Everytime i turn on the hot water faucet in my powder room as opposed
to my bedroom bath faucet, it takes quite long before the water becomes
warm, then hot. Why is this? I went to my water heater(in garage) and
turned up the notch to make it hotter, but that doesn't seem to help.
The same problem occurs in the kitchen faucet. Any ideas? Thanks.

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Everytime i turn on the hot water faucet in my powder room as opposed
to my bedroom bath faucet, it takes quite long before the water becomes
warm, then hot. Why is this? I went to my water heater(in garage) and
turned up the notch to make it hotter, but that doesn't seem to help.
The same problem occurs in the kitchen faucet. Any ideas? Thanks.

distance from the water heater. the further away it is, the longer it takes.

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Everytime i turn on the hot water faucet in my powder room as opposed
to my bedroom bath faucet, it takes quite long before the water becomes
warm, then hot. Why is this? I went to my water heater(in garage) and
turned up the notch to make it hotter, but that doesn't seem to help.
The same problem occurs in the kitchen faucet. Any ideas? Thanks.

distance from the water heater. the further away it is, the longer
it takes.

What he said. :-) The water sitting in the pipes decays to room
temperature over time, so the latency from the tap opening to "hot"
water hitting your hands is a simple function of water pressure, and
how long that run from the water heater is.

The temp of the water heater does not affect this latency directly.
It only affects the starting temperature of the water that sits in
your hot water pipes after you turn off the tap, before it starts its
decay down to room temp. And with gas prices looking to surge this
winter, the cost/benefit here doesn't look favorable.


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Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

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Everytime i turn on the hot water faucet in my powder room as
opposed
to my bedroom bath faucet, it takes quite long before the water
becomes
warm, then hot. Why is this? I went to my water heater(in garage)
and
turned up the notch to make it hotter, but that doesn't seem to
help.
The same problem occurs in the kitchen faucet. Any ideas? Thanks.

get some foam pipe insulation for the small pipes.

On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 23:11:29 GMT, someone wrote:


get some foam pipe insulation for the small pipes.

OK if they are accessible from the basement, but they may be inside
walls or finished ceilings or slab as the case may be. (Next OP
perhaps will be posting on how to tell???)



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Everytime i turn on the hot water faucet in my powder room as

opposed

to my bedroom bath faucet, it takes quite long before the water

becomes

warm, then hot. Why is this? I went to my water heater(in garage)

and

turned up the notch to make it hotter, but that doesn't seem to

help.

The same problem occurs in the kitchen faucet. Any ideas? Thanks.


get some foam pipe insulation for the small pipes.


Insulation of hot water pipe will only help to prolong the water "cool
down" time in the pipe. It will not affect the "warm up" time. All the
cold water in the pipe will have to be discharged before water
temperature can rise.

FC

There are two available solutions to this problem. One is a pump that
continuosly monitors the temp at the far end and recirculates hot water
so that it will be at temp when needed. The obvious disadvantage is
that now you have a length of pipe that will constantly radiate heat
and waste energy. The pipe will need to be insulated to minimize this.

The other is similar, but is a pump that pumps water from the hot line
into the cold line near the far end when you press a button located at
the sink. It's faster than letting it run, but not instant, and
doesn't waste water, if that's a concern.