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2. Tankless water heating - Wikipedia

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   Tankless water heaters provide many advantages: [8] Long term energy savings: Though a tankless water heater typically costs more initially, it usually costs less to operate because of lower energy use—since it only heats water when required instead of continuously maintaining a tank of heated water. Even homes or buildings with high demand ...

3. Water heating - Wikipedia

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   A 46 kW (157,000 BTU/h) heater, as might exist in a tankless heater, would take about 15 minutes to do this. At $1 per therm, the cost of the gas would be about 40 cents. In comparison, a typical 230 L (60 US gal) tank electric water heater has a 4.5 kW (15,000 BTU/h) heating element, which at 100% efficient results in a heating time of about 2 ...

4. Underfloor heating - Wikipedia

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   Costs about $7/million b.t.u. Propane mainly made from oil, less efficient than natural gas by volume, and generally much more expensive on a b.t.u. basis. Produces more carbon dioxide than "methane" on a b.t.u. basis. Costs about $25/million b.t.u. Coal, oil, or waste oil; Electricity; Solar thermal; Wood or other biomass; Bio-fuels

5. Tap (valve) - Wikipedia

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   This helps avoid scalding or uncomfortable chilling as other water loads occur (such as the flushing of a toilet). Rather than two separate valves, mixer taps frequently use a single, more complex, valve controlled by a single handle (single handle mixer). The handle moves up and down to control the amount of water flow and from side to side to ...

6. Bucket toilet - Wikipedia

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   A bucket toilet is a basic form of a dry toilet whereby a bucket (pail) is used to collect excreta. Usually, feces and urine are collected together in the same bucket, leading to odor issues. Usually, feces and urine are collected together in the same bucket, leading to odor issues.

7. Sanisette - Wikipedia

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   The Sanisette contains a toilet behind a door that opens when a button is pressed or, in the case of a pay toilet, a coin inserted into a control panel on the outside of the toilet. A washbasin is provided (the style varies with the model of Sanisette). When a user enters the toilet, the door closes to provide privacy.

8. Japanese Toilet (South Park) - Wikipedia

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   When the toilet in the Marsh family's powder room stops working, Sharon Marsh orders her husband Randy to get a new one. While reluctant to part with "Ol' Blue", he becomes intrigued with a Japanese toilet at Home Depot. Although Sharon is upset at its $10,000 cost, she too becomes enthralled by it.

9. Dishwasher - Wikipedia

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   A dishwasher containing clean dishes. A dishwasher is a machine that is used to clean dishware, cookware, and cutlery automatically. Unlike manual dishwashing, which relies on physical scrubbing to remove soiling, the mechanical dishwasher cleans by spraying hot water, typically between 45 and 75 °C (110 and 170 °F), at the dishes, with lower temperatures of water used for delicate items.