Worrier King
Deceased
One thing that I think people will really miss is a abundance of hot water, especially the showers, baths and dish washing. There's definite hygenic and health risks, expecially with NOT using hot water to wash your dishes and pans with.
I'm leaning towards setting up a remote cabin thats in-progress by not relying on a hot water heater thats "on" all the time, to save some energy.
In the colder months there will be a solid fuel-wood burner, so just a a big kettle on the stove will provide some hot water, and help humidify the cabin. (Incidently, at that particular cabin, we are hauling water in from a creek thats 3/4 of a mile away, and using cisterns and water harvesting from gutters. We could have it delivered and there are public artesian wells available also)
One thing I'm looking at is these: http://www.zodi.com/web-content/Consumer/zodiproducts.html
incorporating it into what will be minimalist cabin plumbing, with the bathroom next to the kitchen area so there's no long plumbing runs.
Another thing I've seen used for camp showers is the turkey deep fryers plumbed up to a little pump.
Its definitley a KISS approach, the less mechanical stuff the better.
So would a SHTF situation affect how people here approach or plan to have their hot water? Have you considered not having your hot water heater on 24x7 just to try to conserve your energy supplies? Any thoughts on this?
I'm leaning towards setting up a remote cabin thats in-progress by not relying on a hot water heater thats "on" all the time, to save some energy.
In the colder months there will be a solid fuel-wood burner, so just a a big kettle on the stove will provide some hot water, and help humidify the cabin. (Incidently, at that particular cabin, we are hauling water in from a creek thats 3/4 of a mile away, and using cisterns and water harvesting from gutters. We could have it delivered and there are public artesian wells available also)
One thing I'm looking at is these: http://www.zodi.com/web-content/Consumer/zodiproducts.html
incorporating it into what will be minimalist cabin plumbing, with the bathroom next to the kitchen area so there's no long plumbing runs.
Another thing I've seen used for camp showers is the turkey deep fryers plumbed up to a little pump.
Its definitley a KISS approach, the less mechanical stuff the better.
So would a SHTF situation affect how people here approach or plan to have their hot water? Have you considered not having your hot water heater on 24x7 just to try to conserve your energy supplies? Any thoughts on this?