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water to turn on when i step in the shower, turn off when i walk out or give some sort of signal
by schiang 14y ago
water to turn on when i step in the shower, turn off when i walk out or give some sort of signal
- brwr 14y agoWould you rather it happen automatically or after you give a voice command such as "Shower On" or something similar? Having the water pre-heat would be very cool. The problem would be knowing when to start heating the water. Assuming the home owner doesn't follow a perfect schedule, a voice command would be the most effective. Another possible solution is that the water starts heating when you enter the bathroom. Motion detection isn't that difficult, so the latter might actually be the better solution. It would depend on how long it takes to heat the water to the desired temperature.
- schiang 14y agowell if we're going down that route, the water should start heating up as i step into the bathroom.
- brwr 14y agoEven better, the shower should be able to recognize that a person has entered the bathroom and also be able to identify that person. In a multi-person household, each person will have a certain temperature they prefer for showering. What if your shower could identify you and adjust the temperature of the water based on your preferences? Machine learning applied to the bathroom!
- schiang 14y agoAnd also adjust the showerhead spray setting based on the individual.
- desas 14y agoElectric showers should already heat up water immediately, any water already in the shower head might be cold though.. Houses with "combi" boilers should always have hot water on demand. The water that has been sat in the pipes for a while will have cooled though.
- brwr 14y agoMaybe one thing that would prove useful would be a pipe-heating system. Heating the pipes would also heat the water inside them. Another use for this would be homes in colder climates where the house's pipes are likely to freeze on a cold winter's night and burst when someone turns on a faucet.