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SOLAR HEATING SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION LOG
PROGRESS
REPORT:
October
16, 2001: Sweating the radiant floor pump manifold
It seems that
I have been sweating copper pipe for weeks.
I have to thoroughly
consider each section before I assemble it
so that the pipe
will reach from fixture to fixture in the best layout
without hitting
something else. It's also nice to try and design
a clean, easy
to see and use system.
So here I am all
day sitting at my workbench soldering sections
of parts together...
Then I assemble
each section to each other until I have an entire
manifold - like
this section that includes 2 pump housings (one to
circulate hot
water to each floor of the barn), along with the
fill valves,
temperature gauges, shut off valves, elbows, tees,
unions, connectors
and adapters. Whew!
The 2 red lines
are the return pipes from the floor, they feed right
up into the hot
water storage tank.
Hopefully this
system will last for over 20 years with little
maintenance once
it is all running. And most of the energy
will be free
from the sun!