What I dont understand is, on a retrofit. How can adding this for the farthest sink, affect the other sinks on another level the same distance away. Example. Upstairs in my house, the farthest sink away is the kitchen. Downstairs, its a bathroom. So how can adding one of these make hot water arrive faster at 2 seperate locations? And as well, do the same for other fixtures in the house. I have tankless as well, I dont want my tankless system to always be firing to have an endless loop of hot water running back and forth in the lines all day and night.
@@PioneerBuildersInc Thing is, you would need to this sort of thing for every faucet that you wanted, not just one, Or is it do it for one, and it works for all?
The video describes fixtures located on a loop, which makes this easy (one return line.) For houses like yours and mine with fixtures NOT all on the same trunk or branch, you'd have to get more sophisticated. Basically, you do use multiple return lines and then balancers at the water heater so that each return line flows enough back into the cold side at the water heater. I'm still searching for a video that explains this well. I did find one from Mechanical Hub a few years ago that showed two balancers.
@@thenexthobby I contacted Nortiz, they said it can be done, but since its an add on, would circulate more of course and shorten the warranty since ist being fired more then it would be stand alone. Maybe ones that come with them built it would be better. For me, Ill live with it, insualte all my hot water pex line as far as I can reach in a finished house, and move on
Using the Grundfos system this poster - ruclips.net/video/rNmxo6VGhLo/видео.htmlsi=JewVtOWmUPsnEw7y - did a smart outlet mod to reduce pump run time for his system. I appreciated his detail and thought process as I have sometimes been accused of possessing a similar insatiable appetite for delving into the minutiae and intricacies of matters, reveling in the exploration of the fundamental principles and finer details. The modification not be applicable here but I thought the information would be of interest. @danschaller1628
What I dont understand is, on a retrofit. How can adding this for the farthest sink, affect the other sinks on another level the same distance away. Example. Upstairs in my house, the farthest sink away is the kitchen. Downstairs, its a bathroom. So how can adding one of these make hot water arrive faster at 2 seperate locations? And as well, do the same for other fixtures in the house. I have tankless as well, I dont want my tankless system to always be firing to have an endless loop of hot water running back and forth in the lines all day and night.
You could use the Taco Comfort Hot Link system. It's pretty cool.
@@PioneerBuildersInc Thing is, you would need to this sort of thing for every faucet that you wanted, not just one, Or is it do it for one, and it works for all?
@@virgil3241 I couldn't tell you for sure, but I'm sure the folks at Taco could tell you
The video describes fixtures located on a loop, which makes this easy (one return line.) For houses like yours and mine with fixtures NOT all on the same trunk or branch, you'd have to get more sophisticated. Basically, you do use multiple return lines and then balancers at the water heater so that each return line flows enough back into the cold side at the water heater. I'm still searching for a video that explains this well. I did find one from Mechanical Hub a few years ago that showed two balancers.
@@thenexthobby I contacted Nortiz, they said it can be done, but since its an add on, would circulate more of course and shorten the warranty since ist being fired more then it would be stand alone. Maybe ones that come with them built it would be better. For me, Ill live with it, insualte all my hot water pex line as far as I can reach in a finished house, and move on
Can that recirculating pump not be triggered on and off via a remote thermostat on the return line?
There may be other ways to control it, but I am unaware of them
Using the Grundfos system this poster - ruclips.net/video/rNmxo6VGhLo/видео.htmlsi=JewVtOWmUPsnEw7y - did a smart outlet mod to reduce pump run time for his system. I appreciated his detail and thought process as I have sometimes been accused of possessing a similar insatiable appetite for delving into the minutiae and intricacies of matters, reveling in the exploration of the fundamental principles and finer details. The modification not be applicable here but I thought the information would be of interest. @danschaller1628
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