Instant Hot Water in Bath

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Rbertalotto wrote:
This is very interesting. We need a simple drawing. Thanks for posting

Try this:

This is very interesting. We need a simple drawing. Thanks for posting

Lantley wrote:

coolmom42 wrote:

DutchmenSport wrote:
Did you also install a circulating pump to circulate it back to the water heater? If there is no circulating pump, the water will just sit there and still get cold. Now you have 2 lines to run water through until it gets hot???

Edit: You guys got me curious so trying a posting from Photobucket, the little campfire image below. I'm in the Woodall's portal:

He is manually operating a valve to shunt it back to the fresh water tank. The valve will either be open to the faucet or open to the fresh water tank. The pump pressure will take it where the valve directs it.

Correct he is just trying to circulate the water without pouring it down the drain and wasting it

Yes, Photobucket is the problem.
Yes, just sending some water from the hot water supply back to the tank.

Really don't need photos, it is that simple, but here is the sink. The other end is just a Y into a vent hose. I have two vents, so there is no worry about reduced venting.

"He is manually operating a valve to shunt it back to the fresh water tank. The valve will either be open to the faucet or open to the fresh water tank. The pump pressure will take it where the valve directs it."

Ah, makes more sense. Yes, that should work. But what happens if he's on city water and not using the pump? It will flow into the fresh water tank. Do you just drain the fresh water tank then so water conversation is not an issue then?

coolmom42 wrote:

DutchmenSport wrote:
Did you also install a circulating pump to circulate it back to the water heater? If there is no circulating pump, the water will just sit there and still get cold. Now you have 2 lines to run water through until it gets hot???

Edit: You guys got me curious so trying a posting from Photobucket, the little campfire image below. I'm in the Woodall's portal:

He is manually operating a valve to shunt it back to the fresh water tank. The valve will either be open to the faucet or open to the fresh water tank. The pump pressure will take it where the valve directs it.

Correct he is just trying to circulate the water without pouring it down the drain and wasting it

DutchmenSport wrote:
Did you also install a circulating pump to circulate it back to the water heater? If there is no circulating pump, the water will just sit there and still get cold. Now you have 2 lines to run water through until it gets hot???

Edit: You guys got me curious so trying a posting from Photobucket, the little campfire image below. I'm in the Woodall's portal:

He is manually operating a valve to shunt it back to the fresh water tank. The valve will either be open to the faucet or open to the fresh water tank. The pump pressure will take it where the valve directs it.

Did you also install a circulating pump to circulate it back to the water heater? If there is no circulating pump, the water will just sit there and still get cold. Now you have 2 lines to run water through until it gets hot???

Edit: You guys got me curious so trying a posting from Photobucket, the little campfire image below. I'm in the Woodall's portal:

Lynnmor,
If you have your pictures in a Photobucket account, there have been some forum issues lately posting pictures from there. Instead, use the link given in this thread.
Barney

I never had problems posting photos before, but these last few days it appears that I am blocked. I'll do some research to see if I can locate the problem.

The mod was rather easy on my trailer, pulling a hose through the furnace area, under the shower and up into the vanity area took an hour or two. I was able to connect to one of the two fresh water tank vent lines with a Y aiming it down stream towards the tank. Under the vanity, I just used a T in the hot water supply to the faucet. Then a quarter turn valve was added in the newly added hose. While I was at it, I also added shut-off valves to the faucet.

Some trailers may be easier and some may be next to impossible, it's just a matter of what you have to do to tap into the tank and fish a hose to the vanity. If it is a very short run, the water saving may not be great, but you would still have the tank heating benefit.

This is a rather simple job, and no need for adding pumps as has been posted here before.