hot water tank

[hall99m]

Was wondering if there was such a thing as a type of water tank available to store water heated from a windmill?  I would have to install several heating elements which would be powered from my windmill.  Any help would be much appreciated, cheers.

[spinningmagnets]

www.builditsolar.com has info on many different types, some are like a large wooden tub with a plastic liner, others are large in-ground pits that are insulated and lined.

Is this for a dump load when batteries are full, or just a straight wind-heated water storage?

[cardamon]

Why not just get a regular electric water heater.  You can swap out the elements for low voltage ones and dump to them.  What voltage is your system?

[hall99m]

I am using a straight power to heat system for my windmill.  I have a hugh piggot type 1kw wind turbine which I use to heat storage heaters.  I altered the stator to have 9 coils of smaller wire with a lot more turns to give an output of around 100vac.  I have a series of electronic switches which turn on relays which put power to the elements.  basically as the wind power increases the more elements are switched on.  I assume it would be more efficient to have all the elements in one water tank then separated in different storage heaters?

[jimovonz]

I used a 1500 litre concrete tank that I rescued off a hill side. I dug it into the ground and poured urethane foam in arround it (4" min), spacing it off the bottom so that it was insulated from underneath as well. I built a deck with a hatch over the top. I used heat exchangers to heat it with solar (closed loop) and pumped the water direct through a wetback. There was also a heat exchanger to heat the domestic water (via a califont for backup) and water for the floor heating was pumped direct. Worked very well