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Instant hot water can be achieved by installing a RedyTemp. The unit
is loved by homeowners but not as many plumbers. The main reason for
this is RedyTemp's "super easy less then 10 minute install". You
can't bill much labor for a 10 minute install. And even less if the
homeowner installs it themselves. If you visit www.redytemp.com you
can see a movie of a 10 yr old girl install the unit is LESS THAN 3
MINUTES. Whether you need hot water fast, have pipes frozen, water
frozen in pipe issues, want to save water, save gas, save electric or
just want to save energy RedyTemp is ready when you are.

Hot water recirculators have been around for some time. But, most
people don't even know about them. I on the other hand believe I do
know alot about them...why? Because I did over 2 months of comparison
analysis of the different types / brands on the market. Anyone can
download this analysis which contains pictures, prices, and other
miscellaneous "facts" which I collected exclusively from the internet
during the 2 month study.

Why would I do a 2 month study? Because I was offered to purchase a
business, patent and trademark for a great sum of money. Just like
me, you would also put a great amount of thought, research, market
analysis before you spent a lot of your savings. The market analysis
which consisted of surfing the internet for hot water recirculators,
hot water on d'mand systems. There are roughly 8 different kinds
available on the market. They're priced anywhere from $149 through
$600 and more (this does not include the installation cost). Some
have wireless remote control activation (so you can just "press a
button remotely", if the non-standard camera battery in the remote
control has been replaced within the last 30 days, costing $15 dollars
or more every 30 days to replace, and you don't mind having one
clipped on your belt next to your cellphone so you don't have to chase
it down), some have "press button" to activate, some run all the time,
some run automatically, some have timers, some only work with "closed
loop" or dedicated hot water return lines (RedyTemp can be used on
either type of systems), some use the cold water line to return the
water back to the water heater (causing issues with warmy water in the
cold line, RedyTemp doesn't have this problem due to its patented
manifold and adjustable temp control capability). Some are noisey,
some are quiet. Installations range from 10 minutes to do an
installation....and others can take up to 3 hours or more and require
multiple plumbers type tools, draining of the water heater, cutting
and measuring pipe, soldering, running wires all throughout your house
to each tap / faucet (so you can press a button "every" time your
gonna use the hot water....and then.....stilll wait for hot water to
arrive), most require mounting to a solid wall, purging, calibrating.
Most void warranty if unit is run without water in the line,
accidentally or not (RedyTemp has run tests to ensure that this is not
an issue with our units). All these troublesome installation issues
often cause homeowners to shy away from the hot water recirculator
idea. Plumbers would much rather run a dedicated line back to your
water heater which takes "time" and materials ....thats where the
dollars can quickly jump from your pocket to theirs. I have nothing
against plumbers, they have families too and they provide a valuable
service to the community.

Throughout my research I discovered 2 consistant issues with all the
recirculators on the market as of 2004... The problems were the
installations were just too scary from a homeowners point of view who
has no plumbing experience (that included me) and the second thing was
that calcium / hard water more often then not made the recirculators
fail / clog within the first or second year and sometimes as quick as
a few months. I even heard a guy who had bought a brand, took it
home, installed it...thinking it was faulty due to the "not soo hot"
water which was being delivered, took it back to the store and stated
that it must be a bad one, got another one off the shelf, took it home
installed it...but, still the water being delivered was not hot. He
then took this second unit he had tried back to the depot store and
asked why the water was not so hot...where the plumbing dept person
working their stated that, 95degree's was the highest temperature that
any hot water recirculator could do (apparently he hadn't heard of a
RedyTemp)..

All this dissappointing information I was discovering made me all the
more interested in the RedyTemp. Why? Because it was the "only" hot
water recirculator which over came the problems that all the others on
the market had not.. RedyTemp's installation was so simple it could
be compared to the difficulty of hooking up two garden hoses. The
movie showing a 10 yr old girl installing a RedyTemp in less then 3
minutes (available for download at www.RedyTemp.com) proves just how
simple it is. The calcium / hard water problem was also overcome by
the RedyTemp, by creating the patented manifold which is not made of
metal / copper etc., which we all know calcium loves to stick to, the
RedyTemps' manifold has never had a single unit fail in all its
history in business since 1994. Where all the others on the market
require "periodic" maintenance / cleaning schedule, the RedyTemp is
100% maintenance free. RedyTemp also is the only hot water
recirculator which has a patented temperature control capability,
allowing the homeowner to adjust how hot is enough and how much does
he want to regulate his savings.

Nonetheless, I became very excited and after speaking with previous
owners of the RedyTemp and previous owners of others on the market, I
did end up becoming the new owner of Temtrol Delta T. Inc., the
manufacturer of the RedyTemp Instant Hot Water Recirculator.

Hot water recirculators do work...but for how long and to what
efficiency is the only real mystery. What is not a mystery is that
there are over 3,000 satisfied RedyTemp users in America that love
their unit, couldn't live without it, etc. I myself, its just what
America needs. With the increase in population, the ever growing
concern for water shortages, the growing issues with natural gas and
electric, I don't understand why a RedyTemp is not in every home.

When a person waits and waits for hot water to arrive at their tap,
not only is water being wasted down the drain, but the local water
company is filling up your water heater with "very cold" city water to
replace the water thats going down the drain. This "extra" very cold
city water is having to be heated now unnecessarily. Most homeowners
I've spoken with think "so it saves water, how much does water cost?"
but what they don't realize, until I explain whats happening, is that
they're wasting not only water, but gas / electric to heat the new
water which has replaced the water you wasted down the drain while you
waited for the hot water in the first place. Lets not forget the
minutes that the lights were on while you waited..., day after
day...use after use...it really adds up.

Now, my research wouldn't be complete unless I also considered
tankless water heaters. This is a fairly new technology in America.
They are always very high in price especially after you factor in the
installation expense, inspections from local code enforcements. I've
read throughout the news groups and discussion forums that they just
cost way too much, and because of this homeowners often buy the
cheapest one they can find, only to discover that they didn't get the
right size for their home and because of this people are getting
bursts of very hot water while showering and doing laundry / dishes or
someone else in the home uses water at the same times. As for waiting
for hot water... plan on it. You will continue to wait for hot water
at you faucets / showers / laundry / dishwashers with a tankless water
heater. So.... the savings can be great, in exchange for discomfort
and having to wait for hot water. As for my opinion on the
Thermosyphon System, it would appear that as long as you have bright
sunny days, a solid roof, this system would save on energy cost due to
the fact that the sun would be heating any newly delivered city water
to the home (of course that is "if" its not night time and its bright
and sunny) but, this system still would not deliver "no wait" hot
water to the tap unless it was directly over the tap. Nothing beats
the RedyTemps flexible installation options, multiple control
capabilities, i.e. motion sensor integration, step switch, the
clapper, etc. and with a RedyTemp your limited to only the length of
the flex lines you use as to where you can place it in your home.
Meaning, you could pass the flexlines through a floor or wall and then
to the faucets.

I personally, am still very glad I bought the company, it still is the
superior product on the market and the only one that I know which
people aren't complaining about because "it" really works. Every
month a new customer calls too ask questions wanting reassurance that
the RedyTemp will not fail like the competitor product failed /
clogged so quickly... RedyTemp is time tested and continually makes
people glad they own one... day after day. Especially during the
winter months, thats when its really appreciated but we're not sure if
its due to the fact that the RedyTemp stops pipes freezing, frozen
water line problems in check.

Whether you need hot water fast, have pipes frozen, water frozen in
pipe issues, want to save water, save gas, save electric or just want
to save energy RedyTemp is ready when you are.

Thanks for listening to my two cents and hope you'll visit our website
to see what makes the RedyTemp the smart choice in Hot Water
Recirculators. The 30 day money back quarantee and 2 year warranty
doesn't hurt either.
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everyone spam this fool




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Hey, give it a rest. This is the third batch of your ads I've deleted this
evening.

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Instant hot water can be achieved by installing a RedyTemp. The unit
is loved by homeowners but not as many plumbers. The main reason for
this is RedyTemp's "super easy less then 10 minute install". You
can't bill much labor for a 10 minute install.


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I bought a WATTS UP data logger, its one of those things that you can
plug-in any home appliance and it records 16 points of data and
calculates the monthly cost of running the appliance. The RedyTemp
running 24hr a day cost 14kwh per month, which equals $1 dollar.


On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 20:00:45 -0500, Jeff Wisnia
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wrote:

Instant hot water can be achieved by installing a RedyTemp. The unit
is loved by homeowners but not as many plumbers.


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OK so I visited your website. I was amused by the disclaimer at the
bottom of your home page, particularly the first sentence reading:

Disclaimer
Temtrol delta T., Inc. takes no responsibility for the accuracy or
validity of any claims or statements contained in the documents and
related graphics on the Temtrol delta T., Inc. website.

That's not exactly a confidence builder, is it? I can't recall seeing
that kind of stuff at many other websites.

Now riddle me this please:

The FAQ section of the website says, " This unit uses only 14 watts in a
24 hour period if the built-in timer is not used."

What does that mean? Power consumtion is measured in watt hours. That
statement uses invalid dimensions, and doesn't make any mention of the
piping size and lengths involved, the city water temperature, or the
ambient temperatures surrounding the piping, all of which will directly
affect the amount of electricity the unit will consume in 24 hours.

Response please?

Jeff




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I bought a WATTS UP data logger, its one of those things that you can
plug-in any home appliance and it records 16 points of data and
calculates the monthly cost of running the appliance. The RedyTemp
running 24hr a day cost 14kwh per month, which equals $1 dollar.


On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 20:00:45 -0500, Jeff Wisnia
wrote:


wrote:


Instant hot water can be achieved by installing a RedyTemp. The unit
is loved by homeowners but not as many plumbers.


snipped

OK so I visited your website. I was amused by the disclaimer at the
bottom of your home page, particularly the first sentence reading:

Disclaimer
Temtrol delta T., Inc. takes no responsibility for the accuracy or
validity of any claims or statements contained in the documents and
related graphics on the Temtrol delta T., Inc. website.

That's not exactly a confidence builder, is it? I can't recall seeing
that kind of stuff at many other websites.

Now riddle me this please:

The FAQ section of the website says, " This unit uses only 14 watts in a
24 hour period if the built-in timer is not used."

What does that mean? Power consumtion is measured in watt hours. That
statement uses invalid dimensions, and doesn't make any mention of the
piping size and lengths involved, the city water temperature, or the
ambient temperatures surrounding the piping, all of which will directly
affect the amount of electricity the unit will consume in 24 hours.

Response please?

Jeff




Heck!! 14kwh per month?? that would add up to being over 3.5% of my
total electric bill... sheesh!!
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ready temp lie # 14
The Ready temp consumes 14 kwh a month ?
First in the midwest 14 kwh = 1.75 at .125 kwh
14 KWH equals apx 20 watts
My fishtank pump uses 20 watts. , just the pumps ive seen consume apx
100 watts
But that homeowner grade looking timer you have which BTW looks
exactly like my Intermatic timer consumes 3 watts at rest- standby. Any
transformers or relays in that unit? So I will guess your unit uses 4-5
watts at standby. point is a 15 watt pump is worthless , if that is
actualy what your unit uses, which I dont beleive it does.

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m Ransley wrote:

ready temp lie # 14
The Ready temp consumes 14 kwh a month ?
First in the midwest 14 kwh = 1.75 at .125 kwh
14 KWH equals apx 20 watts
My fishtank pump uses 20 watts. , just the pumps ive seen consume apx
100 watts
But that homeowner grade looking timer you have which BTW looks
exactly like my Intermatic timer consumes 3 watts at rest- standby. Any
transformers or relays in that unit? So I will guess your unit uses 4-5
watts at standby. point is a 15 watt pump is worthless , if that is
actualy what your unit uses, which I dont beleive it does.



Well, just to be fair to him, (Though I doubt that he deserves it.) if
it does use 5 watts at standby that's still less than 4 kwh per month.
But, without knowing the specifics of the installation he measured, the
local temperatures, and such, that won't disprove his claimed 14kwh/month.

The measuring device he says he used seems like its got adequate specs
for that kind of stuff:

http://www.professionalequipment.com...qx/default.htm

However, I'd bet my virginity against $2 that it'd take a helluva lot
more than his claimed 14kwh/month do the pumping job in *my* house,
where there are two stories of piping above the basement the hot water
heater's in, and the local temperatures have been hovering between about
+5 and +25 F for the last couple of weeks.

And, he never mentions the cost of having the hot water lines filled
with warm/hot water whenever the timer is *on*. The heat losses from
those pipes have to be paid for by the cost of whatever energy you buy
to heat your domestic hot water, don't they?

It'd be fun to try and compare the true costs of having "heated" water
available instantly at the furthest taps from the hot water heater using
his pump...against the cost of the water you'd waste waiting for hot
water to reach the taps without it. I used the term "heated" rather than
"hot" because if his pump was set to keep the lines fully filled with
water that was really almost as hot as it could get under full flow,
then the energy costs would skyrocket compared to his claims. And, you'd
have to waste water and time every time you wanted a glass of cold
water, because the cold water lines would also be filled with hot water
then, wouldn't they?


I think I'll put up with things the way they are, thank you, and in my
next life, when I build my dream house, I'll think about specifying
thermosyphon returns and insulation on the hot water lines.

Jeff (Who obviously has way too much time on his hands...)

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"If you can keep smiling when things go wrong, you've thought of someone to place the blame on."

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