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Do you shower with the water running?

#42
Vorago said:
I keep the water running but actually it makes perfect sense not to.

We don't realize how much water we spill. Some kind of closed circuitry that lets the water heat up internally inside the tap would be great as well.
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A lot of boiler systems we use over here are sort-of like that.

Starts heating the water traveling through the boiler unit once there is flow, stops heating when the flow stops. Only issue is running out the cold water between the boiler and the tap.

Makes much more sense than having a tank full of hot water there all the time, where I'd say wasting water is less of a concern than the energy that was wasted in heating a stock of it, IMO (at least where there are decent supplies of clean water).
 
#44
10-15 mins. WITH the hot water running, and this includes a shave while in the shower. My wife can jump in a few minutes after my exit, and get hot, hot, water for her shower session.

Why would someone harass their guest because they've got, or installed a miniature hot water heater? Maybe your friend is always on someone's case about something...:eyebrow:
 
#47
I used to leave the water running the whole time, but started making the habit of turning off the water when I was lathering up after too many times of having the hot water run out. It's pretty easy to do and has become habit anymore.
 
#49
The Navy method is only to turn the water on initially to get wet, and once more to rinse off. I don't see the need for it.

Most people could save a LOT more water by watering their lawn properly than by turning off the water while they shower.

PS: I take quick showers, but I like to SHOWER. I take the flow restrictors out of low flow showerheads, or drill the hole in their center larger to allow more water flow.
 
#50
i_got_a_mohawk said:
A lot of boiler systems we use over here are sort-of like that.

Starts heating the water traveling through the boiler unit once there is flow, stops heating when the flow stops. Only issue is running out the cold water between the boiler and the tap.

Makes much more sense than having a tank full of hot water there all the time, where I'd say wasting water is less of a concern than the energy that was wasted in heating a stock of it, IMO (at least where there are decent supplies of clean water).
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It does make a lot more sense. In addition, our boiler systems are often centralized in large houses, so the cold water between the boiler and the tap is a fair amount of water. It would make more sense to have a heater that produces hot water on demand, close to the places in the house that need it.

Our houses were designed when energy was cheap.
 
#51
fdeck said:
It does make a lot more sense. In addition, our boiler systems are often centralized in large houses, so the cold water between the boiler and the tap is a fair amount of water. It would make more sense to have a heater that produces hot water on demand, close to the places in the house that need it.

Our houses were designed when energy was cheap.
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The point of use solutions aren't that cheap either. They can easily cost more than a 40 gallon tank.
 
#53
Showering without the water on. Isn't that an oxymoron or something? :D


johndough247 said:
Wow...this is interesting...I guess nobody cares about wasting water. Most replies seem to be from the US/UK, where there's water plants providing for everyone...I'm from the Caribbean and although we have that, it's not always reliable (shut off sometimes or pressure is low), so many use rain water collected in cisterns for general use. Showering the way most of you describe will kill your water supply in the dry seasons.
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Strangely enough, growing up in an area of Australia that has just broken quite extreme drought after the past 20 years or so (my entire life) I have never even heard of someone showering without the water on. I probably would have done it if I had ever thought of it.
 
#54
I shower with the water on for anywhere from 15-30 minutes. I feel like if I take any less than 10, I haven't cleaned myself throughly. My Dad tried to get me to do it navy style but there was no way I could do that unless it was absolutely necessary. A shower should be relaxing not a field exercise.

I wash my face and shave before my shower so I can spend time messing around with my hair. Today, I gave myself a soap-hawk :hiding:.
 
#56
When we go away on the family boat we have to turn the water off and on to save it. It goes like this
Rinse off -> shampoo head (most of the time we use a 2 in 1 shampoo and conditioner) -> rinse -> body wash -> rinse off.

Each -> means turn the water on or off.
 
#60
Water is pure and plenty here in Vancouver and everyone showers with the wter on. I came from Taiwan and we would turn on the water just to wet our bodies, wash your hair and body, and then turn the water back on just to rinse off.

I don't understand how some people brush their teeth with the water on the whole time. Such a waste.
 

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