> On the Continent of Europe it's apparently quite common to 
> have the hot water pipes in a circuit from the hot tank, 
> around all the taps and back to 
> the tank, with a pump to move the hot water around so that it 
> comes out of the taps hot almost instantly.  I don't know the 
> details of how this works 
> (I'm sure the pump doesn't run 24/7 but not sure how you 
> control it sensibly) but it would solve the problem with long 
> runs.  ...

> Howard Winter


Here's a control gadget just for that: http://www.redytemp.com/

Gary Crowell

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