clawbennett
New Member
We have a Central Boiler outdoor wood boiler for heating the air and water for the home.
The issue we are having is that we aren’t being supplied enough hot water for the house. The OWB is hooked up to the electric hot water heater via a sidearm. I have read this is not optimal for our household size and usage. After a shower and a chore (dishes or laundry) we are at lukewarm water at best. And it takes hours to rebuild the hot water back up.
i have been told to turn the breaker off for the electric water heater when running the OWB during our winter months.
My question is can I turn the electric water heater back on and use the OWB at the same time? I am hoping by using the OWB it will warm the water enough to still reduce the cost of the water heater usage.
we use well water and crude testing of the cold water temp out of the faucet is approx. 50f. So to raise the temp from 50f to 120f is quite energy consuming!
The issue we are having is that we aren’t being supplied enough hot water for the house. The OWB is hooked up to the electric hot water heater via a sidearm. I have read this is not optimal for our household size and usage. After a shower and a chore (dishes or laundry) we are at lukewarm water at best. And it takes hours to rebuild the hot water back up.
i have been told to turn the breaker off for the electric water heater when running the OWB during our winter months.
My question is can I turn the electric water heater back on and use the OWB at the same time? I am hoping by using the OWB it will warm the water enough to still reduce the cost of the water heater usage.
we use well water and crude testing of the cold water temp out of the faucet is approx. 50f. So to raise the temp from 50f to 120f is quite energy consuming!