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Technology has advanced, creating amazing items. The latest bathroom accessories, includes the electronic bath mirror defoggers. The defoggers are nice, since now you can step out of the shower or bath and feel relaxed knowing that you do not have to wait until the mirror is free of fog.

How it works:
The electronic defoggers give you the advantage of freeing up time, since you do not have to blow dry, wait, or wipe your mirror after bathing. Now, you can close the door while taking a bath. Now you can bath with your spouse while he or she showers at the same time, since when you step out the mirror will be free of fog.

The latest invention takes one beyond expediency. Now, you can put on your face after showing, shave, insert contact lenses, style your hair, etc, without waiting until the mirror is free of fog.

The latest inventions save you time. How the defogger works is simple. Once you install the unit, you merely flick a switch and the defogger will do the rest. The device connects to the light switch, which when you turn on the bathroom light the defogger will instantly activate.

Technology has designed a timesaving, cost-effective solution. The defoggers will match your budget, since you can activate the defoggers without worrying about your electric bill increasing. The device uses less electricity than any other device, such as light bulbs, or fixtures installed in your bathroom.

Defoggers offer you flexibility. Technology has designed the devices to fit behind your bathroom mirror, yet the device will cover the surrounding areas, thus defogging your mirrors.

How to install:
Defoggers are easy to install. The defogger has an attached heater, which is installed in an electronic box. The unit is then hard-wired to the bath defogger. Next, you mount the defogger on the wall, by sticking the unit and replace your mirror.

How much wattage does the defogger use.
As I said, the defoggers are cost-effective. Defoggers run from 110-watt. You have the option of choosing the 120-watt units also, as well as the 240-voltage.

How do I choose tools for installation?
You will have instructions available when you purchase your unit. The instruction manual will inform you what tools you need to install. In some instances, you may need to drill holes in your wall to affix your mirror. You may need a drill, drill bits, etc. It depends if you need to accommodate your fixtures and/or wall outlets. You want to avoid cutting or drilling holes in to the mirror itself.

How do I take care of my defogger?
Defoggers today are free of maintenance. Defoggers are designed to last up to 10 years or longer.

How are the defoggers tested?
Leading, international labs, such as CE and ETL, test defoggers. The units are certified by CSA.

How much do the defoggers cost?
It depends where you purchase the bath defoggers. Online you can find bath defoggers, which you can purchase at varying prices. It depends on what you want. We recommend you contrast and compare pricing to find the bargains. Keep in mind however; quality is important. If you find generics, you may find better deals, yet how long will the unit last? If you have to purchase a new unit every month, couple of years, etc, thus you are not receiving quality.

How do I consider shipping?
You have the choice of choosing express airmail, expedited, or standard mail. From my experience standard is affordable and arrives sooner than airmail or express.

Now that you’ve considered bath defoggers, you may want to consider the latest decor wall mirrors.

John Pawlett
http://www.articlesbase.com/home-and-family-articles/bathroom-mirror-defoggers-89290.html

It primarily depends on three factors

- cost of electricity
- cost of natural gas
- efficiency of the water heater

A therm factor is used by gas companies to convert the volume of gas used to its heat equivalent, and thus calculate the actual energy use. 1 Therm = 100,000 BTU and is approximately equal to 29.3 kWh. Look at your last natural gas bill to determine the "cost per therm".

Since your natural gas water heater is not 100% efficient, you are paying for some gas that is “wasted”. For the purposes of this answer, I will assume the water heater is 60% efficient.

We will assume that the electric water heater is nearly 100% efficient. Every watt of electricity is converted to heat in the water.

If the same amount of energy needs to be applied to the water, then the break even point is when the cost of natural gas equals the cost of electricity.

Price per therm ÷ 0.60 = Price per kWh x (29.3 kWh / therm)

0.60 is assumed to be the efficiency of the natural gas water heater.

Solving for price per therm:

Price per therm = (Price per kWh) x (29.3 kWh / therm) x 0.60

Assuming the cost of electricity is $0.10 per kWh, the break even point is when natural gas costs:

$0.10 x 29.3 x 0.60 = $1.76 per therm.

Assuming an electric rate of $0.10 per kWh, if the cost per therm is less than $1.76, then the natural gas water heater is more economical.

Look at your latest electric and gas bills to find your energy rates and plug them into the equations above.

Don’t forget that most natural gas water heaters have a pilot light that consumes some gas even when it is not heating the water.

Good luck.

please i need the specifications for the products you use,how many you are using for each product( e.g no of inverters, batteries e.t.c) and for how long.

There is no such thing as a "24 hour home solar power system" as there is nowhere that the sun shines 24 hours a day!

Perhaps you should clarify your question.

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1. What are the specs of the DC motor/other required to/capable of creating a Wind (or other source) Powered Generator that will run a standard home on its own (or 12,000-16,000 kWh per year)

2. What is the torque (in Newton-Metres or Foot-Pounds) required (to be generated by the wind/other) to move that shaft fast enough to generate enough power for that home.

3. What is the speed that that shaft will be spinning (in Hertz/RPM/other) because of that Torque in #2.

Bonus 4. What is the resistance of that motor/other, that is, how much inherent resitance does it have to turning the shaft. (Probably answered when 2 & 3 are answered?)

Anyone who answers all three questions will not only get the 10 points, but I will personally look through your previously answered questions and give you up to 10 thumbs up for any answers I don’t hate. Runners up will get a thumbs up, identical correct answers will get the 10 bonus thumbs up as well, all BS answers will get reported. GOOD LUCK!
Addendum to #2. Instead of Torque, Kinetic Energy would actually be better, but either one is fine.

It looks like you need help in converting electrical power requirements to mechanical power requirements. I’ll try to provide you with the knowledge to do that.

1. Because the wind is variable, the windmill will not be on all the time. There are a couple of options. You could oversize the windmill to generate excess power and store it in batteries. Or you could just use the power from the windmill when it is available and rely on the grid for the rest of the time. If the windmill generates more electricity than you are using, you can send the power to the grid. But the selling price is much lower than your buying price.

2. If you use 1000 kWh in a month like me, then the average power is 1000kWh / (31*24hours) = 1.344 kW. If your generator is 80% efficient, then you’ll need to supply 1.344/0.80 = 1.68kW worth of mechanical power on average.

Since power is torque times angular frequency, you can see that as the RPM increases, torque decreases. This presents a unique problem. If you put too much of a load on the generator, it will cause the windmill to stall. So, the faster the windmill turns, the less torque required for the same output power. There’s some math involved here. Mechanical power can be in horsepower or watts, and you can convert between the two.

I had to get out my old physics book. This will help you in determining the input mechanical power. One horsepower is equal to 746 watts. Rotational power (in Watts) is torque (in Newton meters) times the angular frequency in radians per second (one full rotation is 2pi radians).

Setting up a home windmill is not cheap. The payback time may be longer than you’re willing to invest in. You’ll need several things besides the windmill and generator. Battery storage is optional, but helpful. You’ll need an inverter to convert the power from the windmill to 60Hz 120V, and synchronize the frequency with the grid’s power.

I am in shock, ….my electric bill arrived yesterday and it was DOUBLE what it usually is. I called them, and they said last month it was estimated, but this was an actual reading. It really killed my budget for the month. We had an insurance claim and some work done on the house, do you think power tools would use that much electricity? I am desperately looking for ways to cut expenses and that is the only thing I can think of, but would power tools really bump up my bill to double what it usually is? It went from $80 to $160 in one month.

if they estimated your last bill then they probably estimated it low then when they did the actual reading it was probably 1 1/2 months bills combined. Power tools will bring up your bill depending on how long they were used plus the extra from the month before you weren’t billed for.

Lots of folks are considering having chickens at home now that many city laws are changing to allow backyard chickens.

It’s a great way to get fresh eggs, meat and free compost!

The biggest cost can be in purchasing a chicken coop. If you’d like to save money and time, you should check out this new site on how to build a chicken house.

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