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T[_6_]

On 12/27/2016 05:49 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 27 Dec 2016 15:44:45 -0800, T wrote:

Hi All,

A customer sent me this:

Needed: A unit that would allow remote manual operation of a
standard household Hot Water Recirculating Pump from up to
six locations within the house; i.e., kitchen, bathrooms,
utility room, etc., anywhere hot water is needed, eliminating
the need to run the hot water tap until the hot water arrives.
This is the alternative to a timed or constant running Hot
Water Recirculating Pump.

Said he is going broke having to keep the hot water running all
the time.

Any of you guys have an experience with this kind of thing?

Many thanks,
-T

This idea was popular years ago when energy was cheap and they did not
even use a pump. It will thermal siphon if you have a multi story home
with the water heater in the basement. You just plumb an extra pipe
from the hot water in the upstairs bathroom back down to the bottom of
the water heater. It can be a little 3/8" copper tube. My dad did it
at our house in the 50s.

T
hank you!