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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That just killed one of my personal goals, thanks.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I ended up getting 2 hot water tanks and putting them in series. Endless hot water doing it that way. I've also plumbed it so that if one fails I can adjust a few valves and run on one tank until I can fix/replace the other.

I should note, I live 160km from the nearest city so I can't just call a guy out to fix things.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Couldn't you have just run it in parallel and have a T split with valves on the intake and output? In order to drain a side for repairs you could just close the working side off and void it normally. In series just seems like a weird choice to me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I talked to a plumber and it's what he recommended. I decided to not to question someone with far more experience than me. Your solution would probably work too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, series sounds like an awful idea.

Unless they are weak as sht, and the water needs to be heated twice to get up to temperature.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

As a Dutch person I've never seen a water heating system with a tank like in the US, we all use boilers and they are fantastic. Boilers are harder to use in "big" homes though.