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julynian
Hi there all plumbers & heating engineers.
We live on a boat with 740w of solar panels on the roof. At this time of year they can glean far more energy than we use, so we wan't to use this excess to warm water in our 15 Gal calorifier. Better known as dump load or diversion load.
There are 12v elements available which have what is described as a 1" NPT thread, some other 12v elements with 1.5 inch. We currently have a 240v element fitted which I believe is a standard 2.5 inch fitting.
My main question is, are there adaptors/reducers available to fit the calorifers 2.5" hole which reduce to 1" or 1.5 inch.
I do have a blank somewhere that was originally fitted to the tant with a raised hex nut. If there's not an adaptor available would tapping an appropriate 1 or i.5 inch NPT thread through the center be ok.
Many thanks in anticipation.
We live on a boat with 740w of solar panels on the roof. At this time of year they can glean far more energy than we use, so we wan't to use this excess to warm water in our 15 Gal calorifier. Better known as dump load or diversion load.
There are 12v elements available which have what is described as a 1" NPT thread, some other 12v elements with 1.5 inch. We currently have a 240v element fitted which I believe is a standard 2.5 inch fitting.
My main question is, are there adaptors/reducers available to fit the calorifers 2.5" hole which reduce to 1" or 1.5 inch.
I do have a blank somewhere that was originally fitted to the tant with a raised hex nut. If there's not an adaptor available would tapping an appropriate 1 or i.5 inch NPT thread through the center be ok.
Many thanks in anticipation.
