Tankless Water Heater Recirculation Pump

With the help of an integrated or external pump water travels from the tankless water heater to the hot water faucets throughout a home without the need to add additional water lines.

Tankless water heater recirculation pump.

This can be a tankless water heater with an integrated recirculation pump or a water heater and an external pump. A water heater and pump combined or separate. A timer setting can be activated to run every so often for example every 30 minutes to keep hot water flowing through the homes pipes and ready when needed. The following table compares a tankless water heater without a hot water circulation system column a to one with waterquick tankless column b.

Pump installs by water heater not under a sink in a bathroom or kitchen. Homeowners need not worry about going without hot water again thanks to recirculations systems. The new recirculation pump kit from rheem provides immediate hot water using the tankless water heater controls. The rheem rtgh is one of example of a unit with a built in recirculation pump.

Also known as the circulator pump the recirculation pump is continuously circulating the water back to the tankless water heater for later reheating. It s not the cheapest way to increase the energy efficiency of your tankless unit but it does prevent the water from cooling off.