Instant Hot Water - Save Water Every Month - Do It Yourself
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
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How many times have you turned on your hot water tap and waited, and waited and waited for hot water?
For most of us this happens everyday. In fact, the average family of four wastes 15 thousand gallons of water each year waiting for hot water to appear at their tap. Waiting for hot water not only wastes a precious natural resource, water, but it also throws money down the drain in the form of higher water, sewer and utility bills.
So how can you correct this problem? Installing a device to give you instant hot water.
The Autocirc pump is installed under the sink or faucet farthest from the water heater-where hot water usually takes the longest amount of time to arrive.
A built-in temperature sensor or thermostat automatically senses when the water in the line drops below 95 degrees. When this happens, the pump turns on and begins re-circulating the water.
The pump takes the water from the hot water supply line and pumps it through the cold water supply line into the hot water heater to be re-heated.
The Autocirc also has a 24 hour timer on it. This allows you to pre-set the pump to turn on at a specific time, for example, you can set it for just before you get up in the morning so you can have instant hot water for your shower.
Or you can set it for any time of high demand hot water usage.
7 Easy Installation Steps:
1) Select the sink where hot water takes the longest to arrive
2) If you don't have an outlet under that sink, call an electrician and have one installed
3) Turn off angle stop valves (water valves under sink) and disconnect existing supply hoses from the hot and cold water supply inlets of the faucet
4) Attach 3/8” end of the new hoses to pump housing and attach other ½” end to the hot and cold water supply lines
5) Attach existing supply hoses from the angle stop valves to the ½” hot and cold water inlets of the pump
6) Set pump timer for desired operation period
7) Install the Autocirc to the wall under the sin with the bracket provided. Turn on the water at the angle stop valves and plug in the 115 volt cord into the outlet. Turn on the desired run mode setting and the system is now operational.
Tools Required:
-Adjustable wrench
-Screwdriver
Parts Required:
-Autocirc Pump which includes pump with built-in timer, 6 ft. line cord, and wall bracket
-Two stainless steel or fiberglass reinforced flexible hoses (1/2” X 3/8” fittings) at a length required to suit your installation.
NOTE: if you are installing the Autocirc under a kitchen sink, and plan to use the same outlet that your garbage disposal is plugged in to, the Autocirc will not work. That’s because these type of outlets are known as “switched plate” outlets. That means that electricity is only going to that outlet when the garbage disposal is “switched on” which means your pump will not work unless the garbage disposal is turned on. In this case, installing a separate outlet that will provide continuous power is necessary. If you don’t feel comfortable working with electricity, call a professional electrician. It’s an easy installation.
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She clearly specified at minute 2:45 how to connect the other 3 hoses, hot water to hot, cold water to cold, big hose to faucet and small hose to main.
Very important point. Due to using the closed loop system within the hot/cold water plumbings, it is very important that the water heater is clean because you will be drinking from it. This hot water will be circulated within your potable water system as well. All the sediments, corrosion, calcium deposits, rotten egg smell (if any) will be part of your drinking water. I would flush the water heater at least twice a year and change the anode rod every year if you have a recirculating pump.
If your water pipes are not well insolated , every time the recirc pump runs, you are heating the concrete slab, dirt or anything else that comes in contact with the hot and cold water pipes. This requires the water heater to run more often. It will reduce the amount of water wasted waiting for it to heat up, and provide warm water quicker, but it will increase your utility bill. The economical solution I use, is to install a remote controlled timer switch (after the desired delay time, the recirc pump shuts off) to turn on the recirc pump 10 minutes before I need hot water. This requires that I push the remote control button about 10 minutes (yes I do forget sometimes) before taking a shower or doing dishes. It does provide quick hot water and lower your utility bill.
These units would have to cut my water bill in half to pay for itself in under a year, and that's certainly not going to happen. Also, it feeds water from the hot water pipe, into the cold water pipe. If you're normally able to drink water straight from the tap, as we do here in Northeast Ohio, you will be drinking water that's been in the hot water tank. Not a pleasant thought. That's a deal breaker for me. Currently looking into mini, on demand water heater to handle this issue...
I'm also in Ohio where our water from the faucet is ice cold and delicious. I don't want to sacrifice it for luke warm water that has been sitting in my hot water tank coming out of my cold water side of the faucet.
Great idea for hot water but don't you sacrifice the cold?
I bought this pump and glad for this video, it helped make visualizing it not bad at all. Instal went great and no leaks even on the first go! Thanks
Thank you for your video, very helpful, however, I've got a question; I installed the pump at the furthest sink (kitchen) from the water heater tank; question 1- the cold water is now luke warm, cannot get cold water from the kitchen sink, how do I get cold water again without removing the circulator? question 2- the mster bathroom, much closer to hot water tank than the kitchen, the hot water takes awhile for it to become hot. I don't understand why this is happening.
I would never use this type of recirculation. I don’t like cross connections between hot and cold water being the cold water is also used for drinking impossible icemaking.
This is basically a lazy way of doing it. The proper way is to do a dedicated research line from the water heater to your farthest point in the system.
Can you install an additional recirculating pump. I’ve already installed on my water heater. I would like to install one under the sink. Do you recommend that to install one under the sink?
why didnt you add the adapter for circulating water?
Does this work for a tankless water heater?
no
Teflon tape/goop required? Great, another thingy to go wrong in the house! lol
Did those cables come with the unit?
She said no.
We saw a single pipe connected.
What happened to the other three?
Did they connect themselves? Or disappear? Only you know.
Again. You are teaching people who don't know, and depend on you to teach them.
You have to present every step.
"Snug". Try "tight".
You're talking to people who will think "snug" will be enough. It won't be.
TIGHT. TIGHT. TIGHT.
old system from the 80's or 90's... what a joke in 2024!
Advertisment videos only tell half the story always. Heating water is way way more costly and environment unfriendly then spilling some water. The absolute best thing to do is be sure your central waterheating system is as close as possible to the outlets you use most AND super insulate all warm water piping in your house. That way heated water stays heated inside the pipes untill you need it.
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