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Water counter
Mix resetable car odometer with water-flow/volume measuring device | |
Ok, I am incapable of cooking anything without a cookbook.
And
even when I do use a book, I often screw it up. So I am very
careful to follow directions word-for-word. Yep, that's right,
I
measure out EXACTLY 2.5 cups of water, and stir
continuously
for 10 minutes. Anyway back to the
idea:
Built into the tap, have one of those roll-over odometer
type
things, like in a car but with 3 digits. Turn on the tap and
the
numbers start rolling. Therefore you can easily measure
out
water from the tap down to tenths of a cup (or local unit of
measurement). Can be optionally set to Litres instead of
cups
because people are too lazy to divide by 4. Can be reset
back
to 0 for next time you need to use it.
Turbine tap
http://www.halfbake...om/idea/turbine-tap
Can put counter for power generated & water consumed at the same time [vedarshi, Oct 05 2004]
Inexpensive digital flow meter
http://www.allergyb...tal-flow-meter.html
[Worldgineer, Oct 05 2004]
(?) Simple flow meter
http://www.pcextrem...n.asp?sku=ex-flo-01
Add a little odometer to this and you're done. [Worldgineer, Oct 05 2004]
Shameless Plug
http://www.halfbake.../Warm_20Water_20Tap
Other tap idea [swimr, Oct 05 2004]
H E L P
http://www.halfbake...editorial/help.html
for [ved] [neilp, Oct 05 2004]
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make it more like the automatic soda dispensers at fast food places where you set the volume and hit a button and only that much comes out. would prevent overshooting. have a "free flow" setting too. though it would also be fun to watch the numbers scroll by...(+) |
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this idea 'may' work where tap water is used for drinking & cooking. |
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//this idea 'may' work where tap water is used for drinking & cooking.// |
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yes. i'm guessing potable tap water would be a pre-requisite. did it really need to be pointed out though? |
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What do you mean, [ved]. I say it would definately work. Flow meters are simple devices, as are odometers. |
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Whoa, neat link World. I say nix the odometer, time is
money and money needs to be wasted, lets go with a
digital display. |
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Yes, circuitry should simplify this and allow you to have the display far from the measuring device. Add a solenoid and you can implement [xclamp]'s idea as well. |
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If only circuitry was as easy as math....\\add a solenoid\\ |
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[Worldgineer],sorry to have annoyed you.actually i had keyed in detailed comments then edited (poorly) but posted without checking. |
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[xclamp],yes it needs to be pointed. there are many-many places where tap water is not potable, it is used only for washing utensils. i just wanted to point out one of the limitations (i can't say if there would be any other limitation). |
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[ved], in those places you don't install the aforementioned Water Counter.
I think it's a great idea, although I'd want to have a whole range of units too: gallons, fluid ounces, teaspoons, tablespoons and the like. A boon fo the cook and the conservationist (and conversationalist) alike. |
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a query [moderators kindly reply] - does replication of any baked idea with some variation qualify on HB ? what exactly are our criteria to decide whether an idea was already baked or not ? |
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if modified replications qualify, i would be happy to post a few. |
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[ved] it doesn't take a moderator to suggest you read the help, and read it again if you need an answer to that question.
P.S. this is nothing like anything which is already baked. |
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//Ideas for the halfbakery should be original to the poster and should, as far as the poster knows, not exist already. (Use search engines to check whether or not what you're about to invent already exists.) // |
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//make it more like the automatic soda dispensers at fast food places where you set the volume and hit a button and only that much comes out// |
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//http://www.halfbake...om/idea/turbine-tap// |
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