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How well do these electric Japanese toilets work when there is no electric power? As in a hurricane or earthquake?
by giardini 7y ago
How well do these electric Japanese toilets work when there is no electric power? As in a hurricane or earthquake?
- alephnan 7y agoThere are non-electric bidets.
- gms 7y agoThey have a manual flush too.
- pfundstein 7y agoI would suggest, in such a scenario where electric power is absent, that the toilet seat would work much like a non-electric toilet seat.
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- loeg 7y agoThey have 100% parity with "conventional" US toilets in a power outage. As long as there's still water pressure, they can flush.
- DonHopkins 7y agoJust like Mitch Hedberg's joke about escalators: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHopAo_Ohy0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHopAo_Ohy0 >I like an escalator, man, because an escalator can never break. It can only become stairs. >There would never be an "Escalator Temporarily Out of Order" sign. Only "Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry For The Convenience."
- giardini 7y agoDonHopkins says >"There would never be an "Escalator Temporarily Out of Order" sign. Only "Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry For The Convenience."< I've encountered such a sign! Problem is that stopped escalators cause certain cognitive problems: some unconscious part of the brain anticipates that the escalator _will_ work and attempts to compensate appropriately as you put your foot onto the step. It is not uncommon for someone to stumble or even fall when they take their first step onto a stopped escalator. A similar sensation can occur as you're scrolling while browsing, when the page hits an upper/lower limit and ceases to scroll. The brain anticipates that the text will continue to scroll but it doesn't, and that causes an "upset" sensation, a dissonance, if you will, that actually hurts somewhat! It feels as if your eyes are crossing!