Re: Auto Filling Bath Project...

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

only that valves might not close fully, or even jam part-way, if hair
gets in the way, in some way ...

Chris


On 22 Aug 2007, at 09:19, Marcus Warrington wrote:

> Chris,
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> Not sure what you mean.. never had a plug hole completely blocked by
> hair... yet!
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> Marcus
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> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Chris Hunter
> Sent: 21 August 2007 19:01
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Auto Filling Bath Project...
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> 'wonder how would it cope with hairs etc, which will inevitably go
> down the plug-hole ?
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> Chris
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> On 21 Aug 2007, at 12:53, Marcus Warrington wrote:
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>>> 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
>> obvious :-)
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>> I suppose that the one down side is that if I could automate the
>> actual
>> 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
>> lot of
>> effort to them.
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>> Mmm.. I wonder if its possible to install a basin style popup
waste
>> (the
>> 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
>> have
>> 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%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
] On
> Behalf
>> Of Kevin Hawkins
>> Sent: 21 August 2007 12:06
>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
>> 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
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>> 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
>> the
>> 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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>> K
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