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Old 09-17-15, 09:43 AM   #10
ctgottapee
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Originally Posted by marx290 View Post
Has anyone in the Ecorenovator world seen a residential HPWH that recovers energy from a home's waste water stream? It always seemed to me, that the time a water heater "calls for heat", is likely when the warmest water is draining from the home.
There are heat recovery systems for the waste pipe, basically big bits of copper.

The issue besides cost recovery, is you need headroom, a good 5-10feet of vertical drop from the drain to install the device.

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