I was reading a story on the heat exchange of your hot shower water. And it sounded logical to do much more than just help pre-heat your incoming water. I thought maybe store the water in a big tank until it reaches say 60 gal or so. You would have a 12v pump that has a automatic float to empty at a specific height. you could then be watering trees in the summer. And using your wood burning stove to heat the water left over from your shower to run a radiator heater in a few rooms in the winter. you could filter the water if needed for cleanup of dirt, dead skin, etc. Another thought if you like to tinker on all kinds of things. Is to build a steam engine to power a generator for charging batteries. It would be no problem to utilize many of the best clean energy's. Wind, Solar, Steam, and possibly hydro. if you were close to running water. I thought it would be cool to build a little resivor to hold water. There is always a time when water runs through are yard. Then pipe it downhill to build up pressure and have a hydro turbine to charge batteries. maybe only a good storm or two to be able to have enough water to run the thing. But it would be a really cool build to do. well there is many ways to create energy that is free well almost in the most part. But if you put your mind to it, you are capable of doing anything.
"Something free is money well spent"
