Hot water system

[Frank_Cox]

copper tubing?
who's building the still? lol

LOL!

You could use copper or stainless for the tubing. Only thing is you hafta allow for expansion of the water as it heats and also have a way to control it from boiling. If you didn't the "heat exchanger" could explode. An open water bath and an open loop system could be a possibility.

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[Smoker Tom]

Oh boy!!!!!!!
Don't make the smoker splode, that would be bad.

Frank, my dad lives in the county, and has an expansion tank along side his.hot water heater. I wonder if something like that would work. I'll try a get a pic of it next week.

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[Frank_Cox]

an expansion tank would help but it also has a certain capacity of it's own. the problem you face is Hydrolic. if you fill the vessel to the rated 100% capacity and all the air bladder is used up you will have a hydrolic lock up and it will "splode" LOL.
also if you fill to say 80% (using round numbers) and then heat the water uncontrollably and it expands an additional 21% you are risking "splosion" i like your "splode" word tom

[Smoker Tom]

LOL man, its one of those good oll boy words.

[Rick]

That's why I said warmer cabinet - 140 - 150 degrees is a long way from boiling and you could put a simple pop-off valve on it from a double boiler if you're nervous - look neat too!

[Frank_Cox]

That sounds like a plan to me!

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