I may be loosing it...

piglet_74 · Post by **piglet_74** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:40 pm

I'm stressing over the intank heater loop of coolant. So then I had an idea and wanted to run it past someone. I was thinking of making a loop out of copper with soldered fittings. However, I was thinking the part that goes down inside the tank could be aluminum gas appliance line around the copper tubing. I would fill the space with glycerin to conduct the heat. This way I have the strength of copper for the coolant without it coming in contact with the wvo. I was going to use steel brake line but I afraid the diameter is too small for a decent flow rate. I don't want to constrict my HIH so I want the intank loop to be free flowing. It's at the end of the line. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Rob.

Post by **Fatmobile** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:44 am

I've been using 3/8" stainless tubing because I lucked out and got it free.
Do they make 3/8" brake line?
Otherwise my first setup used 3/8" copper tubing and it worked well.
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piglet_74 · Post by **piglet_74** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:48 am

Ya I've perused your site a few times. Very nice! I actually found a stainless hook up and snake some copper through it. I'll try to post some picks and test results. Thanks, Rob.

piglet_74 · Post by **piglet_74** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 6:17 pm

My camera is giving me trouble but I got one good pic. This is the stainless and copper tank heater.

Found out after the fact that the tubing was 3/8 not 1/2 so if it seems like I have low flow I'll test with it out of the loop and see I may need to swap it up.

Rob.