The idea is to take the water used in a shower to use for flushing the toilet, there is no sense in using drinkable water for that
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Hi, i uploaded the video today, tomorrow i´ll be posting some photos.
I had to wait to the last minute because i wanted the system to be operational for the video, but i'm having some troubles with shaky servos and not much sensing sensors. It worked fine in the simulated version that I designed on 123d circuits, but real life is hard...
Hopefully, i´ll soon make a new video when the system is fully working and also i´ll upload the arduino code.
almost finished
The code worked very well, so i decided to make it more complicated. I added a reserve tank to save more shower water if the toilet tank is full with an overfill-avoid-pipe. The new code works well also.
There's a new drawing to show the modifications. I am keeping the previous ones as references.
The scale model is halfway done, probably i'll finish it this weekend.
Sorry for the autorouting (i made while working), i'll post a proper schematic later
The code is done and working. It wasn't as hard as i expected.
The servos and LED´s are working fine.
Now i can start building the scale model y test it.
Soon i'll post pictures of the build in progress and next.. "The video"
Dealing with the code for the ATMega328 to drive this project...
I am learning as i go, I hope that it's finished on time.
I have changed the concept design a little bit (i left the previous one for reference)
I've started playing with the servos, soon i´ll be posting pictures of the making of the scale model.
I'm thinking about adding a Rainwater tank as backup/expansion.
Soon i´ll start making the scale model
I updated the list of components, still a few missing
Added concept drawing
Next will be adding system details
Later build a working scale model
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thanks, i saw your project, it looks great. This kind of projects don't get much attention now because people have water in their homes and don't think ahead...
wow exactly what I was planning to do, except that I need an extra pump to pump gray water to the toilet. Also I wouldn't put the fresh water intake and the graywater on one system, you should keep it separated (It's even forbidden to do that in my country, but they have no way of knowing except if there is a bacteria outbreak).
Just run the freshwater intake directly to the toilet and place a small buffer tank in between.
Thanks for the input, i drew that as an schematic, but the fresh water enters through the existing toilet connection and the gray water would enter through a different new connection.
The number of pumps needed would depend on the location of the bath and the toilet..
The ideal case would be a new house where you can take this system into account when building it.
"Gray water" is the term you are looking for. See also: watering your lawn with used laundry water, etc
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Great way to re purpose your water. I know of some people that have a bucket collecting drinkable water while the wait for the water to get warm and later use it for gardening.
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