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After you’ve got yourself all hot and sweaty, jump in the shower. Just one catch… you have to walk the cross-trainer treads to pump the water to have your shower. Get fit while you rinse off. No, you don't have to heat the water yourself, just pump it up above head height.
(This idea is part
of the Home, Sweat Home project)
Fit For Life Kitchen
Fit_20For_20Life_20Kitchen
[UnaBubba, Jan 02 2008]
Treadmill Staircase
Treadmill_20Staircase
[UnaBubba, Jan 02 2008]
Pedal-O-Vision
Pedal-O-Vision_20Ho...ertainment_20Centre
[UnaBubba, Jan 02 2008]
Home, Sweat Home
Home_2c_20Sweat_20Home
[UnaBubba, Jan 02 2008]
Shower_20Treadmill
very similar, but doesn't actually use the treadmill to power the shower [hippo, Jan 03 2008]
Scylla & Charybdis Pool
Scylla_20_26_20Charybdis_20Pool
[UnaBubba, Jan 03 2008]
walking harms environment more than driving
http://www.timesonl.../article2195538.ece
yes, really [Bad Jim, Feb 16 2009]
[link]
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How do I lift up one leg and wash my undercarriage without wiping out? |
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Not to worry. RolandCo's Self-powered Showers have an optional handcrank-powered, floor-mounted nozzle designed to provide a cleansing spray of warm soapy water directly upwards. Users can vary the intensity of the spray jets to meet their individual requirements. Now your undercarriage can be gently bathed and rinsed for everyday use, or pressure-washer scrubbed for those grimy, post-rugby clean-ups. |
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well, my backburner project is an energy-efficient home, so I have a manual pump that fills a tank in the roof: same thing except you don't have a shower *causing* you to break into a sweat. |
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I've often climbed out of the shower on a hot day, and found myself sweating before I could get my clothes on again. Working while in the shower would make that more frequent and more frustrating. |
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Pump the water up before you get in the shower. And save yourself from cleaning shower scum out of a cross-trainer's treads. |
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I like the idea of pumping the water up before the shower better. Maybe the tank is normally pre-filled to a 5-minute hot shower length, so you could hop in for a quick rinse-off if you need it, but if you want a longer luxurious shower, you have to work for it by working out to fill the tank up more before your shower. |
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This would have the dual effect of saving water when you're lazy. |
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//my backburner project is an energy-efficient home, so I have a manual pump that fills a tank in the roof// |
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Manual cranking is actually very inefficient. Food is produced in a very energy intensive way. No matter how cleverly you design the pump, you will end up with a larger overall carbon footprint than if you had looked around for an efficient mechanical pump. |
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//Manual cranking is actually very inefficient//
As opposed to all that photosynthesis and millions of years at tonnes of pressure to produce the gasoline that runs a mechanical pump ? |
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//As opposed to all that photosynthesis and millions of years at tonnes of pressure to produce the gasoline that runs a mechanical pump ?// |
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Yes. In fact, walking to the shops does more harm to the environment than taking the car. See link. In this case, the machine is moving a much heavier load than the man and still winning. So you've got almost no chance trying to beat the machine when the machine is lifting the same load. |
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The mechanical pump will only use a little gasonline. But a lot of gasoline will be burnt to make the food with enough energy for you to pump manually |
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