Dana_15 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 (edited) I actually made this a year ago, but it still works pretty **** good. The water in my area is pretty rough so I needed to get a filtered water set up but I also wanted to have warmer water in the winter as well. So I made this in my cellar: I brought a hot and cold line down my cellar wall, both line run through individual shut offs, screen strainers and spring loaded checks (you don't want your cold to backfeed into your hot water tank). THis is the hot side: Both lines drop into a mixing valve, hot on left, cold on right. This is where you can set the water temperature. The line coming out the bottom of the mixing valve is the tempered water. Now it runs right through a rust/dirt water filter: From there the water runs through a pressure gauge and thermometer (it has a well). I usually get about 70 pounds of static water pressure and set the temperature from 50 to 70 depending on the outside temperature. Full shot before it was tied in: Tie in, with complete bypass: I just changed the filter today after one year: Overall I'm pretty happpy with this set-up. Before if I washed a black vehicle the water almost always left some kind of residue, this is my buddys Colorado I detailed last month, came out great: Edited July 2, 2009 by Dana_15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill-V8V Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Beautiful setup !!!! And great job on the Colorado :drool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 I'll take one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired_CPO Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 damn..I'd pay you to come to my house and do the same thing here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana_15 Posted November 28, 2008 Author Share Posted November 28, 2008 Thanks guys, most of the material was used... the checks, hammer arrestors, strainers and filter. Originally I had a old tub and shower valve I rebuilt as the mixing valve...but it looked real ghetto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjwvette Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 Great set up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill-V8V Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 You should put a patent on that sucker and sell them as a DIY kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana_15 Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 ^^That would be awesome, I've been thinking about adding a pump to increase pressure....maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill-V8V Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Use the PB tubing so buyers could cut it to size Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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