Mahalo for featuring this, Sean, and especially for pointing out the convoluted/inaccurate wording of SSB2583. I'm sure many here have been "bitten on the ass" thinking they were doing the right thing based on that wording, only to find out the hard way they were wrong. Things need to change here in Hawaii, (and elsewhere) if we want to save the planet, and this is just another way to take back control of responsibly dealing with our waste. Products and concepts like this are the future, instead of throwing away our hard-earned dollars on outdated, inefficient, and harmful septic systems just to satisfy bureaucrats and pad the pockets of septic installers.
I watched an Australian guy make one. He used ibc containers. He used kitchen waste but I knew you could do the humanure. Both are an excellent way to use wastes. Yay more people are doing this.
8:11 If you're going to heat your water with biogas, you should preheat the water through compost Compost pile is about 145° in the center so all you have to do is coil tubing inside of a framework and then dump your stuff in there to compost, that water will be hotter than you want to shower with before it even hits your water heater.. and we all know water heaters don't turn on unless the water is cold enough
I just got one of those a couple weeks ago but haven't set it up yet. Just learning about it and curious about that tankless water heater, if it needs to be for propane or natural gas? Since the gas nozzles are different sizes. Would like to know how good it will work on the biogas.
As long as your community or municipality allows a composting toilet they should allow this fancy composting toilet. That really is what it is considering the fact that it produces fertilizer. The sandbagged gas is hardly flammable considering the level to which the gas is pressurized. Theoretically yes, it could catch but it has as much probability of catching as untreated raw wood. To make matters simple I would just tell people it is a closed loop no touch advanced composting system… this is NOT a replacement to a septic system. Septic systems are by nature of the word designed to be emptied every few years and as such are not a closed loop. Idk if in certain municipalities it is illegal to use human feces to create fertilizer or not but that again is also debatable given this system can be used solely for the purpose of recycling waste from food scraps. Keep it simple and keep it stupid folks 😉. That way crazy people that try to make your life difficult have a very hard time doing it. Not illegal my friend… just don’t claim it is a septic tank or an alternative to it when it functions extremely differently. A helicopter and a car both drive. However, they are two different devices that have different set of standards and regulation. A fancy compositing system cannot be compared to a septic tank…. Not one and the same at all! Thank you 😊 🙏
Mahalo for featuring this, Sean, and especially for pointing out the convoluted/inaccurate wording of SSB2583. I'm sure many here have been "bitten on the ass" thinking they were doing the right thing based on that wording, only to find out the hard way they were wrong.
Things need to change here in Hawaii, (and elsewhere) if we want to save the planet, and this is just another way to take back control of responsibly dealing with our waste. Products and concepts like this are the future, instead of throwing away our hard-earned dollars on outdated, inefficient, and harmful septic systems just to satisfy bureaucrats and pad the pockets of septic installers.
Amen to that, The people need to lead, then the leaders could follow
I watched an Australian guy make one. He used ibc containers. He used kitchen waste but I knew you could do the humanure. Both are an excellent way to use wastes. Yay more people are doing this.
I love how the people lead, now we just need the leaders to follow
@@HomesteadinHawaii exactly!
8:11 If you're going to heat your water with biogas, you should preheat the water through compost
Compost pile is about 145° in the center so all you have to do is coil tubing inside of a framework and then dump your stuff in there to compost, that water will be hotter than you want to shower with before it even hits your water heater.. and we all know water heaters don't turn on unless the water is cold enough
I like the idea but have you ever emptied a compost pile with tubing inside? It’s a pain in the butt.
I just bought one for my new homestead. Thanks for all your informative videos.
Alright! Hope you like it!
Great review very informative and in depth much appreciated
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge. God bless you
No worries. Thanks for watching and commenting
This is really cool! Love these videos, I'll definitely remember this option
Yeah. I wish I had one of these after touring it!
7:00 good thing your not cooking near the curtain. Very interesting set-up 👌 👍
You can poop and cook
I just got one of those a couple weeks ago but haven't set it up yet. Just learning about it and curious about that tankless water heater, if it needs to be for propane or natural gas? Since the gas nozzles are different sizes. Would like to know how good it will work on the biogas.
That would be a good question to ask the homebiogas folks, I believe they're natural gas fittings but I could be wrong, it might be more customized
Do propane appliances need to be modified to run on biogas?
Yes
As long as your community or municipality allows a composting toilet they should allow this fancy composting toilet. That really is what it is considering the fact that it produces fertilizer. The sandbagged gas is hardly flammable considering the level to which the gas is pressurized. Theoretically yes, it could catch but it has as much probability of catching as untreated raw wood.
To make matters simple I would just tell people it is a closed loop no touch advanced composting system… this is NOT a replacement to a septic system.
Septic systems are by nature of the word designed to be emptied every few years and as such are not a closed loop.
Idk if in certain municipalities it is illegal to use human feces to create fertilizer or not but that again is also debatable given this system can be used solely for the purpose of recycling waste from food scraps.
Keep it simple and keep it stupid folks 😉. That way crazy people that try to make your life difficult have a very hard time doing it. Not illegal my friend… just don’t claim it is a septic tank or an alternative to it when it functions extremely differently. A helicopter and a car both drive. However, they are two different devices that have different set of standards and regulation. A fancy compositing system cannot be compared to a septic tank…. Not one and the same at all! Thank you 😊 🙏
Tell it to the code officials
how do you clean that toilet? can you use chemicals to clean it?
Great question. That is why they are suggested to be used in tandem with septics, but a good spray of water goes a long way. Maybe just a brush?
@@HomesteadinHawaii thanks for the answer!!!
Great to see u on here agin
There's more to come. Just need to get consistent again
Sorry I didn't get back to you about our biogas. I wanted to be in one of your videos. Oh well, next time.
Bummers. We’ll connect again one day
I dont want sht as fuel to use to cook my food. Ill use something else thank you.
That’s why the hot water heater on demand use is pretty clutch