Tankless water heater to heat baseboard heat in house.

Posted by Craig R on December 06, 2007, 07:50:26 PM

Tankless water heater to heat baseboard heat in house.
Has anyone used a tankless water heater to replace an oil furnace baseboard heating system ?  Can you recommend a MFG to contact about this ? Or any threads I can review ?

Thanks in advance,

Craig
 

Posted by Tom Mayrand on December 07, 2007, 11:33:33 AM

Re: Tankless water heater to heat baseboard heat in house. (Reply #1)
Craig, I don't think that a tankless would have the heating capacity to be used for heating. A normal oil burner will put out a continuous 150000+ BTU's to heat water for heating at temperatures around 150-180 F. Though you would get some heat, it would not be enough to heat a house. You may also have to modify it to be used with a thermostat.
« Last Edit: December 08, 2007, 10:13:37 AM by Tom Mayrand »
 

Posted by John D on December 07, 2007, 11:47:24 AM

Re: Tankless water heater to heat baseboard heat in house. (Reply #2)
I am not aware of tankless water heaters for the purpose of heating your home.  My tankless experience was not good.  I wrote about it here: 

http://solarjohn.blogspot.com/2007/10/environmentally-friendly-products-are.html

John
 

Posted by Christopher Bridge on December 08, 2007, 07:11:10 AM

Re: Tankless water heater to heat baseboard heat in house. (Reply #3)
Craig,
We've been heating our house with an Aquastar tankless heater for 4 years. Works well, using a 24 volt 8000 series
Sureflo pump into a 40 gal elect. waterheater for storage.
Than a small 24 volt circulator from tank to radiant heat in floor. This allows you to run lower temps (110F-130F)
Chris
 

Posted by Joe Boettcher on December 14, 2007, 06:07:23 PM

Re: Tankless water heater to heat baseboard heat in house. (Reply #4)
Craig,
It is not a good idea to use a tank less hot water heater to heat your house for several good reasons. The water on demand systems are designed to run for short periods of time heating a house usually demands a longer one time. It shortens the life spam of the tank less heater. And almost all MFG will void the warranty if used to heat a house. 
Like the previous post most baseboards need at least 140F-180F temp on the other side radiant floors can use low temp water anything above 70F. I have tried using a low temp in several baseboard applications 120F to 130F you might get some heat from the baseboards not usually not enough to heat a room to comfort level for most people.
If you want a small compact high efficiency boiler I like the NTI Trinity Gas boiler. You can add an option for DHW on demand.  I know several people who have installed these boilers and love them.  A friend in northern WI install one last spring and he said a typical year he would have to filled his LP twice by Dec and so far this year he has only filled once backing April and looks as if he can make into part of next year.

http://www.nythermal.com/Products/boilers/gas/trinity.htm
« Last Edit: December 14, 2007, 06:14:34 PM by Joe Boettcher »
 
Forums | Design by Scratchmedia | Development by SMF.
© 2001-2005, Lewis Media. All Rights Reserved.

Disclaimer and Disclosure

The Alternative Energy Store, Inc reserves the right, within its sole discretion, to refuse or delete any posting or portion thereof, or terminate or block the access to this forum.

The opinions and statements posted on this forum are the opinions and statements of the person posting same, and do not constitute the opinion or act of the Alternative Energy Store, Inc (AltE). The Alternative Energy Store, Inc does not endorse or subscribe to any particular posting. No posting shall be construed as the act or opinion of the Alternative Energy Store, Inc.

Need help selecting components?
Call Us Toll Free!

877-878-4060

Se habla Español

cart

0 items

latest posts

 

top members