by Danny Wong, reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on March 15, 2014, Saturday

SIBU: KTS Trading Sdn Bhd (KTS Trading) has been appointed the sole distributor of Solahart products for Malaysia and Brunei.

Announcing this yesterday, KTS Groups deputy managing director Temenggong Vincent Lau Lee Ming said Solahart is an Australian product using solar energy for water heating.

Solahart is popular globally, and has been in the Malaysian market for 40 years. KTS is now Solaharts sole distributor for the aforesaid region.

We are pleased and confident KTS will able to handle the product in the region. We are working closely with Solahart to ensure the product is well accepted by the customers for its quality, safety and environment-friendliness, he said when receiving the visit of Solaharts Asia manager, James Browne, yesterday.

Also present was KTS Trading senior manager Augustine Ling and marketing executives Andy Wong and Ting Chie Hong.

During his visit to KTS, Browne gave a briefing of the sale and technical aspects of the product, and the benefits of using solar for hot water supply.

He said Solahart was honoured to be tied and work with KTS for distribution of the product in the region.

On its background, he said Solahart known as SW Hart & Co been in the plumbing business since 1901 and began to manufacture solar hot water systems in 1953.

The water heaters, he said, operates under a revolutionary thermosiphon system, and the same principle is still used today although the technology has evolved significantly.

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Until recently, "enjoy" was not a word most people associated with showers. Enjoyment meant long soaks in the bathtub. Showering was a utilitarian experience, used to rinse off the effects of a virtuous exercise session or a not-so-virtuous night on the town. That is changing, however, as more folks opt to spray, rather than soak, themselves clean. Here's how to make your daily cleanse an individual, green and luxurious experience.

Sing

Standing under running water improves the human singing voice. The gurgling and gushing sounds that emanate from the plumbing seem to muffle the gurgling and gushing from your vocal cords, providing the perfect opportunity to practice for your future career as an opera star or heavy metal vocalist. Meanwhile, the steam lubricates your larynx and helps you keep your vocal cords strong.

Some Like It Hot

Standing in a flow of sultry water has a number of health benefits. Relax stiff joints and sore muscles with a steamy spray. Open your sinuses when you suffer from cold or allergy symptoms. And if you're preparing for a heavy date...hot water has been shown to raise levels of oxytocin, aka the love hormone.

Some Like It Cold

Cold shower fans deserve equal time. Frigid water hydrates hair and skin, imparting a healthy glow. It also washes away fatigue and increases alertness. Studies show that cool showers once or twice daily can relieve depression.

Better Than Bathtime

When you contemplate making the switch from tub baths to showers, consider the following factoids. In general, showers get you cleaner using less water. If you have a good water heater, the water won't cool off as it does in a bath. Shower stalls, especially the new curbless type, are easier to get in and out of than tubs, making them more accessible to those with limited mobility. Minimal floor space is needed to install a shower -- great if you want to upgrade a small powder room. And it's usually simpler to repair a shower head than to replace a tub.

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Lee and Dorothy Dadisman, of rural Nevada, are actually thankful for the snow this year its providing them with water while their pipes are frozen and their septic tank is not working as intended, frozen by the frost that has extended several feet beneath the surface.

The Dadismans bring snow into the house in five-gallon buckets; they let it melt, filter the water through a kitchen strainer and use it as needed around their farmstead, heating water in a kettle for bathing.

Its probably easier for us than it would be for younger people, said Dorothy, 77, about their situation. We grew up carrying water and using an outhouse when we were younger.

The warmth of the community has shone through these bitterly cold temperatures in the Dadismans time of need. An email was sent to members of Colos United Methodist Church one morning explaining the situation, and by the end of the day, the church had collected over 50 jugs for the couple to use for water collection and storage.

People in the community offered the use of their washers, but Dorothy prefers to head into Nevada to do several loads of laundry at once.

The Dadismans have lived at their address for over 40 years, but their septic problems began this winter. The couple added a bedroom onto the home in the spring of 2012, forcing them to move the septic tank to a different location. Their homes wastewater now must travel further from the house to the tank. Despite 2013-14 only being the systems second year in use, the Dadismans have already had to deal with more issues than they have in previous winters. They think that, because of the long distance between their house and the septic tank, the pipes do not stay warm enough to allow for the required amount of movement.

Story County Environmental Health Department Director Margaret C. Jaynes said that septic tank freezes are a widespread problem this winter not just in Story County, but across the entire upper Midwest. The daunting problem stems from the dry soil, an early deep freeze in December without snow cover for insulation, and the extreme depth of the frost. Jaynes noted that this is the first time in her 20-year tenure that her department has fielded more than a handful of frozen system calls. Frost levels are around four-and-a-half feet in compacted areas like driveways or areas without vegetative cover. Jaynes has also heard from a local septic system contractor and grave digger who has had to thaw grave sites for the first time in nine years. The soil in Story County also prevents rural homeowners from digging their septic lines deep enough because of the possible negative impact on groundwater.

State code restricts the installation of septic lines to no more than 3 freet, and a minimum of 3-feet above the seasonal water table. That means the average depth of the septic lines is 2 feet, according to the code.

As for the Dadismans, their only option right now is for their septic company to pump hot water through the system until the ground thaws and to use their houses heat to melt snow.

If we didnt have electricity, wed have to move out for a little while, notes Lee.

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PEMBROKE Electrician and heating system installer John Locklear is a man of few words but more than a few ideas.

At 64, an age when most would be considering retirement, Locklear, who has been working as an electrician for Smithfield Foods for 22 years, is actually expanding his area of expertise.

A native of the small area of Prospect, Locklear began working on a side business, called Eagle Horse Wood Stoves, nine years ago, in which he would sell and install wood furnaces for warming homes.

Wood furnaces might sound like an old-fashioned way to stay warm, but last year Locklear attended a seminar which introduced him to a new way of breathing life into an old idea solar energy.

By using specially made solar panels that absorb sunlight to heat water which is then used to warm the furnace, Locklear, who was already saving money by chopping his own wood, could save up to $1,800 in electricity costs a year.

You save money [on electricity] and you get hot water without a water heater, Locklear said. It is free. You cant beat that.

Locklear believes that were he a younger man, with more time and money at his disposal, hed have happily installed a solar system that would power his entire home.

Maybe if I were 30, but Im not a young man and it would cost too much, Locklear said.

According to Locklear, the cost of installing an outdoor wood furnace is about $2,000, and adding a water-heating solar panel is an additional $2,500. He said that cost is offset in the long run by the annual savings.

In September Locklear installed his first solar panel at his own home and after finding success was approached by his friend Thomas Scott, president of Pembrokes East Coast Electric, about installing such a heating system at his businesss office.

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Have you ever visited a hotel and noticed your soap and shampoo made more bubbles than at home? Or the water felt slick on your skin? Perhaps you always use the spot-free rinse at the car wash to give your vehicle a blemish-free finish. In each of these cases, you have experienced softened water, and the installation of a water softener can bring those experiences to your home.

How it Works

Hard water is caused by calcium and magnesium in the water. A water softener works through a process known as an ion exchange. The hard water passes through a tank filled with small, polystyrene beads charged with sodium. The calcium and magnesium ions have a positive charge, and beads have a negative charge. As the water goes through the tank, the calcium and magnesium attaches to the beads, and are exchanged with sodium ions, to soften the water. (The amount of sodium added to the water is minimal and not considered a health hazard for most people. If sodium is a concern, choose a water softener that uses potassium chloride instead. However, this will cost more than the more common sodium softeners.)

Once the water softeners beads are loaded with calcium and magnesium, the softener goes through a regeneration process. A high-sodium brine solution is flushed thought the bead tank, where the sodium replaces the calcium-magnesium build-up, which is flushed down the drain. Then the beads are ready to work again.

Some clues that you have hard water include spots on clean dishes, soaps that dont bubble-up or rinse away completely, and a soapy film that builds up in the shower. Nick McCart, plumbing supervisor for Blue Dot, pointed out, The white build up on a shower head and inside coffee makers is calcium from the water.

What a Softener Can and Cant Do

That same white build-up can happen inside a homes water pipes, facets, and water heater, which causes damage and lessens efficiency. Softened water prevents these build-ups and increases the longevity of your plumbing fixtures. Jason Pisocki, water treatment division manager for McEloys, noted softened water will also save money. He said, The cost of your cleaning supplies will drop dramatically with conditioned water because youll use less soap and fewer harsh chemicals and detergents to get the job done. Less energy is required to heat water in tanks without a scale build-up, 17- to 21-percent less.

However, if your main water complaints are the odor or taste, a water softener wont help. McCart said, To deal with odor, taste, or sediment problems, you need to install a whole-house water filter system. The whole-house system can be installed before the water softener, so after the water is filtered it goes through the softener. This will also help prolong the life of the softener.

Pisocki said, A water softener is made to remove the calcium and magnesium in your domestic water supply. A good water softener can remove a low amount of iron in the water but if there are high amounts of iron in the water it will not be removed by the water softener. A water softener will not remove any kind of bacteria, or change the ph of the water either. If there is a water pressure problem in the home the water softener will not correct any of the issues. In a lot of cases, the pressure issues will need to be handled along with installing the water softener.

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One of the most useful proverbs that I learned in my journalism classes was tell a friend. Its an adage that can apply to any kind of storytelling fiction or nonfiction but it was especially helpful to me when I was starting out as a small-town newspaper reporter. Overworked, overtired and overcaffeinated (but underpaid, of course), tell a friend was a life preserver for me in my most desperate moments of deadline-induced writers block.

The idea is simple (keep it simple, stupid theres another useful maxim): If youre having a hard time writing the story, write it in the same way that you would tell a friend. If you want to picture yourself telling a friend while enjoying a cold, frothy beverage, go right ahead (thats what I like to do).

I bring this up because Im struggling to articulate my feelings about a recent story that I wrote, so I thought it would be interesting to use the tell a friend method for the purposes of this blog post.

If I were at a bar, trying to explain this story to a friend, I might say something like this:

"There was this factory in California. Its not around anymore, because it blew up.

Anyway, the corporation was pressuring the guys at the plant to do plastic extrusion thats where you melt plastic to form it into stuff. But this was a new operation. So the plant guys had to set up the plant for plastic extrusion and install the equipment to do plastic extrusion. Are you with me so far?

This is the crazy part: To do plastic extrusion in a factory, you need an industrial-grade boiler, right? I mean, everything in a factory should be industrial-grade, but that goes without saying. Well instead of using an industrial-grade boiler, the guys at the plant decided to buy a Whirlpool water heater from Lowes! Just because it was a lot cheaper and easier to install. Can you believe that?

So the guys in the plant jury-rigged it and used it to melt plastic for their operation. They even removed all the safety features. But this Whirlpool was not designed to do the kind of stuff you do in a factory! It was a Whirlpool, for Gods sake!

Anyway, they had all kinds of problems with this thing. It was breaking down constantly. Keeping this thing working was practically a full-time job for the maintenance guys. The thing was always on the fritz, because it wasnt designed to do this stuff. Im surprised it lasted as long as it did.

So the water heater exploded and killed two guys who were trying to fix it. The thing blew through the roof like a rocket. It ****ed up the factory so bad that that the factory shut down for good.

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