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bobbyjones
bobbyjones Member Posts: 10
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I've had this setup for many years and never understood why it is set up this way. I get "heat ghosting" on the cold water supply side. interested in hearing thoughts about it.
Thanks

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  • ethicalpaul
    ethicalpaul Member Posts: 5,704
    edited January 2023
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    You might could benefit from a "heat trap" on the cold side (or even on both sides), but the experts will know for sure.

    https://www.waterheaterhub.com/water-heater-heat-traps/
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  • bobbyjones
    bobbyjones Member Posts: 10
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    interesting...do they reduce flow at all?
  • EdTheHeaterMan
    EdTheHeaterMan Member Posts: 7,852
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    I am trying to understand your piping. There are several ideas that are good and others that make no sense when you have this situation. You have a tankless coil and a separate water heater. Are they piped together or is the tankless coil abandoned?

    There is another problem with your wood stove boiler and using the boiler circulator. If the water temperature is below the minimum DHW temperature, the control stops the circulator in order to offer priority to the DHW. You clearly do not need that and should have a comprehensive rewiring of the controls to save on oil and optimize the wood fuel for both heat and DHW.
    Never Use The Parts Cannon.jpg

    Edward Young Retired

    After you make that expensive repair and you still have the same problem, What will you check next?

  • bobbyjones
    bobbyjones Member Posts: 10
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    It’s not abandoned, but not sure it’s plumbed correctly.
  • bobbyjones
    bobbyjones Member Posts: 10
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    ?
  • EdTheHeaterMan
    EdTheHeaterMan Member Posts: 7,852
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    So your photographs are not easy to follow the piping design, since all the pipes are covered with dark insulation. Perhaps you cold draw a diagram of the piping. show all the components in question. Show the heating pipes in green. Show the hot water pipes in red and the cold water pipes in blue. Something like this
    You can draw on paper if easier
    Never Use The Parts Cannon.jpg

    Edward Young Retired

    After you make that expensive repair and you still have the same problem, What will you check next?

  • bobbyjones
    bobbyjones Member Posts: 10
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    Im confused as well! I'll try to get something together that explains thing a bit better.

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