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saint:

--- Quote from: CCM on January 02, 2009, 03:54:41 pm ---Is it me or are people talking about 2 different things? 

1. hot water boiler - used to heat the house...  don't want to mess with that yourself
http://homerepair.about.com/od/heatingcoolingrepair/ss/trblsht_boiler.htm
http://www.weil-mclain.com/products/consumer


2. hot water heater - used to heat water... very easy to install.
http://homerepair.about.com/od/plumbingrepair/ss/hwh_tank_gas.htm



I assumed the OP was talking about the whole house heater kind, not a hot water heater...

Am I missing something?

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Quite possibly. I was referring to #2.

Blanka:
Sorry, I posted a wrong example. There are high speed water heaters without storage too. The one I posted has a 40 liter buffer. And off course it is easy to use them too heat the house too. A shower is much more demanding than -20 outside!
About the 105% efficiency. It is calculated based on the caloric content of gas. The 5% is added because the electric turbine to deliver oxygen to the burning process and to remove heat from the hot co2/damp is so efficient, that most of its electricity draw is also added to the generated heat.

Kevin Mullins:

--- Quote from: lordtodd75 on January 02, 2009, 02:23:51 am ---Hot water boiler installation. Where to start?

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Turn the water off.   ;)

Seriously though....as metioned before, we kinda need to know if we're talking about an actual "boiler" or a typical average joe water heater.

myntik1:
Either way you could probably find someone to install it for you.  The only thing that scares me more than electricity and water is natural gas and fire.  I'm a cheap bastard and I would hire that out.  It's not hard in either case, but it's not worth the headache (while doing it and wondering if your dna will be in the next county if there's a mishap).

daywane:
heck if its just a plain old hot water heater.
That's simple.
cut pipes
toss out old system.
get copper tube, flux, solder,torch, fittings
sweat pipes. ( put on flux, torch it, put fitting on, solder with torch) ( I like MAP Gas, Yellow bottle burns hotter)
fill system up. Check for leaks with dish soap and H20 in spray bottle.
any bubbles re solder.

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