I live in the Central Coast of California which means we pay a ridiculously high amount for electricity. Don't want to get into all of the problems with the California government but there are many and high electricity rates are a side benefit...
I work for a large heating air conditioning and plumbing outfit in our area that employs between 10 and 12 plumbers at any given time and 8 to 10 HVAC technicians. My job here for the last year is inventory management which means I am in charge of all the purchasing and vendor relationships etc. so, I can talk to industry professionals about unique situations.
This just got me thinking about using a tankless water heater to heat the fish tank. I started a thread about it in the DIY forum and then found an individual who's been doing exactly this for well over 10 years. If this project goes forward, I will document the process here.
Here is a link to the individual that's already doing this.
I work for a large heating air conditioning and plumbing outfit in our area that employs between 10 and 12 plumbers at any given time and 8 to 10 HVAC technicians. My job here for the last year is inventory management which means I am in charge of all the purchasing and vendor relationships etc. so, I can talk to industry professionals about unique situations.
This just got me thinking about using a tankless water heater to heat the fish tank. I started a thread about it in the DIY forum and then found an individual who's been doing exactly this for well over 10 years. If this project goes forward, I will document the process here.
Here is a link to the individual that's already doing this.
Dedicated Tankless Water Heater
My plan is too use a titanium heat exchanger. I posted a picture of my plan in an earlier post. I'm going to use a DC pump to control the flow through the heat exchanger. By changing the flow, I can control the amount of heat transfer to the aquarium water. I'm sure it will take some testing...
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