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Yea I have been thinking about renting the pheonix in taos for a night to check it out. Its 200 bucks and would be well worth it im sure.
I like the cowboy hot tubs! there is another company making the same product and calling them snorkel hot tubs i think. Pretty cool..... however having the heater in the hot tub with you taking up valuable space and creating a burn yourself hazard could use some improvement in my opinion. Also the miracles of thermosyphon physics does not exist in that design.
A stainless steel coil can be installed in your average wood fire place and will heat water then push it vertically up hill to a water storage tank all without pumps or electricity. It can also be hooked up to a hot tub and be a safe way to heat your hot tub without having the stove in the tub with you and your tippsy guests! There is only one company that makes this kind of thermosyphon heater I am talking about and its manufactured in Japan. They call it a "chofu" and it is how the japanese heat there ofuru or steam bath houses and is very common in japan. Backwoods solar sells it here in the U.S. and it cost about $800 bucks. The water could also be piped to your existing gas fired water heater system and be used when needed to heat your homes water system in a very normal safe conventional way. Or could be piped through the floor with radiant floor heat tubing to warm up a concrete or earthen floor. here is a link to the chofu via backwoods solar
Also for the budget minded there is a company selling a do it yourself stainless coil that can be installed in your existing wood stove. But I would not recommend the project for a novice as you need pressure relief valves and such so as not to create a potential exploding boiler situation. But if installed properly it is totally safe and works great. They call it a therma coil http://www.therma-coil.com/
I like the cowboy hot tubs! there is another company making the same product and calling them snorkel hot tubs i think. Pretty cool..... however having the heater in the hot tub with you taking up valuable space and creating a burn yourself hazard could use some improvement in my opinion. Also the miracles of thermosyphon physics does not exist in that design.
A stainless steel coil can be installed in your average wood fire place and will heat water then push it vertically up hill to a water storage tank all without pumps or electricity. It can also be hooked up to a hot tub and be a safe way to heat your hot tub without having the stove in the tub with you and your tippsy guests! There is only one company that makes this kind of thermosyphon heater I am talking about and its manufactured in Japan. They call it a "chofu" and it is how the japanese heat there ofuru or steam bath houses and is very common in japan. Backwoods solar sells it here in the U.S. and it cost about $800 bucks. The water could also be piped to your existing gas fired water heater system and be used when needed to heat your homes water system in a very normal safe conventional way. Or could be piped through the floor with radiant floor heat tubing to warm up a concrete or earthen floor. here is a link to the chofu via backwoods solar
Also for the budget minded there is a company selling a do it yourself stainless coil that can be installed in your existing wood stove. But I would not recommend the project for a novice as you need pressure relief valves and such so as not to create a potential exploding boiler situation. But if installed properly it is totally safe and works great. They call it a therma coil http://www.therma-coil.com/
