I went down the cellar to look at the temp of my tank and it was spilling water out of the top, pretty good amount on the floor.
I figured out what happened and realized how lucky I got.
It's home made tank, 8' by 4' by 4' with a pond liner and 240' of 3/4 copper heat exchanger. I had set a 42 gallon vertical galvanized steel tank inside it to temper my DHW. Works like a charm.
But, the steel tank corroded somewhere and was leaking house pressure water into my tank and spilling over the top. Luckily I started a fire and went to look at the temp of the tank before my basement filled up.
So, no more galvanized tanks in my tank. I'm going to make up a copper heat exchanger from some 3/4 and 1/2 copper I have and let that sit at the top of the tank to temper for me.
I got lucky this time.
Eric
I figured out what happened and realized how lucky I got.
It's home made tank, 8' by 4' by 4' with a pond liner and 240' of 3/4 copper heat exchanger. I had set a 42 gallon vertical galvanized steel tank inside it to temper my DHW. Works like a charm.
But, the steel tank corroded somewhere and was leaking house pressure water into my tank and spilling over the top. Luckily I started a fire and went to look at the temp of the tank before my basement filled up.
So, no more galvanized tanks in my tank. I'm going to make up a copper heat exchanger from some 3/4 and 1/2 copper I have and let that sit at the top of the tank to temper for me.
I got lucky this time.
Eric