TIRED OF WAITING FOR HOT WATER IN BATHROOMS

Homes where bathrooms are a long way from the water heater, you can easily install a hot water loop to have instant hot water at bathroom fixtures.  With all the new low flow fixtures designed to save on water it takes even a longer time for hot water to arrive at the fixtures wasting water.  Sometimes you need to turn on the shower and sink at the same time to get hot water faster.  Again a waste of water.  Yes the pump uses a little electric but there is also a timer that can be set to your bathing habits.  


I don't know this specific pump.... but yes, installed one.

The pump is installed at the sink/fixture furthest from the hot water tank.

That said, its not "pump using a little electric" that's an issue -- rather the loss of heat from the hot water in the pipes.  But I had mine on a time to come on a few minutes before getting up


We have a tankless water heater in the shower, which is hot in about 10 seconds.


@justsaying-- Can you explain how this works (in simple terms)?


the plastic piece installed under the bathroom sink ( a bypass valve) has a temperature sensor that will flow hot water from the hot water supply back into the cold water supply pipe until to shuts off at a preset temperature of about 100 degs or if the pump is not on. This uses the cold water as the rerun back to the water heater.  The only drawback for some is that if you only turn on the the cold water it will be warm at first because it has been recirculating hot water back in the pipe but will turn cold in a fewer seconds faster than before installation when waiting for hot water and the cold and hot water during the winter comes out freezing cold  



We use this also - it works well!


If you have a tankless heater you will also need a motion detector for the room or the flow will make the heater fire constantly.  They come as a package unit now.



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