Washing Machine Driven bath.

OK here's the picture. It's raining. You live 80 Ks from town on a dirt road and have a 2WD Kingswood. You're not going anywhere. You're home alone. No one lives near you. Wild Pigs and a killer stallion frequent your 2KM driveway, so you're not going to risk getting bogged and gored. You've accumulated two or three days grime and want to have a shower. You have run out of water. You go to the bore pump to turn it on. It's lost its prime. You fail to get it its prime. You don't own the pump. You are incapable of lifting 100+ metres of black pipe out of the earth to fix the valve at the end. You still want the shower tho...and you want to be able to wash 5 days worth of dishes too. Time to get creative.

Ahuh you have a rainwater tank.

You also have a garden hose and some fittings. But there's no thread on the rainwater tank tap. You go to the car and find the spare ratiator hose - the one with the clamps. It fits! And so does the hose joiner nozzle.

You think Great, just to plug this in to the other tap and all will be well. But no. Taps don't work like that. For some reason tap makers made taps only let water out not in. Never mind - remove the tap...find a fitting from a sprinkler and bobs your uncle.

But it doesn't quite work. The top of the hot water service is higher than the rain water tank. Need a pump. Haven't got a pump. Aah have the old washing machine tho...it's got one.

Fill the washing machine.

Disconnect the hose from the tank and attach it to the washing machine's outlet.

Set machine to Drain and watch the bath tub fill!

Guess what happens when you turn off the washing machine. The water keeps running! You've started a syphon.

Enjoy your bath!

Written by the wierdo otherwise known as Michael Kean.

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