W.D. wrote:
When using the ho****er in my Atlanta home it takes about 70 seconds
for it to get hot irrespective of which faucet I'm using in the
house. This is inconvenient, and a waste of water. The water heater
is new, the temp is high enough, and the water pressure is adequate.
Any suggestions on how to 'fix' this? My first thoughts are to
insulate the pipes in the crawl space but I'm not sure how much of a
difference this will make as I'm thinking it will still take 70
seconds for the water in the pipes to be 'pushed' through before the
hot stuff starts flowing. So maybe I'll get lukewarm rather than cold
water for 70 seconds but it still won't be hot? Other solutions?
W.D.


I can only think of three approaches likely to help.

1. Reduce the time to move the cooled water out of the way, by reducing
the volume or increasing the flow
1a. Replace the pipes with smaller pipes. This many mean replacing one
large pipe with several smaller ones.
1b. If you have water saver devices, remove them.

2. Add a re-circulate system
2a Use a pump or thermo-siphon full time
2b.Use a pump that you can switch via a timer or manually.

3. Provide a local water heater at the location needed.


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Joseph Meehan

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