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I had a friend who spent months measuring the power output of all his appliances and lights trying to figure out where half his electricity bill was going. He f
by krrrh 5y ago
I had a friend who spent months measuring the power output of all his appliances and lights trying to figure out where half his electricity bill was going. He finally realized it was the hot water recirculator.
- gnicholas 5y agoWe have an under-sink unit that has hot water ready 24/7. After hooking it up, I noticed it increased our monthly bill by about $15. I bought a used Wemo plug for $10 and set it to only be on for 3 hours in the morning and 3 hours at night. Now we have hot water at any of the times when we actually would want it, and we aren't wasting money/energy to keep hot water on tap 24/7.
- fy20 5y agoYou probably only need to run the pump for 1 or 2 minutes every hour. The water in the pipes will stay warm for a while, no need to run it constantly.
- adrianN 5y agoMake sure to set the temperature really high if you don't run it continuously or you risk breeding Legionella.
- gnicholas 5y agoAppreciate that; it's practically boiling.
- throw0101a 5y ago> He finally realized it was the hot water recirculator. The problem is using devices that are either timed or (even worse) just runs 24/7. Ideally you'd want one that runs on demand when triggered by a switch: hit the button, it runs for 30-60s while you undress, and then we you turn on (e.g.) the shower the water is already hot. The hot water supply for the shower should be the same as the sink, and so when you go to shave or brush your teeth, that's then already primed as well. Do a search for "Gary Klein", who has written a lot of designing good hot water systems over the years. * https://www.garykleinassociates.com/videos.html https://www.garykleinassociates.com/videos.html