why don't commodes have 2 buttons (2 modes) for water saving?
10-25-2007, 08:03 AM
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You guys kill me. I seen a toilet in a hotel one time that used a 'jet assist?' for lack of better words... there was a small tank inside the tank assy that pressureised the water, I think it only used a gallon of water per flush, but it would suck all the air out of the room when it did. If you had to go #2, and you sat on the toilet and flushed... didn't even need to wipe...
10-25-2007, 11:18 AM
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ain't you supposed to be cleaning & putting up a ceiling fan ?
back to the thread:
saw on a GOOGLE that a family uses 180~250 gallons a day.
gonna dig up an old water bill, and divide by 30,
see if i am taking enough long hollywood showers....
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...KFI6M&refer=us
The corps estimates there's enough water to last about 110 days if the drought holds,
http://www.atlantawatershed.org/
What is a Level 4 drought?
A Level 4 drought is an “extreme drought,” with lake levels, stream flows and rainfall at
or approaching the lowest levels in 100 years. In Georgia, a Level 4 drought has been
declared for the northern third of the state, including the metropolitan Atlanta area. The
declaration was made because rainfall in this portion of the state is more than 20 inches
below normal (see http://www.caes.uga.edu/topics/disas...talrainfallmap
.html) this year, and stream flows are below normal across the state (see http://water.
usgs.gov/waterwatch/?r=ga). David Stooksbury, the State Climatologist, also is
predicting that a La Niña effect will mean a mild, dry winter. Without winter rains to
replenish the State’s lakes, rivers and reservoirs, the drought could significantly worsen
by Spring.
back to the thread:
saw on a GOOGLE that a family uses 180~250 gallons a day.
gonna dig up an old water bill, and divide by 30,
see if i am taking enough long hollywood showers....
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...KFI6M&refer=us
The corps estimates there's enough water to last about 110 days if the drought holds,
http://www.atlantawatershed.org/
What is a Level 4 drought?
A Level 4 drought is an “extreme drought,” with lake levels, stream flows and rainfall at
or approaching the lowest levels in 100 years. In Georgia, a Level 4 drought has been
declared for the northern third of the state, including the metropolitan Atlanta area. The
declaration was made because rainfall in this portion of the state is more than 20 inches
below normal (see http://www.caes.uga.edu/topics/disas...talrainfallmap
.html) this year, and stream flows are below normal across the state (see http://water.
usgs.gov/waterwatch/?r=ga). David Stooksbury, the State Climatologist, also is
predicting that a La Niña effect will mean a mild, dry winter. Without winter rains to
replenish the State’s lakes, rivers and reservoirs, the drought could significantly worsen
by Spring.
10-25-2007, 11:18 AM
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I was in Italy this August and all the toilets had two buttons built into the wall. One larger than the other the smaller one was just a quick little shot into the bowl. They didnt use a tank just water pressure like a urinal.
Also the wife of one of the couples that went with us wanted to know why her husband was using her toilet when there was urinal in the bathroom...And no matter how much we explained the concept she couldnt understand the concept of a bidet.
Also the wife of one of the couples that went with us wanted to know why her husband was using her toilet when there was urinal in the bathroom...And no matter how much we explained the concept she couldnt understand the concept of a bidet.
10-26-2007, 04:58 AM
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just seems water is becoming scarce some.
our commode at the house has a jiggle in the handle,
if you push it real quick, it does a nice #1 rinse.
if you hold it a few seconds, it does a #2 power flush.
just saying, somebody ought to patent that, and make some money.
and do one, like for RV's or something.
our commode at the house has a jiggle in the handle,
if you push it real quick, it does a nice #1 rinse.
if you hold it a few seconds, it does a #2 power flush.
just saying, somebody ought to patent that, and make some money.
and do one, like for RV's or something.
Even most houses have them too.
10-26-2007, 05:33 AM
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10-26-2007, 07:09 AM
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You guys kill me. I seen a toilet in a hotel one time that used a 'jet assist?' for lack of better words... there was a small tank inside the tank assy that pressureised the water, I think it only used a gallon of water per flush, but it would suck all the air out of the room when it did. If you had to go #2, and you sat on the toilet and flushed... didn't even need to wipe...
That is the Sloan Flushmate I was talking about, I bought one for my house, I paid about $600.00 for an American Standard.
I had a medical building where the customers were constantly plugging up the toilet by stuffing paper hand towels in it then flushing them.
I found these toilets and it cured the problem.
The water pressure enters through an air inducer that aerates the water that is stored in the pressure chamber and is against the air that is inside at whatever your water pressure is, usually about 85 PSI so when you press the button for a flush, 1.6 liters of air charged water comes blasting through the jet at the bottom of the toilet launching whatever you left over the weir and out the drain. There is also a passage for the normal rinse around the side of the bowl.
A normal toilet with a gravity flush will only create about 14 PSI at the flush.
I will have to but a Boost gauge on the toilet to check the flush pressure.
From the time you push the button until the time it is finished is only around 3 to 5 seconds depending on water pressure.
At first it was hard to get used to the sudden noise especially in the middle of the night when the house is quiet, sounds like a JATO bottle going off and will scare the business out of little kids but I like it.
It is not the kind for the person who like to sit on the hopper and give it a few courtesy flushes unless you don’t mind getting your behind hosed.
And as an added bonus, when you are sick with your head hanging in the bowl while you pray to the porcelain GOD, it will wash of your face without lifting your head out.
Jim
10-26-2007, 07:42 AM
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10-26-2007, 04:01 PM
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Why don't we do like Japan. And use the grey water from showers? than we could all still have 1 push mega flush toilets instead of these 1.3 gallon pieces of garbage.