On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:10:10 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
news

UPDATE:
Hurrah! I now have running cold water in the main bathroom sink,
toilet, and tub. The kitchen sink drips cold water on occasion, but
all hot water is still frozen. It has the longest run,
unfortunately.
I sure wish I had an instant-on water heater in the bathroom right
now. I'll be quite -ripe- before the week is out... Time for a GI
spongebath, ah reckon.


My power outage emergency shower is a garden spray tank with a sink
spray hose replacing the wand. I removed the dip tube and jammed 3/8"
tubing into the tank outlet.

Sounds like a winner, and something which could be used after the fall
of civilization. (I'm soooo positive, aren't I?)


I heat a kettle of water on the wood stove, mix it to tolerable
temperature in a pail, then fill the sprayer in the shower where
spills don't matter. You could add a saucepan to scoop hot water from
the kettle to the pail so you don't risk spilling it on your feet, and
a bungee cord to hold the tank upright. The 2 gallon size of sprayer
is a reasonable balance between running time and ease of handling when
you and it are slippery with soap.


In the summer the sprayer is stored out back as a quick-reaction fire
extinguisher. The modification makes it obvious that it isn't for
chemicals.

Excellent. Showering in RoundUp residue wouldn't do, would it?


UPDATE as of 10:45pm last evening: I have hot water! It was back
down to 20F when the hot water suddenly came back on. I guess my day
of heating things took a long while to work, but finally did. Whew!
I have a hot cup of coffee in me and now it's off to the shower.


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