Re: Auto Filling Bath Project...

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

'wonder how would it cope with hairs etc, which will inevitably go
down the plug-hole ?

Chris


On 21 Aug 2007, at 12:53, Marcus Warrington wrote:

>> I'd always thought I would put another inline electric valve in
the
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> Good call... I'd not thought of that....sometimes the obvious isn't
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> I suppose that the one down side is that  if I could automate the
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> plug (rather than a secondary valve) then I could automate the actual
> emptying of the bath as well. e.g. a set period of time after filling
> (2hrs.. or when no occupancy detected etc) the bath would empty
> itself,
> or maybe it should always empty before filling.  Possibly even a
> pulsor
> glued to the back itself could detect if someone was in or out of the
> bath...
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> You wouldn't think that this was really required but teenagers (and
> sometimes SWMBO!) are master of expending the least amount of
> energy...
> and actually emptying a bath or turning off a light seems like a
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> Mmm.. I wonder if its possible to install a basin style popup waste
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> one that uses a rod rather than cable) below the current one, and have
> it PUSH up the plug rather then the cable. Would mean that I would
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> to restrict the pipe work to 32mm instead of 40mm but that would just
> mean it takes longer to empty.. hardly a big concern...
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> Marcus
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> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Kevin Hawkins
> Sent: 21 August 2007 12:06
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Auto Filling Bath Project...
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> Marcus Warrington wrote:
>> As part of my ongoing bathroom refit..(can't believe this is
>> taking me
> so long), I've spent the weekend automating the filling of the bath...
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> Interesting - something I've long been intending but not yet done -
> like so many other things.
>> The big stumbling block at the moment is trying to automate the
popup
> waste... currently we have to remember to make sure the plug is
"in"
> after emptying the bath, otherwise the next autofill just goes down
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> drain rather than filling the bath.
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> I'd always thought I would put another inline electric valve in the
> overflow pipe (powerfail open) . It would have to be a large diameter
> I guess but I'm sure they exist. Pressure would be low.
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