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Originally Posted by INSIDIOUS
The motive force for circulation between the tanks is just convection from heated water and that is fast enough?
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It has been fast enough so far.
My Wife takes a shower in the evening and does not take another till the next evening so there is lots of time for it to get hot again.
Right now the Washer is not working so that is not a factor right now and of course if i was working you can was warm or cold.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermosiphon
When Automobiles were new and Engines were small some of them used the Thermosiphon principle to cool the Engine.
At some point in time I would like to make a Solar Collector and hook it up in a similar manner. Also when the 140 temp is reached the thermostat shuts the heating element off. That means on a sunny CA day the heater element would likely be off during the day.