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The water heater in my new home is leaking and needs to be replaced. The current system seems a bit unusual.
It's an 80gal electric heater but it's being used as an indirect tank. It appears the coil and heating elements have been removed and they installed nipples where the elements were and have it piped to the mod con boiler, there is a circulating pump and heat exchanger inline as well.
I'm thinking about replacing it with a typical electric or hybrid with a heat pump but am concerned about the boiler.
If I cap the lines from the boiler and leave the circulator and heat exchanger, will that cause any issues with the boiler? Boiler is Munchkin Contender MC80
The other option is to get a new electric heater and install it the same way as is now, using it as an "indirect tank".
Any thoughts would be very helpful.
It's an 80gal electric heater but it's being used as an indirect tank. It appears the coil and heating elements have been removed and they installed nipples where the elements were and have it piped to the mod con boiler, there is a circulating pump and heat exchanger inline as well.
I'm thinking about replacing it with a typical electric or hybrid with a heat pump but am concerned about the boiler.
If I cap the lines from the boiler and leave the circulator and heat exchanger, will that cause any issues with the boiler? Boiler is Munchkin Contender MC80
The other option is to get a new electric heater and install it the same way as is now, using it as an "indirect tank".
Any thoughts would be very helpful.