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There's a clever product that you can screw inline with the showerhead that lets cold water through at full blast but when the water gets hot, something pops (p

by raldi 4y ago

There's a clever product that you can screw inline with the showerhead that lets cold water through at full blast but when the water gets hot, something pops (presumably using metal-expansion properties the way old thermostats did) and the flow is reduced to a trickle, so you only use just enough water to keep it hot. Then when you get in, you pull a cord and it releases the full pressure of nice hot water.

jedberg 4y ago
We just keep a 5 gallon bucket next to the shower and fill it up with the pre-warm water. Then we use it to water the garden (and sometimes to power flush a stuck toilet).
- xyzzyz 4y ago
  5 gallons of water is 10 cents at San Francisco prices and more like 3-5 cents in a typical place with normal prices, just FYI.
  - jedberg 4y ago
    It’s not about the money it’s about the environment. Also we are still in a drought and every bit helps. I do it to help others, not myself.