Melissa2007B
Member
I've mentioned in these forums before, the stacking problem we're getting with our Aprilaire 360 whole house humidifier, and how it appears to be super heating the water at the top of the tank because it takes a trickle of hot water from the top and there's cold coming in the bottom and triggering the burner. I also mentioned the black water coming out, because of this, after it goes on every day for awhile.
So I'd like to find the least expensive way to circulate water within the tank, from top to bottom, and keep the temperature uniformly at the set temperature.
I'm not a plumber and will need to find the stuff to do this, and probably hire a handyman from Craig's List to do it for me ( shudder ).
But I need to know how to describe it, and find the parts ( pump ) so that people don't get the wrong impression that I'm trying to do a whole-house circulation system, when I'm not.
I just need a decent low cost pump for circulating the water WITHIN the tank.
I'm not even sure how to do this ( photos below ). UBC modular house ( on a foundation with crawl space ). The mixer shown here is where the line goes out to the humidifier. The humidifier is actually spec'd at 140 degree water temp input but we want to operate the hot water at the temp spec'd for the tank. Not sure how to do that, without adding an expensive "instant" hot water heater in between them? ( I say "expensive" because I've heard a special electric line has to be run for them - they cant just be plugged into a wall. )
So I'd like to find the least expensive way to circulate water within the tank, from top to bottom, and keep the temperature uniformly at the set temperature.
I'm not a plumber and will need to find the stuff to do this, and probably hire a handyman from Craig's List to do it for me ( shudder ).
But I need to know how to describe it, and find the parts ( pump ) so that people don't get the wrong impression that I'm trying to do a whole-house circulation system, when I'm not.
I just need a decent low cost pump for circulating the water WITHIN the tank.
I'm not even sure how to do this ( photos below ). UBC modular house ( on a foundation with crawl space ). The mixer shown here is where the line goes out to the humidifier. The humidifier is actually spec'd at 140 degree water temp input but we want to operate the hot water at the temp spec'd for the tank. Not sure how to do that, without adding an expensive "instant" hot water heater in between them? ( I say "expensive" because I've heard a special electric line has to be run for them - they cant just be plugged into a wall. )