Product Description
All new hot water recirculating pump turns your existing plumbing system into a hot water loop. Installation is a breeze, recirculating pump mounts onto the hot water outlet on your water heater, 24 hour timer on pump can be set to turn pump On Off during… More >>
Watts 500800 Premier Hot Water Recirculation Pump, Blue
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So here we are, the most inpatient species on earth, willing to spend more money and greenhouse gasses because we get tired of waiting for some hot water. Whats so tiring about waiting a minute to save our planet from more emissions by uselessly circulating heated water. Sure the energy used to drive the pump motor is almost negligible but the heat (energy) wasted in the recirculating process is extreme unless your pipes are extremely well insulated. This is like having a hot water radiator heater run through your walls, or worse through your basement or crawl space constantly. As far as how much water is wasted, just run your faucet and see how many gallons you use before you have warm water at your faucet, does it really amount to the claimed thousands of gallons you supposedly waste each year? I would love to have instant hot water too but am not ready for this gadget, maybe a point of use heater will eventually be made for this purpose.I am not rating the pump but the process as a one star improvement.
Rating: 1 / 5
Bought this unit; Paid $300.00 for installation; Paid $200.00 for removal.
System does not work. POOR INSTRUCTIONS. NO TROUBLE SHOOTING HELP.
DO NOT BUY.
To add to all this water Pressure in the FAUCETS dropped – need to get this repaired.
My experiment may cost me well over $1,000 in drain.
Rating: 1 / 5
This is like dropping a $10 bill while trying to pick up a penny on the floor. Please consider the cost of constantly circulating warm water in your pipe system compared to the amount of water wasted while waiting for hot water. If you’re concerned with being wasteful with water, save those water and use them for watering plant, etc.
Rating: 1 / 5
Now I have a valve connecting my hot and cold pipes together. OH, that valve closes at 95 deg’s, so it doesn’t put hot water into cold pipe.
And, what does the valve do when the hot water cools below 95F. Read the literature or you’ll be paying the man big time.
THE VALVE OPENS. AND STAY’S OPEN. All night long. Do you really want an open valve between your hot and cold pipes. Cold waters warm ALL THE TIME. Use cold water, drops pressure in cold line, hello hot water siphoning into cold line cause the hot line still has higher pressure. But, I only used cold water…but, the valve is open, sorry, pay the higher gas bill.
Rating: 1 / 5
my pump has been install about 3 weeks now and it’s made a noticeable improvement. haven’t got my gas bill yet. but i’m very please with it.
Rating: 4 / 5