Random/Stupid Question No.17,989

titchard · 8 Oct 2007 at 19:43

Angus-Higgins said:
The course was "Biomedical Engineering". (The device I referred to was intended to be used with the disabled [who have difficulty remembering when the bath is filling up {or possibly with turning the tap (to stop the flow of water)}]). I do not want to be an engineer.

Angus Higgins

You do not want to be an engineer...

..You ARE engineered!

Rich

Dogoid · 8 Oct 2007 at 21:53

how about a device that magnetically clamps to the inside of the bath at the desired height you want your water. now when the device detects water, it sounds an alarm warning you of imminent flood. would be good for blind people also.

InvaderGIR · 8 Oct 2007 at 22:11

Dogoid said:
how about a device that magnetically clamps to the inside of the bath at the desired height you want your water. now when the device detects water, it sounds an alarm warning you of imminent flood. would be good for blind people also.

Would suck for deaf people thought.

InvG

Dogoid · 8 Oct 2007 at 22:14

InvaderGIR said:
Would suck for deaf people thought.

InvG

yes it would. but this is aimed at a large population who can see and hear, its just blind people can use it also. the deaf have too many little devices for their aid anyway.

SexyGreyFox · 8 Oct 2007 at 22:24

I'm amazed that people still bath in their own dirt.

PardonTheWait · 8 Oct 2007 at 22:25

iBot said:
I dont know it, but it has to do with not turning the taps on full so the flow of water coming out is never greater than the overfill hole can cope with.

That would take forever! It'd be cold by the time it was full.

dmpoole said:
I'm amazed that people still bath in their own dirt.

Me too.. I only ever have a bath just for the pleasure of it, and I tend to have a quick shower first.

moogie · 8 Oct 2007 at 22:40

there was a plug made with a valve which released water at a certain pressure to prevent overflows

never took of though

bigred · 8 Oct 2007 at 22:44

Wasn't there something on Dragons' Den which did exactly what Angus Higgins is describing?

Edit: Here it is http://www.nova-flo.com/

Helium_Junkie · 8 Oct 2007 at 22:52

Zogger said:

Awesome

I presume then that he's in here with his bracketing :rolleyes:

DannyDan · 8 Oct 2007 at 23:10

Angus-Higgins said:
A better solution (that I believe is in place [for some people]) is to use some form of electronics to turn off the water (from the pipe) when the level of water (in the bath) gets to a certain level. (I think I was taught about this during a Biomedical Engineering course [at Southampton University]).

It is interesting to think of why this type of system is not implemented more. I suspect it is because the manufacturers of baths do not believe that this will be a problem for most people (and the ones who do have a problem [which cannot be stopped by being slightly more careful {in other terms, those who are disabled}] can seek some form of "after-market" device [solving the problem]).

Angus Higgins

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danza · 8 Oct 2007 at 23:44

dmpoole said:
I'm amazed that people still bath in their own dirt.

I can't help it, my shower is utterly cack

. When I have some £££ I'll get a proper one fitted (along with a new bathroom at the same time).

I guess though as many people do have regular showers, that an item that prevents/relieves overflow is becoming less necessary. Although when I flooded my Mum's kitchen, like someone else has mentioned, it was the internet's fault. It's like a time/space vortex here!

You can't really share a shower with yo' womans very easily though. That's one reason why baths rule IMO

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Naffa · 9 Oct 2007 at 00:07

Fixed.

Kreeeee · 9 Oct 2007 at 00:08

DannyDan said:
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stickroad · 9 Oct 2007 at 00:13

Leave it out guys, its actually really boring having to read most of the posts in this thread at you lot having a go at Angus Higgins all the time. He's not going to change the way he types so you might as well forget about it. So you guys going to keep runing threads about someting extremely petty and stupid which could be quite easily ignored.

Anyway ive never actually let my bath overflow, very very close though, it reached right to the top of the bath tub and it was freezing cold.

Helium_Junkie · 9 Oct 2007 at 00:22

stickroad said:
Leave it out guys, its actually really boring having to read most of the posts in this thread at you lot having a go at Angus Higgins all the time. He's not going to change the way he types so you might as well forget about it. So you guys going to keep runing threads about someting extremely petty and stupid which could be quite easily ignored.

Anyway ive never actually let my bath overflow...

for some reason that comment after the serious rant just made me rofl

Kreeeee · 9 Oct 2007 at 00:23

stickroad said:
Leave it out guys, its actually really boring having to read most of the posts in this thread at you lot having a go at Angus Higgins all the time. He's not going to change the way he types so you might as well forget about it. So you guys going to keep runing threads about someting extremely petty and stupid which could be quite easily ignored.

I'm not going to change the way I post so you might as well forget about it.

InSanCen · 9 Oct 2007 at 00:25

until i actually looked closely at this guys posts, i thought he just had a fetish for shelf brackets n stuff from the other posts here

vincent1989 · 9 Oct 2007 at 00:27

i never run my taps at full whack, i let them at about 10-25% to allow for web browsing or gaming i may not think i intend to be doing

stickroad · 9 Oct 2007 at 00:30

Kreeeee said:
I'm not going to change the way I post so you might as well forget about it.

I didn't ask you to change the way you post thank you very much just stay on the dam topic. Please dont be childish and say, well your ot exactly on topic either now are you, stop being so pathectic. If im able to be grown up enough and are able to ignore Angus Higgins im sure you can.

cheets64 · 9 Oct 2007 at 00:32

Its not the brackets its the crap in between.