Crawling-1
2012-12-08 18:05:55
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Hello esteemed construction experts!
Our single-family house has a combined storage tank (750 L), of which 200 L are allocated to the hot water tank. The energy sources are a wood stove, an electric heating element, and a solar system. The storage tank is used for the radiators and the hot water.
The 200 L hot water part of the combined storage tank is constantly being refilled with new water. Significant lime scale buildup is to be expected here, right? That should at least impede the temperature equalization between the two storage tanks.
To protect against lime scale formation, the solar systems and the electric heating element can only heat the water up to a maximum of 70 degrees Celsius, which is supposed to help... however, the wood stove can reach 90 degrees and more.
Question: Is it sensible/necessary to also regulate the heating by the stove to a maximum of 70 degrees? Does that really help with lime scale formation? Can someone tell me, in general, how I should proceed with the maintenance of a combined storage tank?
Our single-family house has a combined storage tank (750 L), of which 200 L are allocated to the hot water tank. The energy sources are a wood stove, an electric heating element, and a solar system. The storage tank is used for the radiators and the hot water.
The 200 L hot water part of the combined storage tank is constantly being refilled with new water. Significant lime scale buildup is to be expected here, right? That should at least impede the temperature equalization between the two storage tanks.
To protect against lime scale formation, the solar systems and the electric heating element can only heat the water up to a maximum of 70 degrees Celsius, which is supposed to help... however, the wood stove can reach 90 degrees and more.
Question: Is it sensible/necessary to also regulate the heating by the stove to a maximum of 70 degrees? Does that really help with lime scale formation? Can someone tell me, in general, how I should proceed with the maintenance of a combined storage tank?