fireman31
ArboristSite Member
Any thoughts on using plain pex or pex aluminum pex for a heat exchanger coil?
I'm finally getting around to some solar and wood boiler projects.
MAN COPPER TUBING AND FITTINGS HAVE GOTTEN EXPENSIVE!!!
Pex is about half the cost of copper and you can get continuous lengths up to 500' so there would be no connections in the length of the coil, only at the ends where it connects to the sides of the vessel.
This particular application would be for a glycol loop for domestic hot water. I'm making the tank out of some plastic barrels... a plastic welder is a wonderful thing!!
I figure that is works in a concrete floor so why not?
I'm finally getting around to some solar and wood boiler projects.
MAN COPPER TUBING AND FITTINGS HAVE GOTTEN EXPENSIVE!!!
Pex is about half the cost of copper and you can get continuous lengths up to 500' so there would be no connections in the length of the coil, only at the ends where it connects to the sides of the vessel.
This particular application would be for a glycol loop for domestic hot water. I'm making the tank out of some plastic barrels... a plastic welder is a wonderful thing!!
I figure that is works in a concrete floor so why not?