bowens
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Hi, I just bought my first house (east bay of San Francisco) which had a gas water heater located in the interior of the house. It failed, and I opted to have it replaced with a hybrid (in anticipation of solar) and installed it in the garage. Of course, now it takes a while for the hot water to show up at the kitchen sink, about twice as long as before (and this will only get worse when it's the cold season).
I'm trying to decide between installing a recirculating pump vs a point of use device (like a 2.5g tank). What I'm understanding about the pump is that it will be maintaining a temp in the pipe 100% of the time, so I'm leaning towards going with the tank.
Install with a Point of Use tank is quite a bit less, but it will only remedy the situation at the kitchen faucet. The pump method will address the whole house, but then there's the heat loss issue. The house is raised, so access for either is not much of an issue.
Is there anything I'm missing, and is there a way to better compare the two types of systems rather than going on my hunch?
thx,
brad
I'm trying to decide between installing a recirculating pump vs a point of use device (like a 2.5g tank). What I'm understanding about the pump is that it will be maintaining a temp in the pipe 100% of the time, so I'm leaning towards going with the tank.
Install with a Point of Use tank is quite a bit less, but it will only remedy the situation at the kitchen faucet. The pump method will address the whole house, but then there's the heat loss issue. The house is raised, so access for either is not much of an issue.
Is there anything I'm missing, and is there a way to better compare the two types of systems rather than going on my hunch?
thx,
brad