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Steve Spence
- Jan 1, 1970
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When I read Fire and Water, by Art Sussman and Richard Frazier, on this web
site (www.green-trust.org), I decided I had to build one of these things.
It helped that I already had a barrel stove. The whole project started with
an attempt to cut down a very large monthly electric bill, especially in the
winter. This approach appealed to me because it was lo-tech, simple and
relatively inexpensive.
I used the information contained in the article as a guide and built the
barrel stove hot water heater described below. I am pleased to say that it
works as advertised. So far the cost for the system, as illustrated in
Figure 1, is less than $200.00. I expect to save at least $50.00 per month
by operating it every 2nd or 3rd day for hot water in the summer. In the
winter it will run continuously when I expect to save more than $200.00 per
month for heat and hot water. Not counting my labor and research, that's a
pretty good investment.
read the rest at
http://webconx.green-trust.org/2003/fireandwater2.htm
site (www.green-trust.org), I decided I had to build one of these things.
It helped that I already had a barrel stove. The whole project started with
an attempt to cut down a very large monthly electric bill, especially in the
winter. This approach appealed to me because it was lo-tech, simple and
relatively inexpensive.
I used the information contained in the article as a guide and built the
barrel stove hot water heater described below. I am pleased to say that it
works as advertised. So far the cost for the system, as illustrated in
Figure 1, is less than $200.00. I expect to save at least $50.00 per month
by operating it every 2nd or 3rd day for hot water in the summer. In the
winter it will run continuously when I expect to save more than $200.00 per
month for heat and hot water. Not counting my labor and research, that's a
pretty good investment.
read the rest at
http://webconx.green-trust.org/2003/fireandwater2.htm
