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The Shower Smart Faucet (SSF)
 
Jeanie is 4 years old and 35" tall. Her father installed this remote at a height of 31" just
for her because she is not tall enough to reach the one in the bathtub yet.
Jeanie sets the shower, gets in, has a shower, then gets out and turns the shower off.
The Shower Smart Faucet (SSF) looks like it belongs in a Star Trek movie or an expensive new home.
Jeanie's bathroom is very modest. The SSF is a conservation product, the more you use it, the more
savings you generate. Jeanie and her teenage brother, James and Mom and Dad will generate enough
savings to pay for their SSF within 2 years. Use our Shower Savings
Calculator to see how much your family can save.
The SSF is a complete showering system. In a new home, it can be installed as the only shower system.
In an existing home, the SSF can be installed alongside (in parallel to) your old shower faucets.
Your old faucets would then become the backup showering system.
For more information on how to use the Shower Smart Faucet CLICK HERE!
The SSFs' life started in 1992,when it was an
accessory product to the Heat Recovery Shower (HRS). This was when the company started. It was a time of pure R&D.
At the end of 1995, we discovered that the SSF was saving more energy as a conservation product than the HRS was
saving as a heat recovery product. As R&D continued, the SSF became so powerful that it forced us to shelve the HRS.
Like a butterfly from a coccoon, the SSF emerged as the top energy conservation product in the housing industry.
When compared to the Honda Civic Hybrid (the automotive darling), the SSF out-performs in energy conservation.
The SSF is also the most "user friendly" product in the marketplace today because knowing numbers is not required.
When you shower you compare your body sensors: touch and temperature to the level of the 20 segment LCD which has
a marked and colored background. Your bodys' temperature sensor will tell you where to set the LCD temperature level
for optimum comfort. Setting the LCD flow level is where you save money. Use the lowest flow with which you still
feel comfort.
The Evolution of the SSF
| 1992 – 1999 |
2000 – 2002 |
2002 – 2005 |
2006 |
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The display/control panel had 2 plastic pieces. The bottom piece was used as a mounting bracket.
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With the new plastic mold, the display/control panel changed to a 2 piece,
sealed unit with an aluminum mounting bracket. The appearance was changed with crisper, less rounded lines.
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The LCD display was recesses and mounted on a silicon shock absorber.
Two sub-decals add color for better background reference.
The aluminum mounting bracket was eliminated and replaced with silicon mounting
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New, whiter front decal adds a larger window for bigger sub-decals with more color.
The manufacturers name was removed and the product name - Shower Smart Faucet was added.
The sub-decals indicate the US model with Gallons / Minute and Fahrenheit or the Metric model with
Liters/ Minute and Centigrade.
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The improvements that were made to the display/control panel over the years are typical of the improvements
made to the entire SSF product. From 1992 to 2006, many small but important changes were made. Today, the
SSF has become a product that has a 20 year, service free, life expectancy. Consumers may only expect 10
years of life from their cars but they expect 20 years of life with their bathroom fixtures.
There was a big jump in quality when, in 1994, ceramic seats replaced the standard stainless steel and
rubber seats. Ceramic seats have an estimated life expectancy of 80 years. Our computer board was also upgraded
from an automotive level to a 20 year level by eliminating all electronic parts that can’t last 20 years. The weak
links in the electronic chain were eliminated.
Unfortunately, we had to, temporarily, discontinued our 50 liter-shutdown model because our Canadian Government is
refusing to abandon their insane support of the low flow showerhead which has been independently tested and proven
to be ineffective as a water saving device. Without substantial Government support of our 50 liter-shutdown model,
we find there is market confusion. Are we selling the ultimate in showering performance, convenience and fun
(the SSF with unlimited flow) or the world’s best conservation product (the SSF with 50 liter-shutdown)? For now,
we have to conserve our sales and marketing costs and just market our unlimited flow model which is the ultimate in
showering performance, convenience and fun. And yes it is educational too. Our SSF is extremely user friendly so
you will learn all about water flow and temperature. Enjoy.
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Inside The Shower Smart Faucet
 Heat Exchangers Nf. Inc
For further information E-mail us at PuffinPlast@yahoo.com
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