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Money saving ideas; Ways you save and also good ideas to make life better.
Topic Started: Dec 1 2011, 04:32 PM (5,867 Views)
nerys
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Grr

in my house I would do that in a small bathroom but no one in the house would use it here :-) hehehe

plus it will be fun to make it so I can retrofit to an existing sink and toilet.

sadly my stove is an "insert"
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iamgeo
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Why would they not use it? It is fresh clean water flowing into the tank. It is not greywater.
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ascensions
Jan 21 2012, 10:49 PM
Way
Jan 21 2012, 06:42 PM
How does a switch reduce the 45 - 130 min showers? It's a switch.. once it's on, it's on.

That's not the switch, the switch stops thermal loss in stand-by.

The reduced shower time is a result of the 126F thermostat setting change.

A timer is fine, a switch is just simple and cheap. In fact most of the world, outside of the US uses switches on their water-heaters, so it's an easy solution which works well. But feel free to add a timer, a flux-capacitor, or a count-down clock.

I couldn't afford $100 timer, so a $10 switch was perfect for me. Better yet, should I wish to add any of the above apparatuses at a latter time, it's easy breezy.
I can't remember what I turned my heater down to, I think around 125 or so. Should be plenty hot enough but then I don't shower for more than 15 minutes total and that's including when I have the water shut-off at the shower.


Timers are no more difficult than a switch and once it's set, it's much more convenient and there's no forgetting. At a little over $45.52 shipped, it's nowhere near $100:

http://www.gradyshardware.com/B00002N5FP/M/B00002N5FP.htm

Well worth it in convenience. No need for the flux capacitor or whatever. In some houses, you forget one time and there goes the whole switch idea.. bosses aren't always so forgiving. ;)

Whatever floats your boat. I just figured I'd point out the alternative. :cheers
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econoboxer
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I am the one on the left.

Something I do to save money.
Bake bread.
We don't buy store bought bread ever.
How does this save money?
I used to run to the store a couple times a week for bread. When I came home from the store, I had a lot more than bread.
Now I bake bread once or twice a week, and I shop once or twice a month.
Helps me to stay on track with my food budget. Right now we feed our family of four (two teens, two adults) well on $280.00 a month. We eat steak, chicken seafood, and whatever else we want. Also, we don't buy packaged food like hamburger helper, or rice a roni. We cook from whole food ingredients. It tastes better, and its better for you.
I watch the circulars and buy what is on sale only. I sit down a make meal plans, then I follow them.


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iamgeo
Jan 21 2012, 09:45 PM

Just as soon as the faucet is opened the in line heater delivers hot water.
When the regular heater hot water goes by the inline heater the
inline heater electricity shuts off.
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How does this save any money?

Do you pay a water bill? Do you think running cold water down the
drain while waiting for hot water to arrive is the economic thing to do?

Edited by Old Man, Jan 22 2012, 05:42 AM.
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ascensions
Jan 21 2012, 06:24 PM
I can still take a 25 minute scolding hot shower. If I were to forget turning it on, and if the tank was charged the night before, I could still take a 15 minute shower.

It has however cut out the 45-130 minute showers that I and the kids used to take.
Here's your problem, why on Earth would anyone spend more than 5 minutes in the shower? You can wash off the shame of a rape in 7.
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econboxxxer
Jan 22 2012, 04:07 AM
Something I do to save money.
Bake bread.
We don't buy store bought bread ever.
How does this save money?
I used to run to the store a couple times a week for bread. When I came home from the store, I had a lot more than bread.
Now I bake bread once or twice a week, and I shop once or twice a month.
Helps me to stay on track with my food budget. Right now we feed our family of four (two teens, two adults) well on $280.00 a month. We eat steak, chicken seafood, and whatever else we want. Also, we don't buy packaged food like hamburger helper, or rice a roni. We cook from whole food ingredients. It tastes better, and its better for you.
I watch the circulars and buy what is on sale only. I sit down a make meal plans, then I follow them.


Do you use a bread machine or cook in the oven? Have instructions on making good bread?
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iamgeo
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Old Man
Jan 22 2012, 05:40 AM
iamgeo
Jan 21 2012, 09:45 PM

Just as soon as the faucet is opened the in line heater delivers hot water.
When the regular heater hot water goes by the inline heater the
inline heater electricity shuts off.
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How does this save any money?

Do you pay a water bill? Do you think running cold water down the
drain while waiting for hot water to arrive is the economic thing to do?

My question is, why do you have it inline with the hot water? If it is already heating the water instantly I see no need for it to be on that same line. Just tee off the cold water line.
Remember, even though the water is instantly hot the water in the line is cold coming from your HWT. The water being pushed through the pipe from the HWT will be replaced by cold water that will need to be heated up, causing your electric or gas bill to be a bit higher.
Undersink instant hot water products are really useful.
Edited by iamgeo, Jan 22 2012, 11:27 AM.
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I take cold 5 minute showers. Sometimes, when I'm feeling like I deserve it, I take luke warm showers.
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Coche Blanco
Jan 22 2012, 11:36 AM
I take cold 5 minute showers. Sometimes, when I'm feeling like I deserve it, I take luke warm showers.
You can cut out the cold showers if you would just get yourself neutured.
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Those things aren't free, you know...
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iamgeo
Jan 22 2012, 11:25 AM
Old Man
Jan 22 2012, 05:40 AM
iamgeo
Jan 21 2012, 09:45 PM

Just as soon as the faucet is opened the in line heater delivers hot water.
When the regular heater hot water goes by the inline heater the
inline heater electricity shuts off.
Quote:
 

How does this save any money?

Do you pay a water bill? Do you think running cold water down the
drain while waiting for hot water to arrive is the economic thing to do?

My question is, why do you have it inline with the hot water? If it is already heating the water instantly I see no need for it to be on that same line. Just tee off the cold water line.
Remember, even though the water is instantly hot the water in the line is cold coming from your HWT. The water being pushed through the pipe from the HWT will be replaced by cold water that will need to be heated up, causing your electric or gas bill to be a bit higher.
Undersink instant hot water products are really useful.
not gonna debate online. If you want a debate PM me your phone #
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Coche Blanco
Jan 22 2012, 11:52 AM
Those things aren't free, you know...
Cheaper though at your local veterinarian.
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nerys
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at least in my situations I have found making my own bread unviable.

I flat out can NOT make a loaf of bread for less than the 85 cents I can buy one for in the store.

I am broke so I don't have to worry about coming home from the store with more than I needed :-)

as for his inline water heater its simple. it can't heat the water to full hot efficiently enough. it can make it "not cold" but it can't make it "HOT" that requires a much much more powerful heater.

I do still bake bread but its specialty breads. (LOVE banana and pumpkin breads)

but once I did the math for cost of supplies water and electricity making my own loaf of bread comes out to well over $1 a loaf equivalent.
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nerys
Jan 22 2012, 12:02 PM
but once I did the math for cost of supplies water and electricity making my own loaf of bread comes out to well over $1 a loaf equivalent.
This.

But, fresh bread is delicious.
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