I'm setting up a new install with an EKO 40 and 2000 gal vertical storage ( propane tanks ) in a new workshop 100' away from my house. I got thinking the worst case scenario for the house would be a major leak in the basement piping, spewing 2000 gallons of 180* water into the basement. Can you imagine the havoc of a couple million BTU of water fighting its way thru a septic tank and sump pump?
Has anyone thought up a reasonable way to clamp off that flow? I'm thinking along the lines of a switch that senses the top of the storage going below 5 psi which actuates a valve or something. Perhaps a low headloss check valve on the 1" pex return line ( located in the shed ) in conjunction with something on the supply side.
Of course cost and headloss will always be a factor in any decision. Expensive and complicated is not what I'm after.
Has anyone thought up a reasonable way to clamp off that flow? I'm thinking along the lines of a switch that senses the top of the storage going below 5 psi which actuates a valve or something. Perhaps a low headloss check valve on the 1" pex return line ( located in the shed ) in conjunction with something on the supply side.
Of course cost and headloss will always be a factor in any decision. Expensive and complicated is not what I'm after.