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The picture above is of an electric shower these can be found in third world countries like Guatemala, Somalia, and England. The UN definition of poverty is entirely derive by the number of such devices in the country, hence the English score highly.
The operation of the device is simple. You turn on the tap, there is only one, sometimes marked cold. Try to only hold onto the plastic thingy unless you like being thrown across the room, or want to wake up quickly first thing in the morning. The water pressure then starts the heater. At first the water will be cold, this is normal. Water will be falling from the bottom, sides,and top of the device, but mainly from the hole where the electrical wires enter the device, quite often a loud buzzing can be heard coming from the device. Continue to lower the water pressure until one stream of water feels slightly warmer than the others this stream is generally at the rear pointing towards the pipe, try not to touch the pipe. The heater is perfectly adjusted when the heater ceases to function if any other person in the block turns on a tap. Enter the shower stream quickly, if your head starts to tingle you are to close to the device. Try squatting. Remember to leave the stream before hypothermia sets in. Try not to touch anything metal within a couple of meters of the shower basin.
The electric shower is sort of like Alchemy for hotel owners. In the original, the object was to turn Lead into Gold, these devices try to turn cold water in to hot with similar results. The actual
amount of heat provided can be calculated buy using the formula below.
E =MC²U
E = Energy in Kilowatts
M= Total electrical output of the country you are in.
C= Shower flow in litres per second
U is the universal electric shower constant for your device which is always “0”
The great advantage for Hotel owner's is it allows them to say they have hot water without actually providing it. Hence something for nothing.
