Texman 182g Mods

Worked on two mods Sunday.  The recirculating hot water first.  I installed the valves and did a quick pressure check and that all seemed good.  I opened the manual valve to do further pressure checks but i ran the pump dry, so i will have to prime it i suppose to test further.  I was out of time to add water and do the real tests and is still need to install the rear mixing valve.  The main reverse polarity valve is wired to the red/yellow switch in the panel and tested and works fine so far.  It is really tight where i added the new valves.  Difficult to get clean square cuts in the Pex.  i think i got it in correctly since i saw no leaks with initial pressure check. 

this is the mixing valve that will go at the rear of the pod (farthest point from water heater and pump)

no outside shower for me, just the rear kitchen sink.

i don't think i can get to my low point drains from inside.  i need to check. 

offgrid

what do you mean by "remove low point drains"  ?  just cap them off?  cut off and join together for recirculation? 

offgrid

i plan to add the second Tstat to the water heater as you did to get a lower heat set point. I still need to get under the pod and trace all the water lines and add pipe insulation as necessary to the exposed lines.  I think you mentioned insulating the tank as well with closed cell insulation.  I am still in planning as far as the tank insulation.  i will test with uninsulated first and see how it goes. 

lostagain

thanks and the tests are about to begin.  supposed to be freezing temps this weekend for me at night so should be good to test.