22 July 2008 Y
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When I woke up around 2pm today, Michelle told me that there was no hot water available at all. How are we going to shower in such a cold weather (~10 degrees)??
I had no idea how I was going to shower. I was chatting with one of my friend and told him about it. He suggested the traditional way - boiling water and mix it with cold water and shower with it. It is a good idea. I told Michelle about it. She told me that we wont be able to have any steam produced. Then I thought of another idea of using the heater to heat up the toilet before we shower so that we won't be freezing when we showered.
Heater in the toilet
Pails used during shower
It was so troublesome to shower without having a heater in the house. I need to be really careful ensuring that I won't be splashing any water on the heater to prevent any electricity shock or short circuit. Since the owner (Danielle) is not around as she went back to Taiwan, we would have to use this method temporarily before we have any warm water again.
That evening, Geraldine came back from Singapore. She came back with her boyfriend after arrival into Adelaide. I told her about it and her boyfriend heard about it. I explained to the electrician, Tony, came over on Saturday to make some changes to the electricity switches as there seem to have so many problems when I just moved into the house. I reckon it was cause of overworking hence leading to the multiple short circuits. Anyway, Geraldine's boyfriend went outside to check out the switches in the electrity box and realized that the switch for the hot water was switched off. Therefore, he explained to me of what I can do in future if such matter happens again. I thanked him for helping us.
Anyway, I hope that we are able to use hot water tomorrow. I heard from Danielle previously that the hot water take almost 1/2 to 1 day to warm up all the water. Therefore, I hope that we are enjoy the hot shower once again. I would really appreciate the benefits of having hot water for showers again in such cold weather in Australia.
I reckon I shall end here today. There are still so many things that I haven't update yet. Do stay tune for more. Hope you all enjoy reading my blog. Have a nice day ahead too. :)
I had no idea how I was going to shower. I was chatting with one of my friend and told him about it. He suggested the traditional way - boiling water and mix it with cold water and shower with it. It is a good idea. I told Michelle about it. She told me that we wont be able to have any steam produced. Then I thought of another idea of using the heater to heat up the toilet before we shower so that we won't be freezing when we showered.
Heater in the toilet
Pails used during shower
It was so troublesome to shower without having a heater in the house. I need to be really careful ensuring that I won't be splashing any water on the heater to prevent any electricity shock or short circuit. Since the owner (Danielle) is not around as she went back to Taiwan, we would have to use this method temporarily before we have any warm water again.
That evening, Geraldine came back from Singapore. She came back with her boyfriend after arrival into Adelaide. I told her about it and her boyfriend heard about it. I explained to the electrician, Tony, came over on Saturday to make some changes to the electricity switches as there seem to have so many problems when I just moved into the house. I reckon it was cause of overworking hence leading to the multiple short circuits. Anyway, Geraldine's boyfriend went outside to check out the switches in the electrity box and realized that the switch for the hot water was switched off. Therefore, he explained to me of what I can do in future if such matter happens again. I thanked him for helping us.
Anyway, I hope that we are able to use hot water tomorrow. I heard from Danielle previously that the hot water take almost 1/2 to 1 day to warm up all the water. Therefore, I hope that we are enjoy the hot shower once again. I would really appreciate the benefits of having hot water for showers again in such cold weather in Australia.
I reckon I shall end here today. There are still so many things that I haven't update yet. Do stay tune for more. Hope you all enjoy reading my blog. Have a nice day ahead too. :)