Circulation type hot water supply device
AssigneeRinnai Corporation
InventorsShigeki Shimada, Masakazu Ando
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AssigneeRinnai Corporation
InventorsShigeki Shimada, Masakazu Ando
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There is provided a circulation type hot water supply device in which a downstream end of a hot water delivering channel 6 connected to a heat exchanger 4 of a water heater 1 is connected to a water supply channel 5 upstream of the heat exchanger, and a circulating pump 25 that returns hot water fed from the heat exchanger to the hot water delivering channel to the heat exchanger through the water supply channel is provided in the hot water delivering channel. The device can reliably identify an abnormality when it occurs, such as adhesion of a deposit to an inner surface of a heat absorbing pipe 4b to reduce heat exchange efficiency. A diagnosis is started when a hot water delivering tap 7 is closed and a burner 3 is subjected to combustion. In the diagnosis, supply of water to the heat exchanger 4 is first stopped to shut down the burner 3. Then, the presence of an abnormality is determined when an amount of increase of a detection temperature from a hot water delivering temperature sensor 20 reaches a predetermined threshold value or more.
A circulation type hot water supply device comprising a water heater having a hot water supply heat exchanger, a burner that heats water supplied to the heat exchanger from a water supply channel upstream of the heat exchanger, and delivered hot water temperature detection means for detecting a temperature of hot water fed from the heat exchanger to a hot water delivering channel downstream of the heat exchanger, a hot water delivering tap being connected to the hot water delivering channel which is connected at the downstream end thereof to the water supply channel, and a circulating pump that returns the hot water fed from the heat exchanger to the hot water delivering channel to the heat exchanger through the water supply channel being provided in the hot water delivering channel,
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