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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Josh,<br>
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From experience, having the heat go through a single pipe/chimney
in the center of the water tank is much better than having the
heat go around the outside of the steel drum. And it is much
less expansive.<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Paul S. Anderson, PhD aka "Dr TLUD"
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:psanders@ilstu.edu">psanders@ilstu.edu</a> Skype: paultlud Phone: +1-309-452-7072
Website: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.drtlud.com">www.drtlud.com</a></pre>
On 9/14/2012 11:36 PM, Josh Kearns wrote:<br>
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type="cite">I'm thinking about building a 5-gal TLUD fired 55-gal
water heater for outdoor showers. I'm wondering if anyone has a
ballpark estimate for heat transfer efficiency w/ and w/o using a
pot skirt attachment. The hot water tank will be a 55-gal steel
drum, so I think the setup is pretty analogous to a cookstove
setup, just bigger.
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<div>20%?
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<div>Any thoughts are helpful, rough estimates OK.....thanks!</div>
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<div>FYI, the char from the water heating setup will be used in
arbor-loo style modular composting toilets. This
infrastructure is being installed during a rambo
design-and-build sesh for my wedding on a farm in rural
Appalachia (USA), but will be used continually by future
events at the site. Cool, huh?!?!</div>
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