why is this type of shower so popular in South and Central America(Mexico)????

That's what happens when electricity is cheaper than gas

>>67716809
Whats the likelyhood electrical shock?

>México
Never seen that shit used here

>>67716809
Cheaper (no need to special tubes for hot water)
More efficient
Heats instantly
Cheaper again (electricity here is cheaper than gas/coal/whatever)
You can fix it yourself with a new resistor (cheap again)

Tell me why you wouldn't don't use this.

>>67716867
about 1500 people killed every year in Brazil...so not very high

>>67716867
Near 0 if you aren't literally more stupid/careless than your average favelado.

>>67716918
[source needed]

I get the fear, but I have literally never heard of anyone ever dying or getting shocked at all by electric showerheads. But deaths from gas leaking in the bathroom do happen every once in a while. I remember one case from about 3 years ago where the son of a wealthy guy in our city died in the shower of a luxury hotel with his girlfriend because of a gas leak and it was all over the local news.

>>67716809
>South America
i have never saw that, nor heard about it, even in argentina or peru which i know. i thought it was an slav thing really

>>67717002
weak bait

literally a death shower

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>>67717002
My 4* hotel room in Chile literally had one of them.

>>67716809
They like to live dangerously.

>>67717073
>>67716867
>fear of electricity

Have you never been in a pool with lights?
Or in a bath tube with an electric motor (for your pleasure?)

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>getting electrical poisoning into your shower water

>>67716809
>I thought that Argentina is in transition to first world
What? no, we aren't.

Also, we don't have that shit here.

there's no house heatenings here

why? shithole lol

>>67716809
those are not used in here though

>>67717002
same 3bh

>>67717077
I think you confused a campamento for a 4* hotel, but I understand why you would seeing your flag

>>67717077
really? wow. wich one btw?

>>67717105
Its different lad
Lights are insolated water pumbs (engines) have no contact with the water just the axis and that also has an insolation

>>67717105
>Have you never been in a pool with lights?
There is a huge double glazing between you and the light, not a weak electric wire, exposed to water and accidents.

>>67716809
?

>>67716809
The average Brazilian wage is below a third of the average American wage in 1983, you can't really expect us to not live dangerously.

>>67716809
Fuck off we dont use that sudaca shit

>>67717105
idk but it looks really dangerous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmOoAWrn1kM

water+sparks nope nope

Those things are inexistent here...

>>67717105
>brazilian education

>>67716890
THIS what the fuck are you talking about? Working class in Mexico uses gas heaters even if they're 20 year old beat up things, nowadays most new "social" housing comes with passive solar tubes.

>>67716809
How well do these work?
I'm not asking about the danger of using it, instead I'm just asking if it heats water well.
So, does it work well?

>>67717298
Not really...
I have gone to your country and you have them. I have seen those here too.
They only exist in cheap hotels to be honest.

>>67717365
Heats instantly.
As the power is constant, more water means colder water, less water means warmer water.

Works pretty well.

Most of the not shit ones have a triac so you can set the electric power however as you like.

I've never ever seen one of those

>>67717269
>sudaca
>mexico
kek

>>67717291
did he died?

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>>67717298

>>67717432
Noice.

The apartment in the beach I used to go to had an electrical shower and honestly it was pretty shit.

Nothing beats a long gas-heated boiling bath, I'm so glad I live in a first world city.

>>67717465
>>67717417
Well that explains it. But I have never seen those in regular houses.

>>67717549
>gas-heated
>not heating buckets of water in fire made from wood

You're pretty shit.

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>>67717172
>>67717180
San Martin in Viña del Mar, it was far uglier than my shower (pic related)

>>67717658
That looks WAY safer than OP's pic.

>not having you shower let out some sparks when you change the water temperature while the shower is on
what are you guys gay?

>>67716809
Brazil has zero natural gas, besides the oil associated ones.

>>67717720
>when you change the water temperature while the shower is on
MADMAN
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>>67716809
>>67716809


I used to have one of those when I was a kid.

It sucked because if the water came "too fast" it didn't get warm enough so you had to shower with really low preassure.

>why is this type of shower so popular in South and Central America(Mexico)????

Because its cheap. It costs like $25 USD and it is easy to install. Electric water heaters are expensive and they consume a ton of electricity. Gas heaters used to be rare but they are more common now. However some poor houses don't have hot/cold plummbing you really don't have much of a choice.

>>67716809
WHAT THE FUCKKKK

>>67717723
Electric powered hot water tanks exists tho.
Living in appartement, I have one. That work perfectly and It's not dangerous.

>>67717753
lel gays

As an engineer I'm fucking triggered as fuck.

Y'all memeing about a technically superior product and rambling nonsense about its safety.

>>67717759
You need more power man. Your parents should have bought a better shower.

>>67717814
Electric showerheads don't waste hot water like tanks and are just as safe, plus the pipes don't need to withstand any hot water and last longer.

>>67717658
>San Martin


That was a normal shower then, Chilean laws don't allow that shit because is not safe, and an earthquake may fuck up everything

>>67717814
Plus they are automatic so they are really convenient, I have one too

>>67717859
Don't bully me Joao. I was poor.

>>67716809
I have never seen one of these in Mexico.

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This is how the average shower looks like here

>>67717859
>Electric showerheads don't waste hot water like tanks and are just as safe, plus the pipes don't need to withstand any hot water and last longer.
Well, I believe you but just
>just as safe
Maybe with an optimal installation, like in new buildings.
But this >>67716809.
This shit is not safe.

>>67716809
>why is this type of shower so popular in South and Central America(Mexico)????
>I thought that Argentina is in transition to first world

There are some many things wront in those two sentences I'm not gonna even bother

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>>67717861
Something was different about that hotel. It looked decent on the outside but the structure seemed quite... shady. I remember coming across pics every now and then like this after I had already secured my room there, everything worked fine in the end but the whole building seemed a bit suspicous. At least their food was great, loved their icecreams.

>>67717988
yes

>>67717729
Im not sure if we have them or not. But they are not popular here.

>>67718177
It's only in our hotels most likely. Why would we need a shower heater anyway?? At least here in my country it's always hot as balls.

>>67717989
Honestly, the worst that that can happen is some sparks spooking you out, you won't die electrocuted unless you are drenched and touch an exposed wire, which wouldn't ever happen in any normal scenario. That being said, there are safer versions of electric showers, but Lorenzetti surely is the most popular one

Looks don't mean shit in technical department.

You see the three wires?
Phase, neutral and fucking ground.
All the outside of the shower is grounded so you can't get a shock by touching it.
Electric installations here use residual current devices, so even if you touched a live wire you wouldn't get a shock.

Even if it weren't grounded or protected by other means, the only possibility of a shock would be if the live wire touched the outside and you touched t. Even so not a great possibility, as it is made of plastic, and plastic is not known for its electric abilities.
There is no fucking way to the water itself shock you, because there is no voltage potential in the water after it passes the resistor.

The only reason to not use these showers is if gas is cheaper than electricity where you live or if you use another system.

In my home we use solar heating (without a heating tank, that would be a waste) and this electric head. I only need to turn it on during rainy days.

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>>67716809
wtf this looks scary as fuck i never see on in my life

>>67716809

We DO have those things here

>>67716890
>>67717365
Well i have one of those so fuck me.

>>67718373
how many times you die?

>>67718052
Please tell me how it was named, because an hotel in San Martin was shut down a few weeks ago, it had a pyramidal shape

>>67718373
Where do you live?

>>67718373
What the fuck man?
You let us all down

>>67718398
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>>67718430
not telling you, m8.
>>67718453
Meh

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>>67718373
thank you for your honesty

>>67718177
>>67718225
Well, I do have one. But it is properly installed.

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>>67718493
ayy

>>67718512
Same with mine.

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>>67718373
>>67718474
>>67716809
ive never seen one of those
i bet you are a southerner from oaxaca or guerrero
fucking subhumans who cant afford a proper water heater

>>67716809
>>67716809


Because it's cheap, it's popular and we don't have gaspumbling here.

There's nothing bad about them, actually, they are practical and don't cause any accidents, opposite to gas explosions that happens everytime.

Only faggots think it's a bad thing.

>>67718512
shit so I better buy one then

>>67718554
I haven´t decided if I should just embrace the natural gas lines in the city or go full solar power

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>>67716809
What the fuck even is this? I've never seen one of those here.

>>67716809
Wait, what the hell Is that? Isnt south America have boilers where to heat water before it comes down to pipes? And what the hell Is gas heated water systems?

That looks like some kind of electro-torture device, and i tought that britbongs two water pipe systems on sink was stupid...

When I traveled to southern Mexico (aka the sudaca part) I stayed at a hotel that had these. I had no idea what they were and I was freaked out over the wires. I had to ask the owners what it was and even then I had misgivings about it. Surprisingly they work really well, by which I mean they heated the water quickly and nicely which is great because it was cold af where i stayed.

They had them because they were in this high up area and getting gas was a no go. I considered looking them up when I got back home but forgot because I live in a place where it is literally never cold. OP's pic looked exactly like it.

>>67716867

higher than 0. And when talking about my life.. that's too high.
I already have enough higher than 0 odds of things trying to kill me in my life.. adding one more is just stupid.

But i guess that if you live in Brazil which has a higher kill count than Syria those odds must look really low.

>>67717729
We don;t have those here at all. Most people have solar water heaters, or electric external heaters.

>>67718752
>>67718579
>>67717759
>>67716985
>>67716906
>gas
There's that magic word again. You realize most water boilers are electric powered right? Not only that but assuming you use water regularly (ie shower every day) it's cheaper to keep it hot than to heat up small amounts while you're using it. The only advantage this offers is a smaller initial investment and less space used.

>>67716809

damn. it looks like anyone who'll use it will be electrified

>>67718373
Where the fuck do you live? I have been in states from all over the country and I have never seen that shit.

Literally, if it wasn't for /int/ I wouldn't even know they exist.

>be Latino
>take a shower
>die

http://johnnyvagabond.com/travel-tips/survive-suicide-shower/

>>67717729
>French Guiana
What?

>>67721035
>be russian
>drive from city to city
>car stops working
>die

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>>67722107
>he doesnt know how to survive without car in Russia
t. Latino

>be Mexican
>get kidnapped by cartel
>relatives are not paid
>die

>>67722174
Me on the left, feeding a russian.

>>67723936
why so rude

>>67720801
Sinaloa

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>>67718225
I wish I had warmer weather. I'm freezing. How can canadians and russians live?

>>67724215
That's basically t-shirt weather

>>67723936
wew

>>67716809
first time in my life I see this

>>67716890
I saw one in a gym but not in any other place and it only worked for like 2 months

I've lived in North Mexico for a couple of years and have NEVER seen that.

>>67717859
So how do you wash dishes, with cold water or do you have another death shower in the kitchen if you don't have dishwasher?

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Because it leaves more water to wash your ass with

>>67717152
Yes you do.
Lier

>>67716809

it's a waste of resources desu.

it's far more cost effective to have an electric boiler that stores slowly warms the water to be used


fast heating of water is far more demanding on the electrical grid

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>>67716809
>Una vela

>>67725782
superior communist technology
as usual braindead capitalists ignore it because its not capitalist

>tfw gas heater master race

>>67728833
underrated post

>>67718752
South of mexico is central america you dumb taco

Eletric showers are used mainly by low and middle class, since it´s a cheaper alternative than gas

Since I´m well off, never had any of these in my properties. It´s functional, but shit compared to a regular gas heated shower

never seen one of those tbH