You can heat your home, mobile home, cabin or crafts-shop
for only $40-60 a month hydronically

Complete Building Plans
A Hydronic Heating Madness Book is waiting to guide you
by Marko Mikulich
Hydronic Heating Madness
ISBN 978-1892551-00-9

$19.95 + 4.50 shipping

Ordering Info Below

Book Contents:

...How this hydronic heating system works

...Energy consumption & cost studies
...Different system configurations

...Complete list of parts & materials

...Converting a recycled auto, truck or air-con. radiator
...Putting the radiator & fan together

...Creating a sculpture from your radiator/fan setup

...Setting up the water circulation pump

...Assembling the modular pump/valve unit
...Building the unique water reservoir - air bleeder
...Preparing the reservoir container

...Installing and wiring the thermostat

...Installing the sub-breaker panel for hot water heater
...Wiring, filling and starting the water heater

This radiator came out of a truck's air-conditioning system
A sculpture designed to hang on a wall
Marko with Mercedes...a free-standing radiator sculpture

See the article in Winter 2007 Rural Life Magazine

More information below:
A closer look at the Hydronic Heating Madness system

How does the HHM system work?

In this simple system, water is heated & piped to a radiator. Air is forced through the radiator with a fan to heat the room.
The cooler water is returned to the heater
and is reheated & sent back to the radiator.
This system is designed to be simple & easy to build Hydronic heating diagram
It is a closed system where the hot water is not removed
for baths & such. It's only function is to provide heat.

Is it true, using this system can actually cost you only about $40-60 a month for heat?

Actual Costs for heat

$40.39 in Nov 06
$47.38 in Dec 06
$49.99 in Jan 07
$36.96 in Feb 07

It's true and
the meter proved it!
Daily data collection sheets
Daily energy measurements

Douglas Electrical Cooperative
in Roseburg Oregon
lent Marko
a Brultech Energy Consumption Meter
for the study

kilowatt-hour counter
Energy meter

Daily Data was collected

Over a period of 4 months, during the coldest time of the year in Western Oregon, temperature and electrical energy measurements were done — to calculate the number of kilowatt hours (kwhr) used in a 24 hour period every day of the month.
Cold Oregon January with snow
During the coldest months
The cost of electrical energy
from our rural supplier,
Douglas Electrical Cooperative Inc.
is $0.0765 (7.6 cents)
 per kilowatt hour.
Energy Consumption Tests

The area studied is about 600 square feet (total volume of ~7000 cubic feet)
Heating costs ran from $.60 to $2.25 per day depending on the outside temp.

Monthly electrical consumption for heating the space:

November 2006: ...527.98 kwhr—x $.0765= $40.39
December 2006: ...619.34 kwhr—x $.0765= $47.38
January 2007: .......653.46 kwhr—x $.0765= $49.99
February 2007: ..... 483.13 kwhr—x $.0765= $36.96

The cost to power the small motors on the fan & in the circulating pump
was minimal (7-17 cents / day)
(You can compare that to the huge amount of energy needed
to power a heat pump's large motor to run
its fan and compressor - which requires 240 volts.)

The studio was used for these tests, rather than the house, because of the difficulty in heating this space which has fairly high cathedral ceilings

 The busy end of the ERDC studio
This photo shows one end of the studio

What does it take to build a Hydronic Heating Madness system?
Mercedes Benz radiator-fan prototype
The Mercedes prototype in studio

The biggest cost is for the 50 gallon water heater (about $250)

Commercial hydronic systems cost thousands of dollars
& are very complex—requiring a heating contractor.

You'll save a lot of money building this simple system
yourself using this book.

This book will take you step-by-step through the building process.
It's very detailed with clear illustrations & photographs.
Framed A-C radiator-fan unit
An A-C radiator

Low building cost

I developed this simplified hydronic heating system so that ANYONE can build it cheaply.

You can easily construct your own electric hydronic heating system for around $600 using ordinary tools & skills.

This hydronic system is designed for heating about 600-800 sq ft that is currently being heated centrally with a woodstove or other type of heater.

Mercedes Benz radiator-sculpture
Mercedes, my hydronic sculpture

By using a recycled car, truck or a-c radiator & a inexpensive floor fan, instead of an expensive commercial coil/fan combo,
 $300 to $900 is saved.

By using a 50 gallon water heater instead of an expensive boiler and all of the complex electronic controls along with fancy plumbing, another
$1000-2000 is saved.

The Hydronic Heating Madness system is very, very simple in its design and it's easy & fun to build when you use my book.


Oh, by the way, this system is safe from an Accidental Home Fire or Explosion !

Insulation conserves electricity
Water Heater with insulated blanket & insulated pipes for more conservation of electrical energy

 

NO flames

NO red hot heating elements -
floor heaters

NO explosive liquids or gases - propane. heating oil, natural gas

NO flue fires -
wood, pellets, cobs

NO carbon monoxide

Heating with
electrically-heated
water
is safe for
your home & family

NO $ expensive
combustibles
are used
like:

Propane ---- Natural gas

Heating oil (kerosene)

Wood ---- Pellets


To Order the Hydronic Heating Madness book :

Send a check or money order for $19.95 + $4.50 shipping/handling
to: ERDC (Educational Resource Development Co.) or Marko Mikulich, PO Box 1096, Drain OR 97435-1096

Info: marko@erdc.com

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