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There are a lot of problems that can be associated with a water heater being converted to a boiler.
A water heater would not recover fast enough and therefore would be ineffecient.You are heating too big of a body of water for a heater to recover. Which is why boilers are in sections for more suface heating/effeciency and recovery! Baseboard heat is sized and designed for 180 degree water. So, the thought of using you're existing heater because you might compromise you're supply wouldn't be the biggest concern.. It would be the safety of you're family being vulnerable to such hot and dangerous temperatures!!!
The upfront costs of using a water heater look appealling but that is where the good stops! I would recommend you get a heat loss done for the area you wish to heat and then look at you're boiler options. There are a lot of small boilers out there ie. backpacks etc.. Some of these backpacks are tankless water heaters that might work depending on conditions, but I personally would stay away from tank type water heaters.
Last edited by plumguy; 09-09-2005 at 06:34 PM.
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