In the U.S., no. Federal code only requires GFCI in certain areas like kitchens, bathrooms, garages, laundry rooms, basement, etc. State and local governments can amend the federal code if they want; a common amendment is to make GFCI only required in unfinished areas of basements instead of the entire basement. Some places may even have more strict codes than the federal code. There are also some electricians that voluntarily only install GFCI breakers (my brother's company does this), but it's not required.
Europe, we call it RCCB and it's in the electrical distribution board on all circuits. GFCI isn't only useful in wet conditions, it protects you everywhere where there is the possibility of a circuit between a live wire and the ground with you in the middle.
Although it's an absolute pain in the arse in certain scenarios. Surge protectors essentially present as a leak to earth any time they do their job, so my mandatory RCCBs on every circuit turn minor mains fluctuations into permanent outages.
I really need to see if I can legally run one circuit that isn't RCD protected for my homelab...
I don't know all the details. Are you sure you're literally not allowed to place anything before the RCD? Technically SPD then RCD makes the most sense to me, so it seems strange to me that it wouldn't be allowed, but I couldn't find any clear answer.
Vietnam has a good way of doing it. You just tee in one of those kitchen sink sprayer heads to the water supply. You could even tee it off from the bathroom sink warm water.
Looks like the spray heads are $11-15, plus a hose and a tee fitting.
Same goes for Thailand, definitely a good cheap option if you got the angle right. Messy otherwise. Always do a pressure check into the bowl if it's a public toilet...
Mine like the one pictured would be uninstallable on demand , but a massive pain in the ass. I'd probably install it and see if they bring it up. Sort of depends on the landlord and how desperate you are to stay there. IMO knowing nothing of your situation its worth it.
Be warned all other non bidet bathrooms will now be unpleasant.
Hi I’m from the TP lobby, but don’t you want to smear poo around on yourself with a piece of paper that will probably rip anyway and get it all over your hand too? 🥺
Mostly speculation on my part and remembering conversations from decades ago, but at least in the US among men, anything touching your butthole = gay. Using a bidet is something those effeminate Europeans use and not something for manly Americans. These same men think that actually cleaning your butthole in the shower is also gay. Fortunately this mainly seems to be a mindset that older generations hang onto, as I talk to younger folks (Millennial and younger), they seem to be much more open to bidet usage. I have one installed at home and I don't feel clean if I have to do my business somewhere without one.
I put off getting one for a long time just because I didn't see a problem with the way things were going. If only I had realized sooner how much better life could be.
I usually see "poor Mexican food" which is more accurate, but still not fully. We have Mexican, Tex-Mex, Cali-Mex, etc. here. Not a ton, but we get more and more.
Mine was literally the cheapest I could find (Amazon flash sale during COVID for maybe $30?) and isn't even powered, but still manages to have a continuous knob to adjust pressure, along with three buttons for where to aim the spray (butt, front, and self-clean).
Yeah, back when I was properly plumbed we had two. One expensive one with a tank on the side of the toilet for warm water kept the same temperature for as long as, well I gave it to my cool brother before I started dating my wife and she didn't want a bidet don't get me started I think it still works tho, and one cheap one with just pressure control and just cold water, but was great if you ever needed to do a little spring cleaning and that one is in the home office and I just did a little spring cleaning last week. $35 gets you where you need to go
And the knob is counter intuitive to every other water control knob. Wtf is this clockwise is ON bullshit? The number of times I let Blastoise wash my bum...
Wish I could join the club but my wife is resistant. She's grossed out by the concept and wouldn't use the toilet that has it.
She has weird OCD issues like that (butt I still love her with all my heart).
It sucks because I went to Japan earlier this year and my room had one of these, which made me realize that someone hasn't experienced the best life has to offer until they've had their butthole power washed by one of these things.
This is what we have. Might be a good choice in this case especially as it gives much better control of where the water sprays and it's not located in the toilet bowl.
Every time I have to use the washroom outside of our house I am reminded that most of these people are out there raw-dogging life with a dirty butthole for most of their lives.
It really helps to bring everyone down to the same level. And that level is directly below anyone with a bidet!
I’m jealous they even have an outlet.. but realistically the other outlet in the bathroom is GFCI and that one is wired to it so they’re all protected.
Is that really what you call a bidet? Because our bidets here are unrelated to the toilet and that's a Japanese toilet. The bidet is the one for washing https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidet.
I know bidets and Japanese toilets but the image shown is the latter and not a bidet that's why I'm curious if that definition is a US thing or something, I like learning.
It's a washlet bidet, which attaches either underneath the toilet seat or as part of the toilet seat itself, and usually has controls that jut out to the right of the seat(to the right from the perspective of the seated person).
The toilet in this picture has a washlet bidet installed.
This is separate from the kind of bidets that are installed separately from the toilet, as is common in many other countries.
I'm trying to figure out what one I can donate to scout camp. I didn't miss anything else from home, and even wished there wasn't AC in the adult meeting room. But the bidet was dearly missed a few times. Anyone know of an affordable bidet that will stand up to teenage boys?
Probably the external, steel sprayer type. It’s not as glamorous but I feel like anything built into a toilet seat is going to get abused beyond its design, and probably piss all over the hard-to-clean areas.
I see those fairly often at daycares and kid facilities.
Brondel sells one that's a seat, so you remove the old seat and attach this. Comes with a splitter for your incoming tank water line. So obviously it's not technical, but it works great. I use it at home. I have tile walls in my bathroom and didn't feel like running power and busting tiles out, and it is more than serviceable, and inexpensive. We have great water pressure in my house and the thing feels like it could strip paint off a starfish.
Maybe we've solved the issue right here. I'm not sure I'd trust boys with bidets period. The ceiling will be wet, undoubtedly. They will spray each other with it.
Depends on the model. Some only hook into the cold water line, where others can hook into both. A cold jet of water on your butt is a hell of a way to wake up in the morning.
As long as you have a sink with hot water in your bathroom, it's not hard to attach a splitter to the hot water line under the sink and run a little hose along the baseboards. That's what I did, anyway
As a bidet owner myself, there are models that have heated water options.
I only have experience with Toto Bidet's, but all of theirs I've tried have multiple heat settings for the water, seat, and dryer.
Not all heated Bidet's are created equal though. Depending on the model, they have a small reservoir of water they heat up, or use a tankless design. Both have pro's and con's.
Tank designs have a small amount of water preheated so it's ready to go. But it is possible to drain it faster than it replenishes and you'll eventually get cold water.
Tankless designs don't run out of hot, but the first half second of the spray always seems to be cold as it's just past the heating element.
There are tankless models now that never run out of hot. Only downside is the first half second always seems to be cold as it's just past the heating element.
I was concerned about this as well when looking to install a bidet solution, to the point where I put it off for years.
For context, I live in Sweden where the water in the cold line gets quite cold during winter.
I then read that you don't really have that much temperature-related sensation in the place where it matters for the bidet, and finally decided to test the theory and bought a cheap model (~€75) that just attaches to the water inlet for the toilet, i.e cold water.
I can confirm that it is indeed the case that you can't really tell that it's cold water being applied. You're just not that sensitive to it in that place.
I have not looked back at all since I bought the thing. Two squares of toilet paper is basically always enough to get me incredibly clean with the help of the bidet. It's fantastic. I highly recommend you get one.
Some context - I live in Canada on a deep well. My pumphouse is just above freezing most of the winter and the bidet line comes directly off that feed about 10 feet later.
The cold cold cold bidet water is something I miss all summer when the water pumphous eis warm and the water is only kind of cold.
I have mine on a smart plug to monitor it (Emporia). It uses about 3 kilowatts per week. For reference the whole house uses about 100 kwh per week. The cost to operate is similar to my dishwasher.... bidet gets more uses but much shorter durations. The heating element must be really small because that's not much power. It might vary between manufacturers tho.
How much does it draw under load? I ask because I've always wanted one of these, but I'm on solar and batteries so I have to monitor load and usage a bit more closely than most.
It spikes up to 300-400 watts while in use, sometimes a little more if playing around with the actuators at the same time. The model I have is Alpha UX Pearl for reference.
see, that's the thing - if it's first thing, your cold water pipes will be room temp because they've been sitting there all night.
obvs dependent on usage throughout the night and who else uses it in the morning, but at least in my house, it takes some time for me to get actually cold water upstairs in the morning
I tried one with a dryer but I didn't like it. It just ended up circulating poop air and didn't do a good job drying. Maybe other models do it better but a few squares of toilet paper do the job for me.
Bingo.
Try to add an electrical outlet in the toilet or bathroom in the UK and you'll get a visit from the prime minister themself to kick you in the taint.
Christ I see you went all in there... I bought a $30 one. Decided if I need to, I'll upgrade. Never felt the need to upgrade. I just replaced it after like 5 years because it stopped working as well but just bought another cheap one. I see no need to have 8 settings to blow water on your asshole and or clam.
Nah, I just deal with getting a blast of cold fucking water numbing me right up! But yeah, it'd be nice to have one with at least a warm water feature. I could get one but it would just look so weird the way I'd have to tap into my hot water line from the bathroom sink I never found it worth it. Yeah, I could totally run a 4 foot flexible pipe along the wall even turning a corner and then finding a way to conceal it but if I did that, I'd have to add it to the list of other extra ass shit I'd be doing on a rental that I won't be in for long m
Yeah I looked into these but the electrical outlet is also on the other side of the room next to the sink. I have 1 (so 2 outlets). I just wanted the most non-intrusive way to have a clean butt and the cold one was the option. That being said, I'll never go back! I just feel dirty when I don't use it.
I don't even have a butthole anymore and sometimes I want to use one (hot of course, I ain't a masochist. Okay I ain't that kind of masochist I do ride a bike) just for old times sake
I was at a friend's house and he has a bidet. Seat warmer automatic lid actuator, and everything. It was nasty, though, so I started wondering if the bidet actually makes sure to not blast the remains of whomever's last night's taco bell diarrhea straight into my small intestines or if we're poop buddies now by means of involuntary stool transplant.
my biddet is just the bare minimum, no heating or anything. it’s powered by the water pressure, and the dial has to pass a self cleaning segment both to turn on and to turn off.
I mean, stool transplants are good for you (they treat the shit before they give you a pill of shit anyways it's not like bidet shit spatters) I'd kindly tell your buddy his bidet is gross. He'd probably want to keep it clean. Like, if there's something keeping him from cleaning it, he might be sick or something. Need a hand.
It is one of those luxury features that sound good, but a couple squares of paper to dry (not wipe, just dry) is a lot faster and works better so you probably won't wait for the dry.
We have one upstairs but I'm mostly down here in the shop. Why not just smear it all around and pretend it's clean they say. They have never experienced cleanliness only possible by washing your bum on a rapid stream of water amongst the salmon.
I'm proud of you. I'll see to it that my downstairs restroom get one. Probably not a super fancy one.
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Get ready for the experience of traveling, needing a shit and then realizing there won't be a bidet.
Vacations are so much less enjoyable now. Like it shouldn't ruin my whole experience, but it kinda does.
Go to Japan, ig?
as an arab you couldn't imagine my shock when i travelled abroad and experienced the joy of hemorrhoids for the first time lol
They say travel reveals new sides of your self.
I spend a lot of time working away from the office at sites.
I have a bidet at home and specifically save my shits for when I get home.
My ass just dosnt feel properly clean these days if I have to shit like a commoner.
You can use a portable bidet. It's not as good as a mounted one but still.
Shouldn't that outlet, be a GFI outlet? Literally to uh, save your ass.
Most likely behind a GFCI outlet. Usually, its the one closest to the door and everything else daisy chains off of it.
Maybe even outlets in other rooms! That's really fun when a random outlet stops working
I know of a house that has the upstairs bathroom daisychained off of the downstairs kitchen. They are not above/below each other.
I'll never understand why that much wire routing is worth a $20 GFCI.
It could be connected in line with a GFCI outlet or breaker.
You guys don't do GFCI everywhere?
In the U.S., no. Federal code only requires GFCI in certain areas like kitchens, bathrooms, garages, laundry rooms, basement, etc. State and local governments can amend the federal code if they want; a common amendment is to make GFCI only required in unfinished areas of basements instead of the entire basement. Some places may even have more strict codes than the federal code. There are also some electricians that voluntarily only install GFCI breakers (my brother's company does this), but it's not required.
Where are you that they do that? Under water? Lol
Europe, we call it RCCB and it's in the electrical distribution board on all circuits. GFCI isn't only useful in wet conditions, it protects you everywhere where there is the possibility of a circuit between a live wire and the ground with you in the middle.
Although it's an absolute pain in the arse in certain scenarios. Surge protectors essentially present as a leak to earth any time they do their job, so my mandatory RCCBs on every circuit turn minor mains fluctuations into permanent outages.
I really need to see if I can legally run one circuit that isn't RCD protected for my homelab...
Put the surge protector before your RCD?
You understand that the RCD is (mandatorily) in the electrical distribution panel where it hands off to the utility supply right?
I don't know all the details. Are you sure you're literally not allowed to place anything before the RCD? Technically SPD then RCD makes the most sense to me, so it seems strange to me that it wouldn't be allowed, but I couldn't find any clear answer.
100% correct, code violation and that person is asking for trouble.
Not every outlet in the room needs to be a GFCI.
in fact, some places specifically forbid chaining GFCI outlets
I couldn't live without one.
It's so much cleaner and you save so much money and it has other uses too.
What other uses? Lol
😏
For those who hesitate making the investment, portable squirt bottles for this purpose are available for less than $25.
Vietnam has a good way of doing it. You just tee in one of those kitchen sink sprayer heads to the water supply. You could even tee it off from the bathroom sink warm water.
Looks like the spray heads are $11-15, plus a hose and a tee fitting.
India too. Lots of Asia went this route. "bum gun" where I've been. It was a real blessing when I got food poisoning.
Same goes for Thailand, definitely a good cheap option if you got the angle right. Messy otherwise. Always do a pressure check into the bowl if it's a public toilet...
The bidets I buy install on the toilet and cost about the same.
I once heard the phrase "a water fountain for your butthole" and hear it every time I see one.
This is a bidet though
A toilet attachment is still a kind of bidet.
I'm so jealous.
The bidet sketch.
The other bidet sketch
I see another fan of ....the bidet sketch.
I wish I could get one. The lease for my apartment specifically says no installing bidets unfortunately
How would they find out?
They come in to the apartment like 4 times a year maybe for alarm / leak checks. Guess I could just uninstall it every time
Mine like the one pictured would be uninstallable on demand , but a massive pain in the ass. I'd probably install it and see if they bring it up. Sort of depends on the landlord and how desperate you are to stay there. IMO knowing nothing of your situation its worth it.
Be warned all other non bidet bathrooms will now be unpleasant.
addon to toilets.
I have a similar one right next to my bidet. There's no way I'm going back there. It even has a fan, ya hear me? A fan!
I seriously do not understand the cultural reluctance to adopting the bidet. After using one it becomes instantly clear how awful the alternative is.
Hi I’m from the TP lobby, but don’t you want to smear poo around on yourself with a piece of paper that will probably rip anyway and get it all over your hand too? 🥺
I can't believe people don't want to feel their own buttholes. Smh my head.
American Conservatives think washing buttholes is the ghey.
As someone from a country where bidets are normalized, I was horrified when I learned what the toilet paper in Western cartoons was actually used for.
Wait you don't use both?
I think they mean that they didn't realise the toilet paper was used for "cleaning" instead of just for drying up after the cleaning was done.
Mostly speculation on my part and remembering conversations from decades ago, but at least in the US among men, anything touching your butthole = gay. Using a bidet is something those effeminate Europeans use and not something for manly Americans. These same men think that actually cleaning your butthole in the shower is also gay. Fortunately this mainly seems to be a mindset that older generations hang onto, as I talk to younger folks (Millennial and younger), they seem to be much more open to bidet usage. I have one installed at home and I don't feel clean if I have to do my business somewhere without one.
I've noticed this as well and have starting using bidets as a quality of life improvement flex.
Hard to pretend you're the man when you're walking around with a nasty ass and I'm over here feeling fresh as fuck on the hottest day of the summer.
Haha. If I have to do business elsewhere I'll give myself a rinse when I get home in order to freshen up.
I put off getting one for a long time just because I didn't see a problem with the way things were going. If only I had realized sooner how much better life could be.
Gay: remotely squirting water at your butt. Not gay: shoving your hand up your butt covered by the world thinnest paper.
Right! Maybe it's due to its French origin. Freedom lovers can't stand French things.
Oh wow. Look at Mr. moneybags over here with the Japanese Toto Washlet.
Costco + coupon + birthday = clean butt
When your first sick or 'magic marker poop' hits you will feel the most magical moment when your not stuck wiping 20 times.
Good old birth day rim job.
Where coupon you speak of
It was a discount applied on the web. It might expired
Running till end of day, I found it, good looking out, we're about to both be shitting like kings
The irony of Japan - world's finest toilets and no Mexican food.
I usually see "poor Mexican food" which is more accurate, but still not fully. We have Mexican, Tex-Mex, Cali-Mex, etc. here. Not a ton, but we get more and more.
RIGHT???
Whenever I mentioned tacos over there they were like "yeah we already have tako." (Squid)
Thanks to the MAHA blast, anything with lettuce now gives you il diarrhea loco experience.
That's a fancy one. Mine only has two settings, drinking fountain on my butthole or power wash the inside of my colon.
You can buy a separate valve to install between the water supply and the bidet, to limit the super powerful "stab of doom" spray.
Mine was literally the cheapest I could find (Amazon flash sale during COVID for maybe $30?) and isn't even powered, but still manages to have a continuous knob to adjust pressure, along with three buttons for where to aim the spray (butt, front, and self-clean).
Yeah, same. Cheap, no power other than my water pressure and no warming either so the water is always cold. 🥶
But, it gets the job done.
Yeah, back when I was properly plumbed we had two. One expensive one with a tank on the side of the toilet for warm water kept the same temperature for as long as, well I gave it to my cool brother before I started dating my wife and she didn't want a bidet don't get me started I think it still works tho, and one cheap one with just pressure control and just cold water, but was great if you ever needed to do a little spring cleaning and that one is in the home office and I just did a little spring cleaning last week. $35 gets you where you need to go
And the knob is counter intuitive to every other water control knob. Wtf is this clockwise is ON bullshit? The number of times I let Blastoise wash my bum...
Yeah, that pretty much sounds like mine as well. OP has way more options there.
ONE OF US! ONE OF US!
The greater good
Shut it!
I think I'd spend the money on making the toilet cubby bigger first, but then yeah!
Welcome. Others are beneath you now, but remain kind.
Agreed. Those walking around in their own filth are not savages, they just do not know any better.
Although not advisable, a bidet can be used as an emergency shower.
When testing ours, I turned the knob and sprayed the wall lol.
Captain's Log
Don’t name your shit. That’s childish.
/s
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler Even though Captain‘s Log would be a great name :::
Settle down, Johnny Splashenschmear.
Wish I could join the club but my wife is resistant. She's grossed out by the concept and wouldn't use the toilet that has it.
She has weird OCD issues like that (butt I still love her with all my heart).
It sucks because I went to Japan earlier this year and my room had one of these, which made me realize that someone hasn't experienced the best life has to offer until they've had their butthole power washed by one of these things.
Buy one for a lesser used toilet and dare her to use it once. I bet she doesn’t go back.
OCD doesn’t stand a chance against a freshly washed ass.
That'd be a hard thing to get her to try butt you're right, can't disagree with a freshly power washed butthole.
You could get a hand bidet or something that's less conspicuously bidet-y.
This is what we have. Might be a good choice in this case especially as it gives much better control of where the water sprays and it's not located in the toilet bowl.
Yeah perhaps.
Every time I have to use the washroom outside of our house I am reminded that most of these people are out there raw-dogging life with a dirty butthole for most of their lives.
It really helps to bring everyone down to the same level. And that level is directly below anyone with a bidet!
Your electrical outlet looks horrified. Presumably because of the view.
Probably horrified because it's not a GFCI outlet.
I’m jealous they even have an outlet.. but realistically the other outlet in the bathroom is GFCI and that one is wired to it so they’re all protected.
You can put GFCI on the breaker box for that circuit. Far better than individual outlets.
Prepare to #2 like a king
Confused congrats from Germany.
Is that really what you call a bidet? Because our bidets here are unrelated to the toilet and that's a Japanese toilet. The bidet is the one for washing https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidet.
The Japanese toilet uses wash sprayers to act like a bidet. Takes up less room. For some reason, Americans like dirty asses.
I know bidets and Japanese toilets but the image shown is the latter and not a bidet that's why I'm curious if that definition is a US thing or something, I like learning.
The image shown most definitely contains a bidet.
It's a washlet bidet, which attaches either underneath the toilet seat or as part of the toilet seat itself, and usually has controls that jut out to the right of the seat(to the right from the perspective of the seated person).
The toilet in this picture has a washlet bidet installed.
This is separate from the kind of bidets that are installed separately from the toilet, as is common in many other countries.
I think removing the need to move the dirty bottom from one hole to another is a key innovation.
Interesting, thanks!
Dual purpose. He added bidet functionality.
99% of Americans have dirty assholes, because they are dirty assholes.
You are what you eat.
Sensitive American with a dirty asshole detected
Some people clutch pearls, others clench dingleberries.
I will risk shitting myself if it means running upstairs to use my bidet
I'm trying to figure out what one I can donate to scout camp. I didn't miss anything else from home, and even wished there wasn't AC in the adult meeting room. But the bidet was dearly missed a few times. Anyone know of an affordable bidet that will stand up to teenage boys?
Garden Hose should do the job.
Probably the external, steel sprayer type. It’s not as glamorous but I feel like anything built into a toilet seat is going to get abused beyond its design, and probably piss all over the hard-to-clean areas.
I see those fairly often at daycares and kid facilities.
These are boys, they will use it for water fights if possible.
Brondel sells one that's a seat, so you remove the old seat and attach this. Comes with a splitter for your incoming tank water line. So obviously it's not technical, but it works great. I use it at home. I have tile walls in my bathroom and didn't feel like running power and busting tiles out, and it is more than serviceable, and inexpensive. We have great water pressure in my house and the thing feels like it could strip paint off a starfish.
There are a lot of models like that, but all the ones I've seen I wouldn't trust in a camp with 300 teenage boys who have free-time.
Maybe we've solved the issue right here. I'm not sure I'd trust boys with bidets period. The ceiling will be wet, undoubtedly. They will spray each other with it.
You're in for a treat. Far superior.
Welcome aboard to the clean anus club
I never understood it till I tried it but its incredible
I have a question. Does it heat up the water? The first jet that hits you is already warm? Water can be pretty cold around here.
I have had them both ways. I can't tell the difference. Cold water sounds awful but in my experience you can't tell.
This one can heat the water.
Depends on the model. Some only hook into the cold water line, where others can hook into both. A cold jet of water on your butt is a hell of a way to wake up in the morning.
Yeah, I don’t have a hot water line close to the toilet. I need the bidet to heat it.
As long as you have a sink with hot water in your bathroom, it's not hard to attach a splitter to the hot water line under the sink and run a little hose along the baseboards. That's what I did, anyway
As a bidet owner myself, there are models that have heated water options.
I only have experience with Toto Bidet's, but all of theirs I've tried have multiple heat settings for the water, seat, and dryer.
Not all heated Bidet's are created equal though. Depending on the model, they have a small reservoir of water they heat up, or use a tankless design. Both have pro's and con's. Tank designs have a small amount of water preheated so it's ready to go. But it is possible to drain it faster than it replenishes and you'll eventually get cold water.
Tankless designs don't run out of hot, but the first half second of the spray always seems to be cold as it's just past the heating element.
Hopefully you find this info useful.
Mine does.... But it runs out after around 30 secs of use.
There are tankless models now that never run out of hot. Only downside is the first half second always seems to be cold as it's just past the heating element.
I was concerned about this as well when looking to install a bidet solution, to the point where I put it off for years.
For context, I live in Sweden where the water in the cold line gets quite cold during winter.
I then read that you don't really have that much temperature-related sensation in the place where it matters for the bidet, and finally decided to test the theory and bought a cheap model (~€75) that just attaches to the water inlet for the toilet, i.e cold water.
I can confirm that it is indeed the case that you can't really tell that it's cold water being applied. You're just not that sensitive to it in that place.
I have not looked back at all since I bought the thing. Two squares of toilet paper is basically always enough to get me incredibly clean with the help of the bidet. It's fantastic. I highly recommend you get one.
Some context - I live in Canada on a deep well. My pumphouse is just above freezing most of the winter and the bidet line comes directly off that feed about 10 feet later.
The cold cold cold bidet water is something I miss all summer when the water pumphous eis warm and the water is only kind of cold.
cold water back there is... magical.
Mine doesn't have hot water. The water typically heats up in the hose, so the first blast is closer to room temperature.
It doesn't bother anyone in my house, but we don't know what we're missing with warm water.
My dude. You got a good one. This is hardly a dull day.
Especially if the water heater is off.
i`ve never used the kind that hook to the seat but i do love my separate fixture one. It kind of makes me hate vacation to have to use toilet paper.
I put one out at my mom's place down the shore, which is essentially the extent of our vacations these days.
I bought one and never installed it... Its got the warm water feature and the heated seat. Just never pulled the trigger.
But (pun intended) I hope to put in service soon.
I'd be curious to hear if this impacts your energy usage in any appreciable way.
I have mine on a smart plug to monitor it (Emporia). It uses about 3 kilowatts per week. For reference the whole house uses about 100 kwh per week. The cost to operate is similar to my dishwasher.... bidet gets more uses but much shorter durations. The heating element must be really small because that's not much power. It might vary between manufacturers tho.
How much does it draw under load? I ask because I've always wanted one of these, but I'm on solar and batteries so I have to monitor load and usage a bit more closely than most.
It spikes up to 300-400 watts while in use, sometimes a little more if playing around with the actuators at the same time. The model I have is Alpha UX Pearl for reference.
You don't have to get an electric one either, lots just work off of existing water pressure. The heating is a nice but optional feature IMO
Oh yeah... not sure I'd handle a blast of cold water first thing in the morning very well though
I got one that has a hot and cold water hookup, so no electrical connection needed.
see, that's the thing - if it's first thing, your cold water pipes will be room temp because they've been sitting there all night.
obvs dependent on usage throughout the night and who else uses it in the morning, but at least in my house, it takes some time for me to get actually cold water upstairs in the morning
The fear and shock of unholy caress is better than caffeine in the morning. Seriously though, you get used to it.
Appart of the heating options I doubt it's noticeable
And why would one want a warm seat??!
edit: forgot about the dryer, I don't know how it works actually, I have a really basic one without electricity
Japanese buildings often run the heat at low levels in the winter.
You ever sit on a really cold toilet seat?
I tried one with a dryer but I didn't like it. It just ended up circulating poop air and didn't do a good job drying. Maybe other models do it better but a few squares of toilet paper do the job for me.
I think more people would have these if they had an outlet right behind their toilet
Wild to see an outlet there. And without a cover in a wet space
Hopefully on a GFCI
If you're splashing water around that much in a small space, you should see a doctor
I mean that code probably varies around the world
But you raised a thought that I've definitely seen public bathrooms where that is prime (water adjacent) splash zone
Bingo.
Try to add an electrical outlet in the toilet or bathroom in the UK and you'll get a visit from the prime minister themself to kick you in the taint.
You can get one installed, I did for my bidet!
I know but we're lazy and that's an extra expense and step
Then you could do what I did while I waited the three weeks for the electrician - run an extension cable draped over our bathroom sink to the bidet. 😅
Mine connects to the hot water line for my sink. No need for an outlet.
Christ I see you went all in there... I bought a $30 one. Decided if I need to, I'll upgrade. Never felt the need to upgrade. I just replaced it after like 5 years because it stopped working as well but just bought another cheap one. I see no need to have 8 settings to blow water on your asshole and or clam.
If you were to live someplace cold in winter and tended to drop steamers at night, well, you might make different decisions.
Nah, I just deal with getting a blast of cold fucking water numbing me right up! But yeah, it'd be nice to have one with at least a warm water feature. I could get one but it would just look so weird the way I'd have to tap into my hot water line from the bathroom sink I never found it worth it. Yeah, I could totally run a 4 foot flexible pipe along the wall even turning a corner and then finding a way to conceal it but if I did that, I'd have to add it to the list of other extra ass shit I'd be doing on a rental that I won't be in for long m
They have electric heaters in the toilet seat for your butt water. Don't ask me how they make it safe, I'm a buttologist by birth, not by trade
I mean I've never made a bidet. Okay I've made a bidet but it was out of parts of older, broken bidets that doesn't count
Yeah I looked into these but the electrical outlet is also on the other side of the room next to the sink. I have 1 (so 2 outlets). I just wanted the most non-intrusive way to have a clean butt and the cold one was the option. That being said, I'll never go back! I just feel dirty when I don't use it.
I don't even have a butthole anymore and sometimes I want to use one (hot of course, I ain't a masochist. Okay I ain't that kind of masochist I do ride a bike) just for old times sake
Welcome to the clean ass club!
I was at a friend's house and he has a bidet. Seat warmer automatic lid actuator, and everything. It was nasty, though, so I started wondering if the bidet actually makes sure to not blast the remains of whomever's last night's taco bell diarrhea straight into my small intestines or if we're poop buddies now by means of involuntary stool transplant.
A bidet that fancy almost certainly has a nozzle purge sequence prior to commencing the blasting.
my biddet is just the bare minimum, no heating or anything. it’s powered by the water pressure, and the dial has to pass a self cleaning segment both to turn on and to turn off.
I mean, stool transplants are good for you (they treat the shit before they give you a pill of shit anyways it's not like bidet shit spatters) I'd kindly tell your buddy his bidet is gross. He'd probably want to keep it clean. Like, if there's something keeping him from cleaning it, he might be sick or something. Need a hand.
I saw this Pic and my first thought was "I miss Japan...."
Does the dryer make your asshole dry like the Sahara? Or do you still need to wipe?
I don't typically bother with the dryer on mine. Usually it's just the water, one wipe to tidy up, then on with my day
Oh man, some have a dryer?! Ours does not. I think we’re missing out.
It is one of those luxury features that sound good, but a couple squares of paper to dry (not wipe, just dry) is a lot faster and works better so you probably won't wait for the dry.
With the added benefit of double checking you're clean
Oh ok, yeah a few squares of tp is what I currently use.
I find I still like to pat dry. It would take a bit of time with the dryer to get dry enough.
I have a dryer, but don't need to be smelling hot air blown over that so I don't use it
Our doggo loves the bidet. The fountain of fresh water!
Bidetception. Sitting on one, typing this.
We have to go deeper??
Hi
Welcome to the powerblassting club!
Time to upgrade to the turbo nozzle!
Isn’t having an electric socket right next to active water system is dangerous?
Also thanks for having a clean bum. Bidets should be mandatory.
It must be a GFCI outlet. Ironically many bidets also have their own GFCI plug too lol
You’ll never feel so fresh!
What kind of bidet is that? Ive mostly seen the "shower head" and "completely separate porcelain piece" styles
They make bidet attachments for existing toilets. It gets installed underneath the lid and the sprayer sits at the back of the bowl.
Ah, so its like a fancy toilet seat attachment. Thanks
It is a toilet seat replacement. The brand is Toto and was about $300 from Costco
just bought one of those today, replacing a different brand I've had for years (broken hinge)
common man. details on the bling!
Lucky ahh
enjoy the actually clean life
We have one upstairs but I'm mostly down here in the shop. Why not just smear it all around and pretend it's clean they say. They have never experienced cleanliness only possible by washing your bum on a rapid stream of water amongst the salmon.
I'm proud of you. I'll see to it that my downstairs restroom get one. Probably not a super fancy one.
Please tell me how to sell this to the corporate overlords
That is a fancy one! And a heated seat is amazing in the wintertime!
can we share
I’m a bum gunner
Welcome!!!
Where does the hot water come from with these high end ones? Does it come with the ability heat cold water?
Yep, electric heat. It doesn’t have to get that hot to be comfortable so a normal outlet is powerful enough.
First of all congrats
And you didn't even show it in use....tsk tsk tsk.
Welcome. Talking from experience, your worse days will get brighter this way. Enjoy it!