dave2 said: (quoted from post at 07:55:00 03/07/10) If it hits 10 degrees in this area it is real cold. Your idea is real appealing because I have a basement under the barnthat stays about 50 degrees through the winter. Basement is next to the last drinker anyway and I could use the running water in there (already has a drain). Just turn the heater on when I needed hot water for something else.
Let me be thick headed though. If I didn't get the heater right away:
If I ran the supply line in series to the drinkers and through the basement then back to the start point and spliced into itself with a pump (at the start or end?), would it circulate the water? Or would I have to have the tank to return into?
Dave
You shouldnt need a heater at all if you can store some water in that basement room and give it some time to warm up to room temp of 50 degrees. Just runnning the pipe throught the room wont be enough though, you need a good size tank for the thermal mass. It takes a while for the water to warm back up again and a 3/4 or 1 inch pipe full of water is not much volume. Over here, we can get storage tanks for the taking in the form of 40 gallon water heater tanks, just strip the insulation off so the cold water from running through the upstairs pipes can warm back up. Can you get any tanks like that free or cheap over there? If so, then that only leaves some piping (for the loop) and a pump (and timer if you dont want it running all the time). You could put in a heater but you shouldnt need it at all with access to a 50 degree room to let the water warm up.
It would also help to insulate the pipes that run in the cold part of the barn, if you can do that without the animals eating it.
I think you could do a much cheaper system than buying one for a thousand.
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