Re: Control Hot Water Circ Pump With X10?

[David White <whitedavidp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

petem wrote:
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>> Hello. My house has a hot water circulating pump built in and located
>> near my hot water tank. It currently runs 24/7 and this is excessive.
>> So I would like to put it on a timer controlled by my X10 system. The
>> pump is wired to a wall switch so I think it easiest to replace the
>> standard wall switch with an X10 switch. I have done this with many of
>> the lights in my house so it should be easy for me to accomplish. My
>> question is which model switch should I use? Is something like the
>> WS467 ok? Or is there another unit that would be better for use with
>> the pump? Thanks for your advice.
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> Whats this pump is for? Hot wather for heating or for shower or the like?
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> Cause if it for heating, I wonder why its not controled by some
> temperature sensing device that would start it and stop at a fix
> temperature..
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> If its for shower or the like ( I supposed its for holding up a constent
> pressure????) well just controle it by a pressure switch, if its too
> low, just start the pump, and at a set level stop it..
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> I wonder why you would need x10 if thats any of the case I describe.
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This sort of pump is not for the purposes you describe. See
<http://www.hgtvpro.com/hpro/bp_mechanical/article/0,,hpro_20151_5056317,00.html>
for an explanation. I am not sure but this may now be code in some
locales if the hot mater run length is beyond a certain point.