kite_rider
Senior Member
Starting a new thread since I wasn't able to find a good thread on a hot water diversion line retrofit.
My house has a system that cycles hot water from the furthest tap back to the water heater so that I don't have to run the faucet a long time while waiting for hot water. It seems like that's a great idea for my campervan with the primary motivation of just saving fresh water that might otherwise go down the drain.
I'm thinking I'll install a diversion valve where the hot water line connects to my bathroom faucet (and maybe another on the kitchen sink) that will send water back to the fresh tank while I wait for the hot water to reach the faucet. Routing the return line would be pretty straight forward.
The challenge is locating this diversion valve somewhere where I can easily reach it without making big ugly holes in the wall. The faucet is a single lever with a pull out spout. A diversion valve designed to poke out of a sink hole would be perfect since I could cut a hole in the wall and seal around this valve.
Is thee already a thread on this idea around here somewhere? If not, any suggestions on a clever place to install the diversion valve? Or maybe there is just a better way to do this? Thanks.
My house has a system that cycles hot water from the furthest tap back to the water heater so that I don't have to run the faucet a long time while waiting for hot water. It seems like that's a great idea for my campervan with the primary motivation of just saving fresh water that might otherwise go down the drain.
I'm thinking I'll install a diversion valve where the hot water line connects to my bathroom faucet (and maybe another on the kitchen sink) that will send water back to the fresh tank while I wait for the hot water to reach the faucet. Routing the return line would be pretty straight forward.
The challenge is locating this diversion valve somewhere where I can easily reach it without making big ugly holes in the wall. The faucet is a single lever with a pull out spout. A diversion valve designed to poke out of a sink hole would be perfect since I could cut a hole in the wall and seal around this valve.
Is thee already a thread on this idea around here somewhere? If not, any suggestions on a clever place to install the diversion valve? Or maybe there is just a better way to do this? Thanks.