Watts water heater recirculator pump timer is sticking

[havasu]

After 9 years, my Watts water heater pump has begun sticking, and the timer is failing to advance. When I rotate the dial, I can hear the impellor on the pump working, and all seems fine, but it has begun to stick on one of the timer tabs. Before spending another $250 and replacing it, has anyone had any luck blowing out the dust, then spraying a lubricant on the dial, to make it rotate better?

 

[Twowaxhack]

Turn the pump to constant on and buy an off board timer.

 

[havasu]

I actually used a can of air, blew out the dust, sprayed the dial with PB blaster silicone, and it is running like a top! Half my problem is the dust cover for the dial dropped behind the HWT, and I can't reach it. The cover reinstalled would have solved my issue.

 

[havasu]

Turn the pump to constant on and buy an off board timer.

That is an excellent idea. Kinda like the on/off timers for Christmas lights?

 

[Twowaxhack]

I have customers that leave it on run all the time and have it plugged into a smart plug that they set scheduled with their iPhones. Any on off timer will work that suits your schedule.

That is an excellent idea. Kinda like the on/off timers for Christmas lights?