Bathroom :Auto Filling Bath ? & TV's ?

["Marcus Warrington" <marcusw@xxxxxxx>]

A while ago we had a small thread on auto sensing
the depth of water in a bath, possibly via an
ultrasonic measuring device. Someone suggested a
simple timing routine would probably be simpler and
I think I would probably agree (at least to start with).

Someone responded to that thread saying they'd converted
their bath to auto fill with an electronic valve and an
extra tap/spout (a piece of bent chrome pipe). Not really
wanting to have an extra tap, I'm wondering if it wouldn't
be possible to simply tap into the whirlpool system hoses.
If I placed a "Y" splitter on the pipe that feeds the pump
(i.e. from the bottom water intake hole) and ran this via
an anti siphon valve, to a mixed hot/cold water supply that
was controlled by an electronic valve, I could fill the
bath through the whirlpool jets. Anyone done anything like
this or see any reasons why it shouldn't work ?.

I'm also interested in having a small LCD TV in the bathroom
like the one shown on Carol Vauderman (sp?) show the other
month. I checked on the pricing of these and 2K is little
steep! So I notice Craplins are selling 5.6" LCD TV's that
have AV input, IR, can run from 12 volts, and have Channel
presets. Since it can run from 12 volts I figure this must
be safer in a bathroom and all mains (socket) wiring is RCD
protected at the consumer box anyway. My aim is to mount
it flush in the wall at the foot of the bath and have a few
control buttons on a double gang Clipsal switch plate. I
figure that mounting it in a box with a Perspex front should
seal it from the damp environment, my only concern is how to
stop potential condensation occurring... anyone tried
anything like this ?

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