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This and the low-tech electrical shower-head are the two everyday Brazilian things that never cease to amaze me.
by weinzierl 2mo ago
This and the low-tech electrical shower-head are the two everyday Brazilian things that never cease to amaze me.
- mlinhares 2mo agoBeing poor sucks but at the same time being poor also makes you find alternative solutions to the incredibly expensive solutions first world countries use today. I really wish Brazil can invest heavily into renewables and free itself from oil and electrify even more of everything we do.
- m463 2mo ago> electrical shower-head Is that for electrically heated water? I know that in the US on-demand electric water heater uses an enormous amount of electricity, like 100 amps.
- kawera 2mo agoBrazilian electrical shower-heads use 20 to 30 amps max.
- dtgriscom 2mo agoAt what voltage? (I understand Brazil has districts with both 127V and 220V mains.) https://www.worldstandards.eu/electricity/plug-voltage-by-country/brazil/ https://www.worldstandards.eu/electricity/plug-voltage-by-co...
- kawera 2mo agoHomes on districts that use 127v also have a second phase for 220v, mainly for shower heads, electric ovens, etc. Commercial property always have 220v.
- idiotsecant 2mo agoThen they don't heat same volume to same temp, it's thermodynamics
- culi 2mo agoYes but they are also less efficient because they don't have point-of-use placement
- m463 2mo agowow, 20-30 amps at the shower head... that sounds a little frightening point-of-use electrocution
- idiotsecant 2mo agoReasonably safe with ground fault circuit interruption.