The Hot Water Lobster Instant Hot Water Valve

 How To Save Water:
         Does it seem like it takes forever for hot water to reach your faucet (especially on cold mornings…burr)? A couple of weeks ago we purchased an instant hot water valve called the Hot Water Lobster and installed it under our bathroom sink. Installation was a simple 15-minute do-it-yourself project. Everything we needed was included in the box and no electrical hookups were required.

WALLA! The next morning hot water was already at the faucet and shower with NO-WAITING. Our daughter even had instant hot water in her bathroom. Needless to say we are very impressed with this simple device and it continues to brighten every morning for us.

We had always disliked having to wait for our water to get hot, but didn’t know there was such a simple solution available. And with water and energy rates climbing and my daughter becoming a teenager, our utility bills seemed to be skyrocketing. So I went to cyberspace for some solutions. That’s where I ran across the Hot Water Lobster Instant Hot Water Valve site. 

hot water tank:

The Hot Water Lobster Instant hot Water Valve incorporates the flexibility of an adjustable temperature control with quality materials and workmanship for a long maintenance-free life and easy installation (not requiring electrical wiring, timers or perishable pumps). It even has a 30-day unconditional money back guarantee, as well as a 10-year parts and labor warranty.

hot water conservation:

The Hot Water Lobster Instant Hot Water Valve works on the principle of thermal convection (within your existing water heater) to circulate the water through your plumbing system (instead of electrical pumps). So whenever you need hot water, it’s already hot at your faucet. 

hot water valve:

After some considerable scrutiny I decided this was the solution we needed. We placed the unit on the faucet furthest from our water heater (our master bathroom). This allowed all the faucets in our house to also have faster hot water (by keeping the main hot-water-run filled with hot water).

We’ve been using the Hot Water Lobster for about a month now, I must applaud the inventor of this device. Not only has the Hot Water Lobster Instant Hot Water Valve brought us the comfort and convenience of faster hot water at every faucet in my house, it was cost effective at only $179.95, it was quick and easy to install (do-it-yourself with no electrical hookups), and I’m doing my part to help the environment by saving water and saving energy all while saving money!

The Hot Water Lobster Instant Hot Water Valve:

HOW IT WORKS! When the water in your hot water pipe and the Hot Water Lobster control valve cools
below the user adjustable temperature (77-140 degrees F), the thermal materials within the Hot
Water Lobster control valve contract, and silently open the valve.  Thermal convection within your hot
water tank naturally circulates the cooled water through your existing cold water pipes and back to    
the hot water tank for reheating.  Your existing hot water tank now uses less energy reheating warm
water instead of cold ground temperature water.  When fresh hot water enters your hot water pipe and
the Hot Water Lobster control valve, the valve automatically closes.  This maintains hot water at the
control valve without wasting water  or energy.  Turn on your faucet or shower and you get instant hot
water.  When you mount the Hot Water Lobster instant hot water control valve in the fixture furthest
from your hot water tank (as shown in the installation diagram) all other fixtures in your house will also
have faster hot water.

NO ELECTRICITY NECESSARY! The Hot Water Lobster is all mechanical and designed to provide an
electricity free solution to maintain hot water at the tap.  This makes installation a snap (in less than
10 minutes).  Other hot water solutions require the use of electricity and pumps that make installation
difficult and the pumps are often noisy.

MORE HOT WATER! Adds as much as 10% more capacity to your current hot water system (by
keeping the water in your hot water pipes hot!).

KEEP PIPES FROM FREEZING!     The Hot Water Lobster instant hot water valve automatically allows
water in your pipes to circulate when the control valve cools below the set temperature-even when
your electricity goes out.

REDUCES CONDENSATION! The Hot Water Lobster instant hot water valve reduces condensation on
pipes and toilets.

MAINTENANCE FREE! The Hot Water Lobster has a solid brass valve body with an adjustable thermal
controlled mechanical stainless steel valve stem enclosed in a mounting box.

EASY INSTALLATION! The Hot Water Lobster comes complete with mounting box, 4 sets  of 12"
flexible water lines and brass fitting.  All pre-assembled and tested for an easy 10 minutes installation

How to prepare for a video interview

How to prepare for a video interview

Come on! I Know, it is something new because been interviewed online is not something that happens every day, but it is going to happen more and more. And I figured out what it takes for you to be properly prepared to do a video interview, with me, with anyone else. Doesn't matter what software or tool they use. The rules are always the same. So, I have taken note of what really counts and I'm gonna give you some specific tips about what you need to prepare yourself for a proper online video interview when you are the one being interviewed.


1. Ok. For what concerns yourself, where you place yourself, it is important you get yourself properly and comfortably sit in a place where you got some good light.
This is the main problem everyone has got. You place yourself somewhere, you see, which does not look like it is dark, you think it is ok. No, that is not ok.
You do not see it right now, but not only there is the sunshine out of here, but there is one, two, three, four lights going on here in all directions to make sure that the overall impression of my complexion and everything is very warm and cool. That does not happen automatically.
At the very minimum, in a situation where you just need to do it just in time, just take one of those desk lamps and do not shoot it in your face. But shoot it in the wall in front of you. So kind of standing in front of the wall, that is possibly white- or light-colored and shoot a strong white light in front on that wall, so that you get some diffuse light on you.

2. Second thing: frame yourself inside the webcam eye, the webcam lens, the camcorder that is shooting at you with your head.
Do not go back and show all your body and all the stuff you got hanging on in the room, that is not relevant. You want to fill in the screen with just your face: from chin to the top of your head. You need to cut off nothing. And fill in with that. So you need just little background, and that should be as neutral as possible.

3. Then remember: wherever the webcam is, look inside that eye. Look inside there. Do not look at the screen, at yourself, at the other guy, while you are talking and answering. Look inside the webcam. Turn your directions there and talk directly into it, as much as possible. Even if the guy is talking to you right here, you keep talking back to him back right there, you do not do all ah-ah-ah and then you ah. You just ah-ah-ah here the whole time.



To summarize:
• Lights
• Framing
• Watching in direct
• and Talking clearly and direct.
• Do not rant. Do not go on too much on your own thing, telling your own story. You know, be concise. Give space so that this become more of a conversation, less of an interview.
• Make sure you avoid having your speakers up (switched on) on your computer.
• Use a headset. That makes you look kind of an astronaut, looks cool, technological: that is fine.
• Get a good microphone.
• Move the microphone away from being right in front of your mouth. When you get these microphones here, that come on front here like Michael Jackson, move them away from the front of your mouth and make sure it is not directly in front of where you are doing these noises. Because they will be felt. So, move the microphone out of the way. You will be heard very clearly. No matter what.



What else you need to:
• Turn off your mobile.
• Turn off your real telephone.
• Make sure nobody is gonna ring at the door, at the bell and nobody is going to come and ask for help right now. Tell everybody in the office, at home, that you are doing a video interview for so many minutes: make sure nobody is going to disturb you.
• Make sure you got batteries running, enough tape, and those are the basics.


Finally, it is likely that if the video interview is going to take place via the Internet, your video interviewer will ask you to download a video conferencing tool like OoVoo or Sightspeed or VSee. Go ahead and install it and then add the "nickname" or email of your video interviewer in your newly installed videoconferencing tool contact list.

A Video Recording Backup Solution:
When all else fails, you can always record a video contribution on your computer and then send it to your interviewer.
If the above is too complex or cannot be realized for some other reason here is another simple solution:
You can record your video answer to a possible video interview request asynchronously, by asking the reporter to send you ahead of time the questions via email and then by video recording your replies to them in this way:
1. Get on a Mac or PC and load either Windows Movie Maker (PC) or iMovie (Mac) (These two software tools are free and normally come pre-installed on your computer).
2. Make sure you have webcam, headset and microphone connected
3. Record your video answers by selecting your connected webcam as the video source
4. Save the video recording and set the video quality level for final output at the highest quality level possible. This will generate a very large file.
5. Send your interviewer the recorded video file via one of the many free services which allow you to send huge files.