• @Zetta@mander.xyz
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    10 months ago

    This is my shower. It has 12 heads and consumes ten thousand gallons of deionized water per minute. It costs four hundred thousand dollars to use this shower… for twelve seconds.

  • @empireOfLove@lemmy.one
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    5010 months ago

    30 gallons per minute flow rate, house plumbing has to be upgraded to an 1 ½" mainline to support it lmfao

  • PatFusty
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    3510 months ago

    Imagine being short and getting waterboarded every time you wanna shower. Good times

  • Ghostalmedia
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    2710 months ago

    For those who want a bathing experience that feels like a decontamination after an industrial accident.

  • @Achyu
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    1510 months ago

    Lots of water/energy wastage, if they do not have an efficient water recycling system tho

    • @eezeebee@lemmy.ca
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      1310 months ago

      I wonder though, if this could get you clean in 30-60 seconds how much water usage would it be compared to a regular shower. Bonus efficiency if it can spray soap instead of applying it manually.

    • I wonder if it’s like a dish washer or clothes washer and just has a certain amount of water it uses per shower and it recycles that water back onto you the whole time

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    1310 months ago

    I’ve got to try one of these for my anniversary. They have them at some fancy spas. I think i got to be in there like 5 minutes, which doesn’t seem like much but holy shit is the water pressure unreal, and everywhere all at once. It’s very stimulating and it’d be awesome to have one at home but no one’s home plumbing and hot water tank is up to the task.

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      510 months ago

      Yeah. You’d need some type of system that held and heated water separately and then pressurized it so more. It would only last as long as the tank did.

      Also the top front spouts seem a little intense. I’ve not seen blades of water before.

      • @m0darn@lemmy.ca
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        110 months ago

        I mean you could get a pump to boost the flow, and a big tankless water heater right? Put the pump at the main water supply valve and run a dedicated line to the shower.

        • Neato
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          110 months ago

          At some point the amount of water may exceed what is delivered to your home.

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        10 months ago

        They are very strong. I have very thick hair, and it was like getting a scalp massage. Probably a bit too much for our bald brothers but i loved it since my dome never gets brushed

    • @Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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      210 months ago

      You need a separate heater that heats the water as it’s used and the plumbing would be 3/4 all around, the main has more than enough pressure for that.

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        210 months ago

        I love all these responses on the plumbing lol. Yeah if you want this thing at home your wouldn’t really need to upgrade all your pipes. I’m a sparky not a plumber but a separate water heater and water pump along with probably a 240V line to run em and you’d be good.

        I would actually love to watch a plumber run the pipes for this shower setup. I wonder how they’re different from the shower installs I’ve seen while roping houses

        • @SHITPOSTING_ACCOUNT@feddit.de
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          210 months ago

          Water typically comes in at around 15 degree Celsius, so it needs to be heated by around 25 degrees to feel warm.

          A regular high flow shower head flows up to 20 liters per minute (that’s 5.3 gpm in American). That’s 500 kcal/min of energy that needs to be added, which is 35 kW, or a total of almost 150A at 240V.

          • @Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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            110 months ago

            You would use a gas water heater for that since they heat the water much quicker…

            I used to live in a 200 units building with a central heater for all the hot water and we never ran out and the water was hot as fuck, just need to use the appropriate material for the job 👍

            • @SHITPOSTING_ACCOUNT@feddit.de
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              110 months ago

              Indeed.

              I guess you could also use an oversized heat pump in theory. With a setup like this, recirculation and/or wastewater heat recuperation would also need to be looked into. Either would significantly reduce the cost of running this.

              But purely resistive heating without any form of recuperation would need impractical amounts of power.

  • @Wage_slave@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    For the person who always complains that there isn’t enough pressure or coverage in their shower…

    too tall, cleanest torso ever. too short, we hardly knew thee, sorry about the water boarding (as mentioned earlier by @PatFussy).

  • Dustwin
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    910 months ago

    Ooooh I’d love to see a diagram of the plumbing… maybe two, idea and actual haha

  • beef_curds [she/her]
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    810 months ago

    Seems annoying if you’re trying not to get your hair wet. Or imagine if you had to use a shower chair lmao.

    The superior shower configuration is just the humble detachable handheld showerhead. Put the water right where you need it.