Water Heaters & Itching (1 Viewer)

[Port & Starboard]

I put one of these in for a golf buddy who owns a barber shop some time ago.

They are noisy as hell but you could probably degrease a small block Chevy engine with the flushing power

 

[Rexedgar]

Gas heat allows the water to retain its moisture. Electric heat is hygroscopic and pulls moisture from the water. Fact: The longer you stay under a hot water shower heated by electricity, the itchier you will be—especially in the winter. This can be rectified with a double inverted reverse osmosis system. That’s why so many posters using electric heat say they don’t itch. They have one of those.

Also electric hot water heaters are more dangerous. Every engineer (like me) knows commercial water is conductive. If your shower is too close to you toaster you could die.

Is “commercial” water the only one that is conductive?

 

[Port & Starboard]

Gas heat allows the water to retain its moisture.

WTF?

 

[RF667799]

I put one of these in for a golf buddy who owns a barber shop some time ago.

They are noisy as hell but you could probably degrease a small block Chevy engine with the flushing power

That's how mine looked, but the elevation difference was only a foot or so. I don't see why it couldn't have been set up for that height though. Still have the twin to that toilet in the basement, where it serves as backup if the single bathroom upstairs is occupied.

 

[Rexedgar]

I put one of these in for a golf buddy who owns a barber shop some time ago.

They are noisy as hell but you could probably degrease a small block Chevy engine with the flushing power

Making replacing the flapper stopper a little more difficult….

 

[CaughtInThe]

We're entering 4 years of the Jerry Springer show.

 

[phoenix2020]

It’s a newer option available. Not a standard one.

Huh, always good to learn something new.

We just had furnaces replaced. The old ones were 30 years old and included humidifiers. The new ones are new and, well, we're still using the old humidifiers because apparently the models have not changed at all in decades...

 

[Allan]

Also electric hot water heaters are more dangerous. Every engineer (like me) knows commercial water is conductive. If your shower is too close to you toaster you could die.

What engineering degree did you get that designs showers in the kitchen?

 

[RF667799]

Huh, always good to learn something new.

We just had furnaces replaced. The old ones were 30 years old and included humidifiers. The new ones are new and, well, we're still using the old humidifiers because apparently the models have not changed at all in decades...

Our over 30 year old furnace not only had a humidifier, it had some sort of air purifier that was a metal box filled with electrically charged plates that the air would pass through. I have no idea if it even worked any longer.

 

[RF667799]

What engineering degree did you get that designs showers in the kitchen?

How about just moving the toaster into the shower room? Jeez...some people miss the easy solutions.

 

[phoenix2020]

What engineering degree did you get that designs showers in the kitchen?

Perhaps he uses the kitchen oven to heat the water?

 

[RF667799]

Perhaps he uses the kitchen oven to heat the water?

I think post 75 was tongue in cheek. Everyone knows that propane- being a "wet" heat source- has water as a byproduct of its combustion. If your water heater is propane fired, it is imperative to drain some of the excess water from it periodically.

 

[coyote505]

Is “commercial” water the only one that is conductive?

Water with minerals in it is conductive. I have heard that distilled water is not, but haven't, and don't intend to, try it.

Also, hard water is more likely to make you itch, regardless of heating system. Most water in the desert states is ridiculously hard, and loaded with some really undesirable minerals.

 

[Allan]

Water with minerals in it is conductive. I have heard that distilled water is not, but haven't, and don't intend to, try it.

I Googled this and you're right. Pure water is an insulator.

 

[RF667799]

I Googled this and you're right. Pure water is an insulator.

Probably why do not top off lead/acid batteries with tap water.

 

[StarvedForChange]

Here is his full unhinged statement...

“I don’t know what it is with ‘electric.’ This guy loves ‘electric.’ We’re going to be ending the electric car mandate quickly, by the way,” Trump rambled. “This guy loves electric, and he—we don’t have enough electricity, and then we have AI where we need more. And he wants to get, he wants everybody to have an electric heater instead of a gas heater.

“Gas heater is much less expensive. The heat is much better. It’s a much better heat. Uh, as the expression goes, ‘You don’t itch.’ Does anybody have a heater, where you go and you’re scratching? That’s what they want you to have, they don’t want you to have the gas where you don’t have the problems of the electric,” Trump continued. “And the source is plentiful. They’re much cheaper to operate, they’re much better, they work much better, they look much better.”

He is such a ****ing clown!

 

[Rexedgar]

Water with minerals in it is conductive. I have heard that distilled water is not, but haven't, and don't intend to, try it.

I learned something today.

Also, hard water is more likely to make you itch, regardless of heating system. Most water in the desert states is ridiculously hard, and loaded with some really undesirable minerals.

 

[Hari Seldon]

According to no less an authority than Donald John Trump himself, electric water heaters make people itch. I am curious whether this community's experience matches Donald's personal experience with gas- and electrically-heated water heaters, hence the poll.

Do you have an electrically heated residential water heater, or one heated by natural gas?

How itchy has it made you as result?

Mine is powered by my oil burner. No itchy. Lol

 

[Rexedgar]

Probably why do not top off lead/acid batteries with tap water.

Back when batteries had caps that could be accessed, I never had a problems.

 

[Allan]

Mine is powered by my oil burner. No itchy. Lol

Has anyone considered that Trump’s itch might be crabs?

 

[Hari Seldon]

Has anyone considered that Trump’s itch might be crabs?

We should probably ask Stormy.

 

[MaryP]

Did a bit of research. Both gas furnaces and electric heat remove moisture from the air resulting in dryer skin, and itching.

I think we all know that from experience.

Electric heat removes more moisture from the air than gas furnaces.

Nice old hot water radiators were the best. You can dry your pantyhose in 15 minutes or less. No hot air fanning around, so not as drying to the skin, either.

 

[RF667799]

Back when batteries had caps that could be accessed, I never had a problems.

I've put tap water in lead acid batteries too. I don't believe it's a recommended procedure.

Of course, if you're putting it in other people's batteries you likely won't experience a problem. In fact, if you're in the business you might sell a new battery a year or so down the road.

 

[BirdinHand]

Nice old hot water radiators were the best. You can dry your pantyhose in 15 minutes or less. No hot air fanning around, so not as drying to the skin, either.

I remember drying gloves, hats and scarves on the radiator after coming in fro playing in the snow as a kid.

But that was also in a house with an oil furnace and no AC.

 

[RF667799]

Nice old hot water radiators were the best. You can dry your pantyhose in 15 minutes or less. No hot air fanning around, so not as drying to the skin, either.

Hot water heat is very nice. My daughter had a house with baseboard hot water radiators. In Germany, my barracks and then later our government quarters were heated with large, flat radiators.