[mark m]

Just thinking of the  coming months

If i used hot water from my house (i have a combi boiler) sent it though di vessel i think it would take about 30 minutes to fill 200lts  if the tank was lagged it would stay warm for a morning so i could fill up in the morning is this stupid idea

[stuart mc]

it worked for me until it got really cold i.e minus 12 at lunch time

[Pope vader]

yes it woudl work,  this is one of the options i use last year, till i put an immersion element in,

[Pope vader]

best thing to do is fill up in morning

[perfectpanesplymouth]

I did this too last year worked really well for me

[mark m]

Great So if this works almost everybody can have hot water this winter you could also use a mains shower  you could put this almost anywhere and i think by the time you run out of 200 lt of water it is time to go home for a cuppa and warm up while filling up again lol 

[dazmond]

how did you stop the connector from popping off the tap when your filling with hot?i couldnt get mine to stay on!dont think it does the resin much good either!!

[A & J Owen Window Cleaning]

you could do it at night and put a heater in the van to keep it warm.

[james51174]

i heard this kills resin??

[Steve_c]

Hot water will kill your resin. That's why ionics Thermopure makes the water first. Carbon, Sediment, Softener, RO, Ro- Back then finally Resin. The hot water is heated through the webstro and doesn't go through resin.

[Pope vader]

easy way,  put element in,  and fill with pure water

[stuart mc]

maybe really hot water will kill resin but, water out of his combi boiler won't, just check the resin sacks it has operating temps on it

[mark m]

i heard this kills resin??

so what if it kills your resin if you working your earning and you will quickly pay for any extra resin used

[BORBRYCE]

I done it many times last year. It looses a hell of a lot of heat going along the hose just getting to the van though. I fitted a 3000kw element in the tank to re heat it up after it was in the tank and it worked well enough to make me money. It stays warm mostly till early afternoon, I had no insulation on the tank either, so it is well worth doing. It does use up more resin I guess but I can't say I noticed. I am in a soft water area though.

[dave f]

mmm got me thinking ive just got a hot wash makes me wonder if i should have got a element heater insted. am gonna get some lagging and ply to do my van out at week end

[Pope vader]

the element works and as long as insualted enough should last all day,

[james51174]

i heard this kills resin??

so what if it kills your resin if you working your earning and you will quickly pay for any extra resin used

i wasnt making a statement...i was asking a question  :

[StockClean]

What about sticking a small stainless steel raiator inside the tank, and plumbing the radiater onto the vans cooling system from the engine. The hot water from the engine will keep the tank warm!

[Blue City Cleaning]

Where do you get these heating elements from? Are they mains powered or of the van?

[Sean Dyer]

Im thinking of running a hose out to van from hot water feed , but is it really necessary, if you have a hot water element wont cold water be fine , or will the hose freeze on way to van?