HTP Superstor SSU-45CB piping on EK-1 Standard

mbrackliffe

Hello all,

I have an EK-1 standard rear clean-out with heat exchanger that needs a new hot water tank.

I have a brand new HTP superstor SSU-45CB tank (no indirect coil) that my folks didn't end up using when they switched over to whole house heat pump setup.

Question is how best to plumb it since EK's diagram is pretty much opposite of HTP's diagram. EK wants a cold draw off the bottom and a dip tube into the top for hot return. The HTP only has side ports at bottom and maybe 1.5 feet up and shows hot return on bottom of tank.

My thought is to pipe the hot return into the top side port on the HTP to maintain a little stratification and or maybe add a dip tube into the top port but I'm not sure if a horizontal dip tube would be beneficial.

Thoughts on piping this tank? Thanks!

EBEBRATT-Ed

EK always follows this forum. hangout for a day or two and you should have your answer straight from EK

Robertw

Hello gentlemen, For the record I sent a Pm to the poster with a drawing i quickly scratched out in between classes I was teaching today. I believe we have handled this for him.

Robertw

sys-02-010-rev1 super store tank.PDF

Here is a better version of the drawing.