Sweet condenser potential

Ihearthearts · Post by **Ihearthearts** » Fri May 29, 2015 9:50 am

SO I bought this industrial tank-less water heater from a car wash and as it turns out it has a pretty amazing little bit of copper inside. I am betting I could make one mean shotgun condenser or a dephlegmater or whatever it is... If I got really ambitious, even a crossflow condenser.
What should I do to make the best use of this awesomeness....
I have tons more pictures but have to convert them to smaller size.

Post by **yakattack** » Fri May 29, 2015 9:58 am

Ihearthearts wrote:SO I bought this industrial tank-less water heater from a car wash and as it turns out it has a pretty amazing little bit of copper inside. I am betting I could make one mean shotgun condenser or a dephlegmater or whatever it is... If I got really ambitious, even a crossflow condenser.
What should I do to make the best use of this awesomeness....
I have tons more pictures but have to convert them to smaller size.

Holy shiy that's sweet. Yup, big ASs shotgun or deflag :p. Need custom parts though.

Post by **Danespirit** » Fri May 29, 2015 9:59 am

Wow..! What a beauty you scored there..

I think a crossflow condenser out of this would be a monster and top heavy...on what still would you put it?
A mega dephlagmator..yes.
Or a shotgun condenser, probably the last one you ever need..

DAD300 · Post by **DAD300** » Fri May 29, 2015 11:25 am

Please do us a favor and NEVER post what you paid for that thing! Damn...

great find...

Post by **bearriver** » Fri May 29, 2015 12:49 pm

My still is not top heavy!

Ok, who am I kidding? Her name is Dolly Parton.

Post by **googe** » Fri May 29, 2015 3:39 pm

Very cool!, what's the dimensions of it?.

Post by **bitter** » Fri May 29, 2015 7:13 pm

That is awesome! Check it for lead solder though before you get too excited.

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Post by **pfshine** » Fri May 29, 2015 8:51 pm

Looks like 8"

Ihearthearts · Post by **Ihearthearts** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 11:32 am

Believe it or not they had 6 of them and 5 went to the scrap yard.

I will post the dimensions tomorrow.... along with a few more pictures.

One question though, how do I know if it is lead solder? Is there some way to tell?

Post by **Danespirit** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 12:28 pm

Damned...you lucky s..o..

You can buy a lead test kit, it will show you if it's lead alloy solder or not (hope it's not).

Ihearthearts · Post by **Ihearthearts** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 7:47 am

9.5 inches.
I'll report back with lead analysis. Fingers crossed.

Post by **bitter** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 11:50 am

Looks similar to popcorn suttons shotgun condenser only his was more tubes and smaller tubs.

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just sayin · Post by **just sayin** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 1:11 pm

Holy Cow is that thing beautiful. I would think long and hard before I would touch it! Good on you, mate! (as our friend down under would say).

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