no I was describing the method of operation in a solar domestic hot water situation. I continue to not have hook up. substitute the heat source for diesel and it's pretty much the same deal though. yes, but at what cost!
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    honey, if you want to have coitus with a rubber bath then fill ya boots, I don't have the correct equipment for same.
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    indeed, or I could simply design it to fill with hot water?
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    lol, I'd rather prefer it to fit two in....on occasion!
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    I suspect it helps exactly as much as you think it will, though it is at least on topic.
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    I think most modern cars have a plastic inlet manifold now, I've not heard of the sump yet, I'll ask my partner, she kinda knows about these things, she's a development engineer for MIRA currently working on something she's not even allowed to tell me about save it is for a british sports car manufacturer favoured by 007! I think it is all controlled by an external plc, temp is monitored and if it doesn't rise above the preset point within a given timeframe it switches the immersion on to do so. A little Raspberry Pi and a couple of piggy backed I/O and monitoring boards should make that easy enough. I then could stick the whole lot on the boats 4g network and add a bit of programming so I can see how hot the tank is from the thermal, and if need be stick the heater on i can do that from my phone. my boat already texts me if its on fire, or sinking, or has been moved, and I can tell her to switch heating on etc (I'd considered even getting her to light the stove using an electric match, but I've not done that yet!)
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    indeedy, the common solution to that in home based thermal hot water systems is to automatically raise the temp above a level (i think 65c) on a weekly basis, this thermally disinfects the tank, so I would need to check with the manufacturer that it can handle that type of temperature in the short term. however car header tanks are made of at least a similar plastic, so it may be possible to use one of the cheaper tanks rather than having a stainless one made. In terms of pressure, there won't be any, there will be expansion room using a little tank which can be vented outside if it proves to cause condensation issues shame, he was an interesting bloke. Without him I wouldn't have included some of my "crazy" ideas on my boat....most of which I might add are still working perfectly after ten years, and he would have definitely loved my "project tropical fish" I mean, who does put a trop tank on a nb!!
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    Does anyone know what happened to Gibbo, he would have at least understood the question!?
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    indeed, it tells me of a lack of critical thought. I am perfectly fine with being told my ideas are not going to work, as long as when I respond with "why" the reason they give is "because nobody else has tried it" I might remind you of the title of the thread. Does any part of that title suggest that I want information on how to plumb a boiler in? Yet that is all I am getting. Nobody can give me a SINGLE argument for why "my" suggestion WON'T work, except to tell me it won't
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    aww shame, ty
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    Mike, I thank you for your off topic "contribution" to this thread, I believe you have contributed all you are able. If there is ever a time I need advice on how to suck eggs, I will be sure to ask you again, meanwhile I will stick with my curiosity rather than blind belief. I wish you well.
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    Howard, I have only had one suggestion as yet, it was discussed.
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    a similar idea was mooted several pages ago, I considered the idea of similar except using a webasto to provide the heat, fill the bath with cold and switch the heater on, hey presto it circulates water until the desired temp is reached. I could write a little app and do it remotely, would be fun. I think your idea does have merit however, maybe a bit of insulated pool cover may be more sensible than a lid
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    Yes Alan, that is the conclusion I am fast coming to. I was an active member of the site about ten years ago but left because of the arrogance of certain members. I was hoping the dinosaurs had become extinct by now but sadly not. Do you know if (I think it was) Gibbo is still about, he showed strong evidence of the sort of critical thinking I like?
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    not really, and tbh it is probably what I am going to end up doing, in conjunction with my second water tank. I have been trying to avoid gas simply because I would prefer a gas free boat, and currently the only gas appliance I have is my cooker, which I hope to replace in the future. It does unfortunately preclude me from gathering solar hot water, but hey ho eh!
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    Is it possible to "block" some of the less helpful people on this site?
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    He? great observation skills, impressive. Allow me to correct your post. I reject the obvious, practical and efficient methods in favour of a solution, whilst other more "traditional" thinkers just do what everyone else has always done as they believe it is the most practical and efficient way. I believe we call that "invention" and it has come in handy over the years. Some of us are not satisfied with what other people have told us is the "only" way to do it and ask "why?" It's fine not to be one of those people Mike, which is why I mentioned outside the box thinking, I did not want people telling me how other people do it, I have seen that, I am quite aware. But thank you for your negative comments, I am reminded of why I left this site in the first place. To make things crystal clear, I am asking for clarification as to whether what I am suggesting is non-compliant with the BSS, and expanding on this, wondering if anyone else has done similar, I am not asking how to make hot water for a bath. I think Terry Pratchett once said something along the lines of "I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there is evidence of any thinking going on inside it."
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    Exactly Tony, The only difference to your suggestion is that I wouldn't have it professionally installed and that I would buy a second hand unit. They are designed to run constantly even when unattended and I would have little compunction doing so ergo I would not need to run it outside of the 8-8 guidance hours. Lithium is certainly an option, I have been investigating the 48v home battery solutions that are appearing to market as well as an electric drive alternative to my diesel propulsion
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    it certainly does no harm
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    I've done that, in fact I stuck an old one in a little flightcase and i used to take it on camping trips for a good shower, little toilet tent, bilge pump and my webasto flightcase all fitted in a plastic crate, take it all out of the crate, fill the crate with water and stick the webasto hoses in. ten minutes later the bilge pump delivered the hot water to the shower head, it was ace!
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    Indeedy, I've played with many in my time, product of having a friend at webasto who tries to make them break then makes better ones. the marine ones do indeed start at a lower voltage, and have a lower voltage shutdown, there are a few other minor differences in the programming, but tbh they don't much make a difference. In terms of room sealing, the only real difference is in the exhaust, stick it through a skin fitting and happy days!
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    I suspect that the main reason is that a calorifier is designed for 85c water and to run at just under three bar, and a plastic tank...isn't but as I pointed out in my original post, it only needs to fill my bath up, my far more conventional calorifier can continue sorting out the rest lol, it's happening, my other half demands it!
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    that's the badger! exactly what i am talking about!
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