Water Flow Meter January 01, 2015, 10:25:21 am Yahoo Message Number: 150146I can guess how much water we use for a shower, but it's only a guess. Just for fun, I am thinking about putting in an inexpensive water flow meter ahead of the water pump. [ More space on that side] Here are two that are under $40.http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/350592982060?lpid=82&chn=pshttp://tinyurl.com/lv4lvfbAny thoughts?Cheers Don
Re: Water Flow Meter Reply #1 – January 01, 2015, 09:01:55 pm Yahoo Message Number: 150159"I can guess how much water we use for a shower, but it's only a guess."Here's the method I used, and it didn't cost anything.1. Run water from the showerhead into a bowl or jar for 15 seconds. Measure the amount and multiply by four to find the water consumption per minute when showering.2. Use a cassette recorder, a pocket voice recorder, or a voice recorder app on your smartphone to record the sounds of you taking a shower.3. Use a watch, stopwatch or a smartphone stopwatch app to measure how long the water was actually running.4. Multiply by the per-minute consumption rate you determined in step 2 to find out how much water you use in the course of a shower.Andy BairdTravels with Andy
Re: Water Flow Meter Reply #2 – January 02, 2015, 09:42:29 am Yahoo Message Number: 150161Andy, I tried this but found it difficult to measure for all the singing I heard on the recorder.Jim C
Re: Water Flow Meter Reply #3 – January 02, 2015, 01:52:13 pm Yahoo Message Number: 150163"I tried this but found it difficult to measure for all the singing I heard on the recorder."Measure the elapsed time of the crooner...
Re: Water Flow Meter Reply #4 – January 02, 2015, 02:29:11 pm Yahoo Message Number: 150164The water may have been turned on and off repeatedly during elapsed time, but sounds of crooning overpowered the ability to sort out the sounds of each water change. ;->Virtual hugs,Judie http://dorrieanne.wordpress.com
Re: Water Flow Meter Reply #5 – January 02, 2015, 10:20:57 pm Yahoo Message Number: 150182Put the stopper in the shower drain, take a shower, measure the water by scooping (or sucking with a baster, etc) it into a measuring cup, bowl, whatever.Eric Greenwell Judie Ashford [lifewithalazydazerv] wrote on 1/2/2015 12:29 PM:
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