Autoloo

["Stuart Meier" <stuartmeier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tim asked me to post this, currently flushing out the lurkers on
UK_Selfbuild...
"Well worth posting over on UKHA though, a neat, automated bog
flush"

> I had been struggling with how to operate the loo flush on a hidden
cistern.
All
> the ones I have seen (below £150 anyway) are as ugly as sin, or
difficult to
> operate. Nasty handles, giant pushbuttons etc.
>
> Just in case anyone else is pondering this perplexing and important
issue (!),
I
> have just got my low cost solution.
>
> I'll be using pneumatic hidden cisterns (from BES, currently on offer
at £27),
> operated by a small airpump £10 from a  fishtank supplier), triggered
by a wee
> bit of electronics ( so a brief touch on any desired button (mine is a
small
> diamond tile) will run the pump for the requisite 5 odd seconds). And
it
> automatically runs a fan for a few minutes too if you want. In the
event of
> mains failure there is still a manual override.
>
> Just got a prototype working a treat. But it's not got a cat5
interface so no
> point in telling you good folk on UKHA!
>
> StUart

The bit about cat5 was just a joke, by the way :-)
StUart