Keeping water warm,

[daymus]

How can we keep our rinse water warm when it sits in the holding tank for a long period of time (overnight). The customers that come early in the morning end up getting a cold rinse because the water has sat there all night. It ends up freezing on their car. Any ideas?

 

[Greg Pack]

What kind of water heater do you have now? Can you recirculate

If you feed the tank with hot water, it doesn't take much to keep it hot. A cartridge heater might be all you need.

I know a guy that covered his tank with foam insulation. He said it helped retain heat quite a bit.

 

[Doug P.]

I run a Watlow immersion heater in my hot water holding tank for my self serve. I run cold rinse. I figure the electric is free in the winter because the heat loss helps heat the equipment room. Dultmeier sales handles the Watlow heaters.

Doug P.