00:00:04.630 welcome back to power house a 00:00:06.58000:00:06.590 high-efficiency water heater is 00:00:08.11000:00:08.120 important but there's some new 00:00:09.10000:00:09.110 technology that can help you save more 00:00:11.98000:00:11.990 energy and money here to tell us now 00:00:14.61900:00:14.629 about that is Rick Caruso and Rick what 00:00:16.75000:00:16.760 exactly is a waste water heat recovery 00:00:19.21000:00:19.220 system well Pete essentially what we're 00:00:23.02000:00:23.030 looking at is everybody has waste homes 00:00:26.38000:00:26.390 businesses hotels and their biggest 00:00:29.95000:00:29.960 waste is hot water they just paid to 00:00:32.56000:00:32.570 produce this hot water and they put it 00:00:35.31900:00:35.329 right down the drain which is just like 00:00:37.45000:00:37.460 putting money down the drain 00:00:38.70900:00:38.719 what we do is we recapture that energy 00:00:41.77000:00:41.780 and preheat new water with it now we're 00:00:44.97900:00:44.989 looking at what I call the sort of the 00:00:46.23900:00:46.249 main unit of this explain what we're 00:00:49.14900:00:49.159 seeing here right well this is our model 00:00:51.54900:00:51.559 the green fox which is a drain water 00:00:53.95000:00:53.960 heat recovery or a gravity film exchange 00:00:57.41900:00:57.429 gravity film exchange simply as gravity 00:01:01.56900:01:01.579 going around taking your water as it's 00:01:04.45000:01:04.460 going down the drain clinging to the 00:01:06.58000:01:06.590 side and creating a film then it 00:01:09.46000:01:09.470 exchanges that heat energy to the 00:01:11.77000:01:11.780 outside coil which is new fresh water 00:01:14.56000:01:14.570 coming in and again you as you mentioned 00:01:17.08000:01:17.090 we've already heated that water that 00:01:18.97000:01:18.980 we're getting rid of but you're 00:01:20.23000:01:20.240 utilizing that to bring up the 00:01:21.85000:01:21.860 temperature of that fresh cold water 00:01:23.74000:01:23.750 that's coming in right I'm capturing 50 00:01:26.29000:01:26.300 percent of that energy that's being 00:01:27.88000:01:27.890 thrown down the drain yes sir and we 00:01:29.56000:01:29.570 like that now can this be used with any 00:01:32.05000:01:32.060 water heater system absolutely it's 00:01:34.48000:01:34.490 compatible with solar electric gas 00:01:37.59000:01:37.600 and/or tankless so it's going to enhance 00:01:41.98000:01:41.990 those systems by giving warm water or 00:01:45.25000:01:45.260 pre tempered water back into the system 00:01:47.82000:01:47.830 even on a high usage basis Rick you just 00:01:51.19000:01:51.200 mentioned about gravity so with this 00:01:52.93000:01:52.940 system you don't need an additional 00:01:54.46000:01:54.470 power supply or anything else like that 00:01:55.99000:01:56.000 no there's no working parts you don't 00:01:58.69000:01:58.700 need a pump this is all just gonna be 00:02:01.00000:02:01.010 installed we test it once it's tested 00:02:03.85000:02:03.860 you're done our viewers are always 00:02:05.62000:02:05.630 interested in new technology what's it 00:02:07.21000:02:07.220 cost for a system like this to be put in 00:02:09.05900:02:09.069 the average cost is going to be under 00:02:12.01000:02:12.020 $1,000 and we recommend them for a 00:02:15.13000:02:15.140 family of four 00:02:16.69000:02:16.700 or more the reason being is this if you 00:02:19.11900:02:19.129 have four people that's four showers - 00:02:21.52000:02:21.530 eight showers a day a dishwasher being 00:02:24.19000:02:24.200 run laundry being run so all that hot 00:02:26.58900:02:26.599 water makes sense for it to be put in 00:02:29.29000:02:29.300 less than that it really doesn't pay for 00:02:31.47900:02:31.489 itself very quick okay so for an 00:02:33.07000:02:33.080 electric water here what are we looking 00:02:34.63000:02:34.640 back look at that electric water heater 00:02:36.33900:02:36.349 because the cost is higher is going to 00:02:38.22900:02:38.239 be very quick it's going to be somewhere 00:02:40.08900:02:40.099 around two years whereas gas being more 00:02:43.21000:02:43.220 efficient and less expensive it's going 00:02:45.78900:02:45.799 to be closer to five years what about an 00:02:48.25000:02:48.260 impact on the water heater system well 00:02:50.74000:02:50.750 because this is always raising the 00:02:52.69000:02:52.700 temperature of incoming fresh water 00:02:54.88000:02:54.890 taking it from that forty to fifty five 00:02:57.19000:02:57.200 degree and raising it at least ten 00:02:59.80000:02:59.810 degrees you're putting tempered water or 00:03:02.58900:03:02.599 warm water into your hot water tank what 00:03:05.35000:03:05.360 that does is it's going to save you from 00:03:07.28900:03:07.299 condensation which causes the rust and 00:03:09.91000:03:09.920 deterioration and breakdown of the 00:03:11.92000:03:11.930 system I like that so again some real 00:03:14.44000:03:14.450 positives there right recommend in terms 00:03:15.81900:03:15.829 of the energy efficiency of our water 00:03:17.92000:03:17.930 heater you're improving that and then so 00:03:20.71000:03:20.720 again the condensation so you're 00:03:22.69000:03:22.700 extending the life of that of that tank 00:03:24.69900:03:24.709 and the efficiency of it when you think 00:03:27.30900:03:27.319 about a water tank you're talking about 00:03:29.28900:03:29.299 minimum eight hundred dollars and if 00:03:31.56900:03:31.579 you're able to get three to five years 00:03:33.52000:03:33.530 more life out of it it's paid for itself 00:03:36.30900:03:36.319 very quickly Rick let's talk about the 00:03:38.34900:03:38.359 installation of this system the 00:03:40.80900:03:40.819 installation is actually the best and 00:03:42.78900:03:42.799 simplest part of this whole process 00:03:44.71000:03:44.720 because what we're doing very easily is 00:03:47.71000:03:47.720 we're going to take and cut part of this 00:03:49.96000:03:49.970 drain line out and replace it with our 00:03:52.78000:03:52.790 unit we're going to use a copper - PVC 00:03:57.78000:03:57.790 fitting that we'll take and transfer and 00:04:00.97000:04:00.980 then we're just going to run our cold 00:04:03.16000:04:03.170 water line into the bottom and as that 00:04:07.56900:04:07.579 comes up we're going to take that pre 00:04:09.46000:04:09.470 temped water and send it back to your 00:04:11.74000:04:11.750 hot water tank very simple and again 00:04:14.37900:04:14.389 taking that up how many degrees it's 00:04:16.44900:04:16.459 going to take it up a minimum of 10 just 00:04:18.37000:04:18.380 through agitation but the Delta or the 00:04:21.46000:04:21.470 temperature rise that you'll normally 00:04:22.93000:04:22.940 see from drain water recovery it's going 00:04:25.60000:04:25.610 to be somewhere around 30 degrees okay 00:04:27.33900:04:27.349 and that's again we're saving energy 00:04:28.57000:04:28.580 because we don't have to heat that tank 00:04:30.01000:04:30.020 up 00:04:30.37000:04:30.380 more exactly and that water is going to 00:04:32.68000:04:32.690 be at a warmer temperature to start and 00:04:34.93000:04:34.940 if you're in a basement and want to 00:04:36.94000:04:36.950 remodel this can be enclosed inside the 00:04:39.82000:04:39.830 wall so you don't have to see it after 00:04:41.50000:04:41.510 it's all done so a lot of again some 00:04:44.47000:04:44.480 when we talk about green savings here 00:04:46.36000:04:46.370 all the way around 00:04:47.89000:04:47.900 green economical savings and common 00:04:51.28000:04:51.290 sense who wants to pay for something and 00:04:53.62000:04:53.630 throw it down the drain well Rick we 00:04:55.54000:04:55.550 always like to share new technology 00:04:57.10000:04:57.110 again that can help save our viewers 00:04:58.66000:04:58.670 energy and money in your wallet and if 00:05:01.78000:05:01.790 you'd like more information about a 00:05:03.01000:05:03.020 wastewater heat recovery system go to 00:05:05.47000:05:05.480 our website at powerhouse tv.com
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