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Are you able to touch the recirc line as it enters the water heater? If so, turn on the hot water at your shower then go feel the recirc line . If it is very cold this suggests that the cold water is flowing backwards through the recirc line due to a faulty check valve.

Update. The problem was indeed the check valve. The first guy from the plumbing company was clueless and misdiagnosed it leading me down a rabbit hole. I made them send a different guy and asked him why the return line was so cold when the water heater was running and he instantly knew the cold...

Hi, I have been struggling to the past few weeks with intermittent problems of hot water dropout on a 4 month old Navien NPE240A2 system. Setup: NPE 240A2 installed on exterior of home. External recirculation activated with dedicated return line using built in pump. 3 showers: #1 (Hans-grohe...

Hi, I am a homeowner, currently working with an architect to convert my garage into and ADU. It's a one car garage, so there is not much space to work with. Currently I have a 50 gallon tank water heater with a dedicated recirc line in the garage. Ideally, during the renovation, I would like to...