Team-BHP - The Home Appliance thread

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Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom (Post 3368692)

Yes. I have several, and they are all awaiting new tubes at the moment <Blush>

Do they work? Yes, they do, but mosquitoes are not fatally can-not-resist attracted to them like some insects are. A proportion of them will fly into the trap, which leaves fewer to deal with in other ways. My mossie racket is always just at my hand.

We live in a bad area, but the mossie problem is, just recently, far worse than I have ever known it. We get out garden and outside the house sprayed sometimes, but the effect is only noticeable for a day.

We have screens on every window and on every door, but the mosquitoes still come and sit on them, flying in when they are opened. I want to spray the net screens with repellent, and will use Permethrin (keep it away from cats: it can kill them as well as the mossies), but not sure what to buy. Yesterday, I came across an Indian brand called Avar, on the internet. Then, I don't know how much to use.

A friend of mike who has a big garden, uses Neem oil as a spray. That gets rid of mosquitoes from his garden and house.

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Originally Posted by sourav9385 (Post 3368750)

Thanks to your post, my research led me to this page from Wikipedia, which clearly states the drawback of the bug zapper...

Considering that piece of information, I think our options for combating the mossie menace are down to the bats, nets and ultimately, our hands :Frustrati

The thing about them killing far more friendly insects than unfriendly ones is true when they are used outdoors. Indoors, they are still worth having. We don't have too many nice moths etc flying around the house, more houseflies and mossies, of which a percentage will get trapped.

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Originally Posted by Aroy (Post 3368827)

A friend of mike who has a big garden, uses Neem oil as a spray. That gets rid of mosquitoes from his garden and house.

Burning neem leaves seems to be a traditional repellent. Fine, if one has garden staff. Actually, also not so fine as we have to live with the smoke. Coincidentally, my wife bought neem oil yesterday, and put to burn by our front-door net. She said that it was not covered in mosquitoes this morning, as it usually is.

Eradicating mosquitoes entirely has been suggested. One expects that environmental scientists and activists will be up in arms at such a suggestion, but they seem to say, "fine by us! Mosquitoes cause far, far more harm, to lots of different species, than any good they do."

No more mossies! Yes please! That would be wonderful.

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Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom (Post 3369190)

Eradicating mosquitoes entirely has been suggested. One expects that environmental scientists and activists will be up in arms at such a suggestion, but they seem to say, "fine by us! Mosquitoes cause far, far more harm, to lots of different species, than any good they do."

No more mossies! Yes please! That would be wonderful.

On the other hand, Mosquitoes do a lot of vaccination job by inserting small dosages of bacterias and virus. Our body gets immune to them as we grow. If there are no mosquitoes, I am sure there will be epidemics.

Just keep the surrounding clean and dry that should control their population explosion. This is the toughest part thou ;)

Hi, has anyone installed an overhead water pressure booster pump? The house I live in has some serious water flow issues. If a tap is opened anywhere else in the house, the flow slows down in other taps, sometimes to a trickle. Very annoying when you are all lathered up and the shower dries up... Its a 20 year old house with internal GI pipes. Not sure if it will help if the pipes are changed from overhead tank to each bathroom. There is just one pipe coming down from the overhead tank to my ground floor bathrooms - there are 2 bathrooms, 1 kitchen, 2 service areas at this level, but only 1 incoming connection.
Any idea if the pressure booster will help? Any brand suggestions?

http://in.grundfos.com/products/find...m-booster.html

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Originally Posted by diyguy (Post 3369622)

They help to boost pressure. But in your case you should get good plumber to check what's happening. May be changing pipes may help. We have pipe coming to each floor. Usually this pipe is twice the size(1.5") of outlet pipes(0.75"). Usually pressure is enough.

However we have Pressure-pump to boost pressure in our new home. Since all our bath room has rain showers we needed it to have more pressure. We have 0.7 hp pump from grundfos.

Having pressure pump complicates things. Usually pressure pump connected always on mode, when any tap opens pressure pump on and pushes water. This makes it difficult for some taps (like wash basin, kitchen taps, WC). You will see water splashing all over your clothes. More pressure means more water consumed. Area like utility it might result in wastage. Hence we have pressure pump switch in one of the floor so that its switched on/off only when needed.

Please note that you should have taps, WC, showers pressure pump compatible, meaning they should handle pressure that your pressure pump delivers. Lets say if you set pressure @ 2.5 Kgf/sqcm, your fittings (taps, showers, WC units) must be able to handle the pressure otherwise you will have leakage in long run.

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Originally Posted by RaguHolla (Post 3369746)

However we have Pressure-pump to boost pressure in our new home. Since all our bath room has rain showers we needed it to have more pressure. We have 0.7 hp pump from grundfos.

Having pressure pump complicates things.

Please note that you should have taps, WC, showers pressure pump compatible, meaning they should handle pressure that your pressure pump delivers. Lets say if you set pressure @ 2.5 Kgf/sqcm, your fittings (taps, showers, WC units) must be able to handle the pressure otherwise you will have leakage in long run.

Thank you, very useful! I was concerned about pressure to devices like washing machines and dish washer. Maybe even geysers. I will have a plumber check, but short of replacing pipes, not sure what else can be done. I believe the pipes that deliver into each bathroom or utility area, are reduced in size compared to the 1.5" (or more) dia coming from overhead tank. Only other way I see is to have separate lines to each bathroom from the overhead source. Not sure of the economics of this and the complication of breakage etc.

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Originally Posted by diyguy (Post 3369760)

Only other way I see is to have separate lines to each bathroom from the overhead source. Not sure of the economics of this and the complication of breakage etc.

How tall is overhead source to point of contention? In our case even 17' is enough to get good pressure. Separate line from overhead source to bathroom will cost more I think. You can ask for 3*0.75" pipe coming from overhead till ground floor, have a diversion for bathroom and other area.

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Originally Posted by RaguHolla (Post 3369767)

The overhead tank is at a height of about a 3rd storey level. Mine is an independent house, with a portion on the first floor, then a terrace and from the terrace, the overhead tank has been built starting at a height of about 12+ feet from the terrace - probably to accommodate an additional floor in the future. The internal GI pipes may be rusted and blocked due to the age of the building, but it is a bother, when you cannot open 2 taps in the same bathroom, without slowing down significantly the flow of water.

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Originally Posted by diyguy (Post 3369780)

If this is the case pipes are problem. With the height mentioned you should have enough pressure. May be changing pipes will solve the issue. Using pressure pump might create a issue if pump can not push the water!

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Originally Posted by RaguHolla (Post 3369786)

Ok I am going to have the external pipes changed soon. Dont have an option to change the internal ones due to the amount of work that will be involved. Hopefully this should suffice. Will report back once this is done.