The other day I had to repair a broken pipe and I needed to turn off my recirculating pump. I did the repair, but I did not turn the recirculating pump back on. Oddly, once the hot water reaches the faucets it seems like the water temperature at the faucets is hotter than when the recirculating pump is running. Is that possible?

Possible, but unlikely, unless the system is not working properly, How did you shut the circulation pump down? Did you turn off the valves by the pump?



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I just unplugged it. I will test by closing the valves and see if the temp seems normal that way.

Follow up. I turned it back on. I think the extra hot temperature was an illusion since when the pump runs much of the water we used is temperate because it is brought to the faucet with the pump. In other words without the pump running I wait until the water comes hot, and that's full hot. When the pump is running I used the water that's in the line which is somewhat hot.