water pre-heater idea for air cooled TMs

[Papa John]

My rough draft idea for preheating water from plastic fresh water tank.
It uses the exhaust heat with a HX.
It takes water from transfer pump- to HX- out HX and into TM water inlet.

im using QCs for flexibility. as it would need to be moved to close the side door; I realize it will be hot.

I would not recommend this modification in hot weather or low flow water use. I like to use higher flow then my 370 is made for.

A future improvement would be to install it under the van with a custom exhaust system for the TM. and have manual diverter valves when hotter water isn't needed.

 

[Papa John]

this is the other side of HX. wondering if I should remove the back plate.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

cool machine

 

[BIG WOOD]

Are you planning on descaling that before you put it in use?


Why don't the smaller air cooled truckmounts just use a bigger water box, similar to the everest? That should solve the problem.

Prochem Legend for example. That's only a 2-3 gallon container. 5 gallons of preheated water would give plenty of heat. Has that ever been discussed? Or do the tm companies do that to leave room for "upgrading" your machine?

 

[DAT]

Cool idea

 

[Papa John]

Are you planning on descaling that before you put it in use?


Why don't the smaller air cooled truckmounts just use a bigger water box, similar to the everest? That should solve the problem.

Prochem Legend for example. That's only a 2-3 gallon container. 5 gallons of preheated water would give plenty of heat. Has that ever been discussed? Or do the tm companies do that to leave room for "upgrading" your machine?

I'm using a higher flow then the 370 is designed for. I don't have an issue IF I used the TM as it is designed for. A larger water box might cause other issue.
I will admit my high flow usage causes my transfer pump sometimes overheat and stop working.
yes I do extra extraction passes, but that isn't enough "Off trigger time" to increase the water temp.

 

[BIG WOOD]

My comment sounded like I was suggesting putting a bigger water box on your new machine. Sorry for the misunderstanding. Your tm doesn't need any modifications like that. I was mainly curious at why those water tanks are so small compared to the bigger ones. Especially when there's a temp. relief valve right on the tank itself.

But back to your little added HX. Are you gonna descale that ugly thing or not?

 

[Papa John]

But back to your little added HX. Are you gonna descale that ugly thing or not?

haha, I admit it needs to be cleaned more-- but I'm not sure if its leak proof yet. im stilling the prototype phase.

 

[Hack Attack]

haha, I admit it needs to be cleaned more-- but I'm not sure if its leak proof yet. im stilling the prototype phase.

what flow and pressure you trying to constantly clean at?

 

[Papa John]

what flow and pressure you trying to constantly clean at?

8 flow, 400 psi

 

[Jimmy L]

May I suggest a solar panel on the roof?

 

[Papa John]

May I suggest a solar panel on the roof?

thats an awesome idea!. perhaps I'll install this too.

 

[Jimmy L]

That is wonderful!