[Tig] bulbs for the home

[Rob Lingelbach]

>
> Actually, that is not totally true.  I installed a tankless water  
> heater
> when I remodeled and it is 90 percent efficient, only heats water  
> on demand,
> and has no pilot.  Plus I get a number of state and federal tax  
> rebates on
> it.  I've been delighted with its performance and savings.

Is it electric then?

The first time I stayed in a private home in Brasil I was stunned
(can't say shocked in this case) to see how I was to take a shower.
The water for a hot shower is heated in the shower fixture itself,
the water passing through a kind of reverse-immersion coil heater
system that is energized at 220 volts, the wires to the shower head
in some homes completely exposed and even without insulation.

It took a while to get used to this idea...  one regulates the  
temperature
of the shower by the amount of flow: faster flow, lower temperature, and
vice versa.

(as an aside, another cultural difference not easy to manage: most homes
and apartments have doorlocks that require a key on both sides, and  
the key
is sometimes removed on the inside, effectively requiring the  
resident to
find the key in order to exit the residence.  When I ask about fire  
regulations,
I'm told there aren't any, or that there aren't many fires here  
[which actually
could be in its own way true, as most construction is of masonry and  
not wood])

Rob
http://www.colorist.org/robhome.html