Jeff Davis
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I realize this is a long question and if I’m wasting my time with what I’m asking about since it probably won’t cure the issue, please tell me. Also if there's a much easier or better solution, please tell me.
I'm just a homeowner and I'm looking for a way to control my home’s hot water recirculator pump with a smart phone, either an iPhone or an Android to keep it from destroying the copper pipe again and causing water damage to our home. My thought is that I don't necessarily want the recirculator pump running full-time or even only running for a specific time every day (using a timer) and yet I want nearly instant hot water whenever I want it during the day. I'm OK with waiting a few minutes for the recirculator pump to get the hot water to wherever I want it in the house after I tell it to start with my smart phone and yet I'd like a timer on it so that it turns itself off automatically.
I used to have a simple timer on this but it had to be set to run the pump about 18 hours a day to make it so that hot water was always available. We have a somewhat big 3,100sf house so it's no fun wasting cold water waiting for the hot water to get to you.
Is anyone aware of the make and model of one that will do this for me? If you find it on Amazon, that's even better. I've seen lots of DEWENWILS parts on Amazon & a few seem like they'd work for me, but I can't find what I think I want with the limited info they give a customer.
I would be OK with one of these that had little remotes that I could buy to put in a few rooms if they weren't too expensive but using smartphones would be better.
The reason for my messing with this is because I've had two pinhole leaks form with in a few months in the same copper hot water pipe just a few feet past that recirculator pump in the last six months and I've read that the churning hot water can cause water pipe failures like that on the inside of pipes so I'd like to not have the pump running full time. That pipe is as old as this house, 27 years old.
Obviously I'd like to keep that from happening anymore if possible. Dehydrating the mess and then fixing the drywall and repainting was costly since one of the leaks was in the wall behind the hot water heater.
I found this info at https://georgebrazilplumbingelectrical.com/pinhole-leaks-in-copper-pipes-explained
Pinhole Leaks in Copper Pipes Explained:
..... Another reason why your copper pipes have leaks is what’s called pitted corrosion, an extremely localized type of corrosion that attacks small areas on the inside surface of copper pipes.
Well, there hasn’t been a conclusive study on what causes pitted corrosion, here are some possible theories:
* High levels of chlorine in the water supply
* Corrosion particles from rusted water heaters
* High water pressure
* High pH levels in the water
* Other chemical factors in soil and water (microbial activity)
I'm just a homeowner and I'm looking for a way to control my home’s hot water recirculator pump with a smart phone, either an iPhone or an Android to keep it from destroying the copper pipe again and causing water damage to our home. My thought is that I don't necessarily want the recirculator pump running full-time or even only running for a specific time every day (using a timer) and yet I want nearly instant hot water whenever I want it during the day. I'm OK with waiting a few minutes for the recirculator pump to get the hot water to wherever I want it in the house after I tell it to start with my smart phone and yet I'd like a timer on it so that it turns itself off automatically.
I used to have a simple timer on this but it had to be set to run the pump about 18 hours a day to make it so that hot water was always available. We have a somewhat big 3,100sf house so it's no fun wasting cold water waiting for the hot water to get to you.
Is anyone aware of the make and model of one that will do this for me? If you find it on Amazon, that's even better. I've seen lots of DEWENWILS parts on Amazon & a few seem like they'd work for me, but I can't find what I think I want with the limited info they give a customer.
I would be OK with one of these that had little remotes that I could buy to put in a few rooms if they weren't too expensive but using smartphones would be better.
The reason for my messing with this is because I've had two pinhole leaks form with in a few months in the same copper hot water pipe just a few feet past that recirculator pump in the last six months and I've read that the churning hot water can cause water pipe failures like that on the inside of pipes so I'd like to not have the pump running full time. That pipe is as old as this house, 27 years old.
Obviously I'd like to keep that from happening anymore if possible. Dehydrating the mess and then fixing the drywall and repainting was costly since one of the leaks was in the wall behind the hot water heater.
I found this info at https://georgebrazilplumbingelectrical.com/pinhole-leaks-in-copper-pipes-explained
Pinhole Leaks in Copper Pipes Explained:
..... Another reason why your copper pipes have leaks is what’s called pitted corrosion, an extremely localized type of corrosion that attacks small areas on the inside surface of copper pipes.
Well, there hasn’t been a conclusive study on what causes pitted corrosion, here are some possible theories:
* High levels of chlorine in the water supply
* Corrosion particles from rusted water heaters
* High water pressure
* High pH levels in the water
* Other chemical factors in soil and water (microbial activity)
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