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A container construction and combination in which a container for confining water or other fluid to be heated is provided with a metal heat exchanger disposed within the container. The heat exchanger is comprised of a single wall tube structure having outwardly directed fins extending in a vertical

A container construction and combination in which a container for confining water or other fluid to be heated is provided with a metal heat exchanger disposed within the container. The heat exchanger is comprised of a single wall tube structure having outwardly directed fins extending in a vertical direction within the container. Means are provided for connecting an upper end of the heat exchanger to a source of heated refrigerant through an upper opening provided in a side wall of the container, the refrigerant being vaporized when heated, and condensed when cooled in the heat exchanger. The disposition of the heat exchanger permits the force of gravity to remove condensed refrigerant from the heat exchanger. Means are provided for returning condensed refrigerant to the source of heated refrigerant from a lower end of the heat exchanger and through a lower opening in the side wall of the container. And means are provided to free the combination of galvanic action when a fluid to be heated is present in the container.

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A container construction and combination including the following components and structure: a horizontally disposed container having a wall structure for confining a fluid to be heated in the container, an upper and a lower opening provided in a side wall of the container, a metal heat exchanger disp

A container construction and combination including the following components and structure: a horizontally disposed container having a wall structure for confining a fluid to be heated in the container, an upper and a lower opening provided in a side wall of the container, a metal heat exchanger disposed within the container, and in a manner that permits the force of gravity to remove condensed refrigerant from the heat exchanger, the heat exchanger being comprised of a tube structure provided with fins extending outwardly from the outer surface of the structure and vertically within the container, the tube structure of the heat exchanger having two tube portions extending respectively through the two openings provided in the side wall of the container, such that the ends of said portions are located outside the container, and insulating bushings located in the upper and lower openings to free the combination of corrosive galvanic action between the components thereof when the fluid to be heated is present in the container.