Wood Fired Water Heaters as Stand-Alones or Backup Units

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When I first started Y2K preps, I took aluminum trashcans and had thelocal aluminum welder attach common hose bibs to the side of the cans near the base: the plan was to set these, filled with water, on a propane heater and run a hose from the faucet on the trashcan to wherever I might need the hot water. I still have one of those handy, but have passed most of them off to other preppers.

If you're limited in what you can do, this system might serve in a pinch.

Here's another recommendation before it gets too late in the game to do anything. Search HOTPRO.COM. Steve Murphy used to build "backwoods" wood-fired hotwater heaters for Mexicans, while helping catholic missions south of the border. Later he came back to the States, set up in Eureka, and started making htese things to U.S. standards. A WOOD-FIRED HOT WATER HEATER that you can plumb directly into your existing system, side-by-side your electric heater (architectural conditions permitting) or use to replace your electric heater if you're sure the power's goin out.-- check out hotpro.com --

I bought three of these: one for myself, one for my mom's place, one for WHATEVER. They are exquisite solid state little units, that put out I think 12 gals per hour of hot water. They are safe, efficient, reliable, and highly durable. Better than my littel trashcan contraptions. I recommend these babies ....

-- Roch Steinbach (rochsteinbach@excite.com), October 29, 1999

Answers

CORRECTION: Typo error: output of the domestic-sized Aquafire wood- fired hot water heater is 1-2 GALLONS PER MINUTE, or 60-120 gallons per hour. 120 gals/hr., not 12 gal/hr as mistakenly entered above.

-- Roch Steinbach (rochsteinbach@excite.com), October 30, 1999.

Rosh

Neat idea.

 Hot Products - Aquafire

-- Brian (imager@home.com), October 30, 1999.


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