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It's getting to be the time of year when I don't want to get out of a hot shower in the morning. And why should I? Well, I don't want to waste water, for one.
Cut to an image: the re-circulate air button for car air-flow systems.
Sure, it would be gross to re-circulate the water that has all of
my filth in it, but what about flipping that baby on after I've shampooed and conditioned and thoroughly cleansed myself? Seems like that would provide virtually infinite time for in-shower meditation sessions, without having to worry about the environment.
In this shower system, once the user feels they are clean, they could press a button. This would cause the shower to recirculate a set volume of water until the feature is turned off. Additional energy use would include the re-heating of the used water, but this would still require considerably less energy than the initial heating of the water.
Result: happy showers, for the user and the environment.
High Capacity Step-Action Pump
http://ecologics.co...tep-action-pump.php
needs handle bars in my opinion... [4whom, Oct 07 2008]
baked
http://www.google.c...irculating%20shower
it's called a recirculating shower, and they are for sale [sophocles, Oct 10 2008]
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Better to wash all that filthy water over you first, and then switch to fresh water to clean yourself. Still, a good idea, only issue is sucking in cold(ish) water at the bottom and spraying hot water from the top. |
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Also, you wouldn't be able to pee in the shower. |
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This is certainly highly Bakeable. |
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This is very clever. The title is not too descriptive though - hope we never have to search for this idea. + |
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I think NASA baked this in the ISS. |
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+ if you can tell me how to bring this to the average consumer, for cheap. |
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Run a simple valve to the sewer or to the recycling plant and use a cheap tankless water heater in the loop. 300$ including labor should do 'ya |
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[Voice] got an estimate for a natural-gas water heater for the house last week... $3500 |
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Tankless heaters cost much less. Also, you're not heating the water from cold to hot, It only has to be capable of making mostly hot water hot. |
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My spa has an electric heater that just keeps the water at a set temp. Would this do the job? |
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[UB]... sure about that link ? it wouldn't load all the way for me... though I think it was $2500, not 3500 (not sure, the estimate was actually a per month... $35) |
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//Also, you wouldn't be able to pee in the shower.// |
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Barring any infections, both seminal fluid and urine are more beneficial for you than harmful to you. You've got more worries from epidermal infections. For these you could always add a venturi sanitiser. |
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I will see if I can find a link for a device I recently saw at an African Mining expo. It is called the High Capacity Step Pump. Basically a diaphragm pump that looks like a Step-a-ciser (Alpine-skier-gym-thing). |
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A work out and shower! Oh no, That's part of the Home, Sweat Home Project. |
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But what if you step in the shower with a whole battalion of Klingons? |
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The idea says you get clean, THEN switch on the recirculator pump. |
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When I first saw the name, I was expecting a completely different direction ... still, just as disgusting. |
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No, I meant actual Klingons. |
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rcarty, I'm not sure you can take water from a high pressure source (mains), extract energy from it and then return it to the same high pressure source. |
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Make sure you clean whatever filters out this water regularly. |
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