07-12-2008, 02:22 PM
O.k. Time to get industrious and save some money cause we need it for gas yah.
So the hell company is gonna feel the pinch finally at least from me.
I'm cutting the cord on the 40 gallon energy sucker.
So my idea is to get a few old 40 gallon energy suckers and strip them down to just the tank and paint them black put them in the sun (duh) and have them run through to the existing water heater (if it gets cold and rainy I can just turn the existing one on).
Least invasive so when my plumber comes back to finish the work he was paid for I can get the expensive permitted system.
Obviously this isn't the best system but I do everything myself and very cheaply (keep that in mind) whenever possible.
So I only use hot water for bathing up to 5 baths a day and washing dishes not much really.Doesn't have to be really hot.
Yes I tried turning the heater on once a day for a few hours and my bill went way up so thats not an option (for whatever reason I could not figure out).
My neighbor said to get 200 feet of black hose and hook it up but that seems a bit more expensive and troublesome.
3/4 horse pump
2 story house
2 1/2 baths
Heater and pump on ground floor
So any you guys think this will work????
Is there a better way???
What am I missing? I hope the system can handle.
So the hell company is gonna feel the pinch finally at least from me.
I'm cutting the cord on the 40 gallon energy sucker.
So my idea is to get a few old 40 gallon energy suckers and strip them down to just the tank and paint them black put them in the sun (duh) and have them run through to the existing water heater (if it gets cold and rainy I can just turn the existing one on).
Least invasive so when my plumber comes back to finish the work he was paid for I can get the expensive permitted system.
Obviously this isn't the best system but I do everything myself and very cheaply (keep that in mind) whenever possible.
So I only use hot water for bathing up to 5 baths a day and washing dishes not much really.Doesn't have to be really hot.
Yes I tried turning the heater on once a day for a few hours and my bill went way up so thats not an option (for whatever reason I could not figure out).
My neighbor said to get 200 feet of black hose and hook it up but that seems a bit more expensive and troublesome.
3/4 horse pump
2 story house
2 1/2 baths
Heater and pump on ground floor
So any you guys think this will work????
Is there a better way???
What am I missing? I hope the system can handle.