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Caption This for 04/19/2019

Posted April 19, 2019 4:45 PM by lmno24

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04/19/2019 5:00 PM

The before picture for Solar Eagle's under sink hot water on demand system.

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04/19/2019 5:02 PM

The sink from Rube Goldbergs' childhood home.

(Present day would be much more elaborate.)

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04/19/2019 5:07 PM

You wish cold water? Turn bottle at you.

You wish hot water? Leave bottle as is and on turn pot. Be patient...dis not the Ritz.

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04/19/2019 6:16 PM

..no... you let cold water flow through the pot and press a button to warm the flow.

No fuss. High tech, efficient, low investment of time as and money.

...I'm selling myself.. I'm ready to make the upgrade to my garage water supply.

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04/19/2019 7:48 PM

When washing one's hands, hot water is just a side issue for some.
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04/19/2019 7:54 PM

Where there's a will, there's a way

...not necessarily a good way, but a way...

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04/22/2019 9:59 AM

Where there's a will, there's a way

With that set-up, he better have a will!

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04/22/2019 10:10 AM

In the real world,where there's a will,there's a lawyer.

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04/19/2019 8:18 PM

Anatomy of a Tankless Water Heater

The finished product...

https://www.thisoldhouse.com/ideas/read-you-buy-tankless-water-heater

The laboratory prototype...
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04/20/2019 4:02 AM

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04/20/2019 10:07 AM

Is that "Black Mold" on the back wall?
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04/20/2019 11:15 AM

Yes.That is also black mold on the top of the sponge.

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04/20/2019 8:18 AM

Dang it!Now everyone knows how to do it.I'll never get my patent now! Who hid the camera in my laboratory bathroom?...(Walter)

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04/20/2019 10:41 AM

Now, for the 'next step experts' .....
please tell me how the sponge efficiently cleans the insides of the kettle?
(No Easter Bunny suggestions please)

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04/20/2019 11:16 AM

You never clean the kettle,it is the patina that gives it the special flavor that you can't get anywhere else.

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04/20/2019 12:07 PM

So that is the "Starbucks" secret!

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04/20/2019 3:27 PM

It's a tough day when you don't learn something!
Is it part of the recipe for the 'best' Easter Eggs????

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04/20/2019 11:26 AM

Li'L Abner promised Daisy Mae hot and cold runnin' water,so he has Snuffy Smith make this one. ----------

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04/20/2019 11:57 AM

Wait till ya see what's rigged up for the tub!

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04/20/2019 6:10 PM

When the going gets tough: An Eng-N-ear's gotta do what an Eng-N-ear's gotta do!

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04/22/2019 9:32 AM

The first "on demand" hot water heater?

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04/22/2019 10:18 AM

I got diz pot for Christmas,but I haz a better uze for it: Don't need no stinkin' coffee pot for coffee,I just pack a few of dem dare beanz in m' cheek,and I be ready to go.Don' eben havta spit out dejuice like chawin' backer.Don't git all over the truck door neither.

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04/22/2019 12:37 PM

"Don't git all over the truck door neither."? Now that's what I call progress.

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04/22/2019 11:14 PM

Red Green's water heater.
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