If base on my experiennce (half cook only ) I will T out from the main before go in to the tank. Since it is a storage heater type, it don't need high pressure. The hot water always inside the tank. And with a 60 liter of hot water in the tank the pressure itself is enough to push. Have you see before those old house with a storage heater on top just beside the shower or just ontop bathroom?

When I visit those 4season country house, normally the hot water pressure is low. What I know is to save the hot water. Flowing high and fast will waste alot since hot water need energy to heat. And when you shower, you mix cold water more than the hot water. Something like 2:1 or 3:1 ratio depend how hot can you stand.

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Added on October 5, 2011, 10:48 amBut I read alot that suppose the rain shower invent is to save water?

This post has been edited by ozak: Oct 5 2011, 10:48 AM

You have mixer tap to adjust the water flow also.

If the water supply for storage heater is from main water while cold is from water pump. Imagine u r showering, some1 in the kitchen turns on the tap, your main water pressure will drop. Hence, the hot water will slow down and you will feel the water suddenly become cold. Therefore, both cold and hob water must be from the same source.

would like to thank this forum/topic for all the wonderful discussion on pump/tanks and etc..

and here is my big ass tank to solve all my water problems until LAP/syabas off the main

thanks to zheilwane for his customer service..

BIG ASS TANK IS BIGGGG



This post has been edited by JinXXX: Oct 10 2011, 08:25 PM

Very big, you put it on the ground floor? what happen to Syabas? is your area frequent water disrupt?

yes its on ground floor, cause single story , no "upper-cement" slab/platform place to place it..

my place its LAP , piping too old, and full of shit/rust/sand/soil what ever, water pressure damn low... need about 5 mins plus to fill my toilet flush

so need a big tank to keep additional water

This post has been edited by JinXXX: Oct 10 2011, 11:48 PM

Nice big ass .... tank

It is pretty common to have extra tank at the ground floor in others country. Why not here. My friend house have 6 tank for his 1st storey house!

Even I have 2 tank link, auto feedback when no water from syabas for entire house. Can last me few day.

WHATTT ? 6 tanks ? how big is each tank , when i saw my tank i was like, damn its super big..

how big is your 2 tanks ozak ?

suddenly feel like wanting to build a rain water harvesting system

what do you mean by "auto-feedback" ?? care to explain the connection/piping for it

This post has been edited by JinXXX: Oct 11 2011, 10:25 AM

Really. I don't believe too till he show me. He plan system is some tank use, solar -> pump -> tank - flushing toilet.

His tank is bigger than your 1. But compact and save space. Here is 1 of the tank pic.




My tank is normal square black plastic with cover.(Name something like Polytrex). Normally you see ontop of the house. Forget how many liter liau. I calculate the daily usage liter and how many day I want to reserve before get a right size water tank. (But forget to calculate the vaporise ) Endup need 2 tank.

When no water from syabas, the tank will auto supply the water to entire house including the main pipe like kitchen etc. Just modify some piping and put in a check valve after the meter and the bypass pipe that supply water to your tank. Sorry, lazy to draw.

@ozak

oh those kind of tank is usually used for rainwater storage can be "re-purposed" to be water tank also, but kinda hard to find suppliers and its not that cheap also..

just curious, your friend has 6 of those *in the picture you shared*, cause each 1 of those is considered a tank.. or your friend calculate each segment as a tank ?

oh okie using a check valve, noted

This post has been edited by JinXXX: Oct 11 2011, 01:34 PM

Not each segment. 6 pcs of this whole tank. The remain at another side, side of his house and garden. He just keep buying when got good offer. Crazy.

Cost around rm3k each. Never see this kind of tank here. Good for locate at the side of the house for those single storey house.

zheilwane, pm me the best price for CH2-50PS.

THanks Bro

hey guys just a dumb/curious question

let's say i got 2 tanks..

1 on the roof(100gal) and the other on the ground floor(500gal)

how do i let my roof tank fill up first before filling up my ground floor tank..

i can't pipe the roof tank to fill the ground floor tank, cause that will cause all the water to fill the ground floor tank which leads the roof tank to be empty most of the time...

Why cannot? Just pipe out from the roof tank. Put a ball shutoff for the ground tank. When fill up, the ball will shutoff. The main pipe continue fill up the roof tank.

Never tried this before, but i guess this should work. Why u wanna do so?

The main will fill up the top tank first. WHen water level reaches the top level, it will flow down to the ground floor tank. Once the ground floor tank is filled upto the infill valve level, the water will stop. Hence, the main water will continue to fill up the top floor tank until it reaches the max level which will then turn off the infill valve and stop the water from entering the top tank.

This post has been edited by zheilwane: Oct 14 2011, 09:45 PM


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oh damn.. didnt thought of that... hmm yeah... this method could work...

thanks, damn why didn't think of that,,

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Added on October 14, 2011, 10:03 pmcannot cause the top tank will be drained first..

so like zhen said.. need to have an outlet that is higher... then the main outlet of the top tank



This post has been edited by JinXXX: Oct 14 2011, 10:03 PM

Eh.. Your ground tank always empty?

btw, i m zean not zhen aha. Shall i start a new topic on water tank?

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Added on October 14, 2011, 11:44 pmLess continue here
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=2070911

This post has been edited by zheilwane: Oct 14 2011, 11:44 PM