Finned Copper Tubing-Any Home Made Ones?
Question:
I have called the HVAC businesses listed in our phone book. I have called Johnstone. I have visited our two junk/recycling yards in the area. Finned Copper tubing can not be found except in rare, short, pieces, at the scrap yard. Maybe I am using the wrong terminology? I have found two pieces, each about 3 feet long at one of the junk yards. Soooo. Except for maybe being a tedious proposition, has anyone "rolled your own" finned tubing? Any suggestions/comments? I am trying to come up with about 15-20 feet of 3/4 inch copper pipe, finned…. I want to build one of Nick Pine’s solar closets this spring/summer and want to run this in the overhead for preheating the water for our water heater. I would guess, but don’t know, that I want to use something that has not been used for something else (oils/refrigerants) that might contaminate our drinking water. Just for info from the Seattle IMEX website: Available in Seattle, WA US: 15 gallons barrels – black plastic with handle, two screw bungs on top, triple rinsed, originally contained photographic fixer. Recurs at approx 70/month. Free. You pick up. CONTACT: Augustin Sarmiento, Photoworks Phone:(206)281-1390 nick
Response:
I have some of what I think you’d call hydronic baseboard heating. This uses copper pipe with tightly fitting aluminium fins. Malcolm
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I have called the HVAC businesses listed in our phone book. I have called > Johnstone. I have visited our two junk/recycling yards in the area. Finned > Copper tubing can not be found except in rare, short, pieces, at the scrap > yard. Maybe I am using the wrong terminology? I have found two pieces, each > about 3 feet long at one of the junk yards. > Soooo. Except for maybe being a tedious proposition, has anyone "rolled > your own" finned tubing? Any suggestions/comments? I am trying to come up > with about 15-20 feet of 3/4 inch copper pipe, finned…. > I want to build one of Nick Pine’s solar closets this spring/summer and want > to run this in the overhead for preheating the water for our water heater. I > would guess, but don’t know, that I want to use something that has not been > used for something else (oils/refrigerants) that might contaminate our > drinking water. > Just for info from the Seattle IMEX website: > Available in Seattle, WA US: > 15 gallons barrels – black plastic with handle, two screw bungs on top, > triple rinsed, originally contained photographic fixer. Recurs at approx > 70/month. Free. You pick up. > CONTACT: Augustin Sarmiento, Photoworks Phone:(206)281-1390 > nick
Response:
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I have some of what I think you’d call hydronic baseboard heating. This > uses copper pipe with tightly fitting aluminium fins. > Malcolm > I have called the HVAC businesses listed in our phone book. I have called > Johnstone. I have visited our two junk/recycling yards in the area. > Finned > Copper tubing can not be found except in rare, short, pieces, at the scrap > yard. Maybe I am using the wrong terminology? I have found two pieces, > each > about 3 feet long at one of the junk yards. > Soooo. Except for maybe being a tedious proposition, has anyone "rolled > your own" finned tubing? Any suggestions/comments? I am trying to come > up > with about 15-20 feet of 3/4 inch copper pipe, finned….
<<<snip>>> That (hydronic baseboard heat) is one of the things I used as a description, when asking for finned copper tubing. nick
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I have some of what I think you’d call hydronic baseboard heating. This > uses copper pipe with tightly fitting aluminium fins. > Malcolm > > I have called the HVAC businesses listed in our phone book. I have > called > > Johnstone. I have visited our two junk/recycling yards in the area. > Finned > > Copper tubing can not be found except in rare, short, pieces, at the > scrap > > yard. Maybe I am using the wrong terminology? I have found two pieces, > each > > about 3 feet long at one of the junk yards. > > Soooo. Except for maybe being a tedious proposition, has anyone "rolled > > your own" finned tubing? Any suggestions/comments? I am trying to come > up > > with about 15-20 feet of 3/4 inch copper pipe, finned…. > <<<snip>>> > That (hydronic baseboard heat) is one of the things I used as a description, > when asking for finned copper tubing.
Mines 1/2" pipe though, not 3/4". Made by Myson. Malcolm
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> > I have some of what I think you’d call hydronic baseboard heating. This > > uses copper pipe with tightly fitting aluminium fins. > > Malcolm > > > I have called the HVAC businesses listed in our phone book. I have > called > > > Johnstone. I have visited our two junk/recycling yards in the area. > > Finned > > > Copper tubing can not be found except in rare, short, pieces, at the > scrap > > > yard. Maybe I am using the wrong terminology? I have found two > pieces, > > each > > > about 3 feet long at one of the junk yards. > > > Soooo. Except for maybe being a tedious proposition, has anyone > "rolled > > > your own" finned tubing? Any suggestions/comments? I am trying to > come > > up > > > with about 15-20 feet of 3/4 inch copper pipe, finned…. > <<<snip>>> > That (hydronic baseboard heat) is one of the things I used as a > description, > when asking for finned copper tubing. > Mines 1/2" pipe though, not 3/4". Made by Myson. > Malcolm
