Hot Water Recirculating Pump

So I installed a hot water recirculating pump. It basically circulates the hot water in the house in the pipes, so that any faucet or shower will receive hot water instantly upon demand. The system slowly pumps hot water through the hot water pipes and back to the water heater.

The problem with installing my pump, as you can see in the first photo below, is the copper pipe from the hot water tank. I had to physically remove that copper, so I could install the pump, then attach a hose back to the copper pipe.

Here you can see that I’ve cut the copper, and detached it from the hot water tank. The copper below are the removed pieces.

Here you can see the pump installed, and the new hose that is then connected via SharkBite connector back to the copper.

The pump uses about 25 watts of power when running. Therefore, I connected it to a smart switch, so I can set a timer of when the pump is actually on and working, and when it should turn off. Here you can see that it turns on every morning around 6:30am to 7:30 (depending on the day of the week), then turns off again at 10am. Then it turns on again at 4pm, and turns off at 12:30am.

Anyhow, we’ll see how well this works. On top of saving water, the main reason I wanted to put it in was to get immediate hot water at every faucet. Crossing my fingers that this works well going forward!