The Chilipepper appliance is an easy home improvement project that will make your life just a little bit easier.

At the touch of a button, the Chilipepper pumps hot water from your water heater to your sink, or shower, while sending the cooled off hot water back to the water heater through the cold water piping.

This easy home improvement project address the problem of long delays to get your hot water.

The Chilipepper is a small powerful micro-processor controlled pump that installs under your sink.

When you push the start button, the Chilipepper pumps the water in a big loop from the water heater through the hot water piping to the Chilipepper, and on through the cold water piping back to the water heater inlet.  A big loop. 

When the electronic control circuitry detects an increase in the water temperature inside the pump, it shuts the pump off. The shut-off sensitivity is adjustable  with a knob on the front of the Chilipepper.

When the circuitry detects a temperature over 100 degrees it locks out the pump.

Get your hot water faster!
The Chilipepper has a very powerful motor for its size.  The Chilipepper pumps water at about 3 gallons per minute in a typical residential setting.  Many fixtures are now low flow meaning they restrict flow to as little as 3/4 gallons per minute.  Thus in many cases the Chilipepper can cut the time it takes to get hot water to 1/3 to 1/2 the wait. 

Save Water!
Since no water gets run down the drain while you wait for hot water, you save significant amounts of water every time you use the Chilipepper.

Save energy!
If you leave your hot water fixture running and go do something else while you wait for it, and you come back to find it is hot, then any hot water you've run down the drain was wasting energy!  And the energy to heat the water is far more expensive than the water itself.

Improve the performance of your dishwasher!
The number one cause of poor dishwasher performance is water that is not hot enough on the first cycle.  By using the Chilipepper before you start your dishwasher you will get full temperature hot water to your dishwasher on the first cycle...and hot water is much better at dissolving detergent and cleaning dishes than cold water.

Remote control - more convenience

Remote operation of the Chilipepper provides even greater convenience. Place the remote transmitter next to your bed.  When your alarm goes off, hit the start button and by the time you get to the bathroom the hot water will already be there! 

It's as easy as plugging in a lamp. Just plug the Receiver into an outlet near the Chilipepper, and connect the control cable to them.  Now plug the wireless remote button into any convenient 110 volt outlet. You're ready to go. Just push the button.

If the Chilipepper is providing hot water to more than one location, the wireless remote is the ideal way to operate the Chilipepper from various locations.  Just plug a wireless remote button into a convenient outlet.

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