{"id":9651,"date":"2018-04-11T13:00:44","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T11:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/?p=9651"},"modified":"2018-06-01T13:01:05","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T11:01:05","slug":"click-on-click-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/en\/2018\/04\/11\/click-on-click-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Click on, click off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The winter is over, last weekend was a delight! Saturday was the warmest April 7<sup>th<\/sup> since we\u2019ve started recording the temperature. We\u2019re breaking more and more temperature records lately; you would think there\u2019s climate change going on\u2026But I remember the winter, and especially the Siberian Bear, still very well. It brought along an annoying problem\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A component of my water pump was malfunctioning because it had been frozen, causing the pump to not turn off automatically when there\u2019s enough pressure. Because of that I had to shut down the pump myself, otherwise it would drain my batteries. Every time I needed water, I had to walk up to the pump and turn it on and turn it off again quickly when I was done. Because there\u2019s a risk of overheating, it couldn\u2019t stay on for too long either. You need to have a mental image of how this went down during a shower:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>first, have everything I need ready: clean clothes, towel, the curtains closed where needed<\/li>\n<li>then, go to the pump to turn it on<\/li>\n<li>run back to the house, take a quick shower, dry myself off and put on my clothes<\/li>\n<li>then rush back to the pump to turn it off.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There was probably more time before the pump would actually overheat, but it also uses a lot of electricity and that\u2019s not something you have plenty of, living off-grid during the winter season.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1874-e1523451384935.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-tEddMzZz\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1874-e1523451384935.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1874-e1523451384935.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1874-e1523451384935-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1874-e1523451384935-750x1000.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1874-e1523451384935-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1874-e1523451384935-1320x1760.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1874-e1523451384935-500x667.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>To say the least, this high-speed showering wasn\u2019t exactly relaxing. Boy came by to see if he could fix the problem, he replaced the pressure gauge and adjusted the pressure. Unfortunately, this didn\u2019t help. So I just kept on hurrying to the water pump and back again. At least I got plenty of exercise this way. One day a few weeks ago I told Cees from the Urban Earthship about this problem. And he said: \u2018Why don\u2019t you just buy one of those click on-click off switches? You can buy them at every construction market.\u2019 I was flabbergasted. Could it be that easy? \u2018Why didn\u2019t anyone tell me this before!\u2019 I said. \u2018Well,\u2019 said Cees, \u2018apparently you never asked.\u2019 Ok, he\u2019s got a point ;)<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_3059.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-tEddMzZz\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9323\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_3059.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_3059.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_3059-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_3059-1000x591.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_3059-768x454.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_3059-1320x780.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_3059-500x295.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>I went to the construction market that same day to get a switch, of course. And hallelujah, it works! It has a receiver, a connector and a remote control. You need to set it up for the first time and then it works. I couldn\u2019t get it to work, but with the help of Djavan and Michel who were smart enough to try it out on my mobile with a charger, it did work. Eureka! I can control the water pump from inside the house! You know, these things can make me so happy. Something as simple as having water whenever you want. I love it! And it\u2019s actually an improvement, because now I can turn on the pump only when I need it and it\u2019s not busy keeping on the pressure all day long. That, of course, is an unnecessary use of electricity. I\u2019m so happy with it! I\u2019ve made a holder out of paper and pinned it on my pin board, where I store my remote control after every use. That way I can\u2019t lose it. Everything needs to have its own place in my Tiny House. Maybe this on-off system is something other Tiny House residents can use as well? Use it to your advantage!<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_3058.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-tEddMzZz\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_3058.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_3058.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_3058-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_3058-1000x750.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_3058-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_3058-1320x990.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_3058-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you like reading about my adventures? 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