Originally Posted by
jmorris
Looks like how my hot water heaters are plumbed, just no heaters in the tank.
Only problem I see is the operating pressure and how strong your containers are there is a lot of SI in a 55 gallon barrel so it doesn't take a lot of PSI to make them fail.
Let's say a 55 gal drum has a diameter of 18", this means the end of the drum has an area of about 250 sq. in. 40 psi of water pressure will exert a force of about 10,000 lbs on the end of the drum.
A steel 55 gallon drum can take around 8 psi before it starts to come apart.