How do Amish get hot water / How do Amish take hot shower?

This is the most frequently asked question that I get. How do the Amish get hot water? In this video I will explain 3 methods that Amish communities use to get hot water. These methods also allow them to take a hot shower or bath.

The water comes from a well which is pumped into the house through water lines and pvc/plumbing. Water is pumped from well use a water pumped powered by solar. The main difference is the source of the power!

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The information I provide on this channel are from my personal experiences living amongst my Amish neighbors. Not every Amish community abides by the same rules or standard of living. Each community differs, but overall they live as simply as possible so they don't get caught up in the world.

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[candaceaustin]

I love the Amish grew up in Pennsylvania near Amish families. I've always admired their ways.
You can be in the world and not part of the world.
I lived off Grid in Alaska and loved it.

[DivergentDroid]

The type of solar you see at 3:10 does Not use a solar panel that produces electricity. This is called Passive Solar Heating. Water is run through pipes that have absorbed heat from the Sun thus the water heats up. There is normally some type of pump connected to the system to move the water. The water can be moved without means of an electric pump such as by using a ram pump and or gravity feed from a high water tank connected to the water source.

[marbleman]

I live in north central Arkansas, not far from the Missouri southern border. There is an Amish community there. I hired a man and his sons to build me a 20'x20' shop with a pull up shop door and a regular door, nice insulated windows on two sides and a metal slope roof. They had front end loaders and other modern equipment to dig the post holes and had power tools, and drove up in a nice truck. In 2 1/2 days they were done, amazing...and the work was very accurate and professional. I wanted to take a picture of them but they asked me not to take pictures; they did not believe in having their picture taken. I apologized and put my camera away. They were very courteous and polite. So they are a mixture of modern and "old fashioned". I respect them for their way of life; at least this group. I put the wood floor in and did all of the wiring and lighting and insulation.

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[vincecarnevale]

I used to live in a rural area years a go, one day during the summer I went to use the black garden hose in the yard, to my surprise hot water, I took many showers outside during summer and fall knowing I used free energy.

[rnman]

I had an Amish guy tell me (back before cell phones etc.) that phone lines, electric lines, etc. were physical connections to the outside world and that's one of the major things they had an issue with

[jillywells]

I love, love, love learning about the Amish their way of life brings peace to my mind. I love trying to do a few things that they do in my way of life. I really admire their ability to not give into peer pressure from the English and be loyal to their own way of life and beliefs. God bless them all.
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[livinggracehomestead]

Thank you so much for remaking that I really enjoyed it I couldn't watch it all the way through the first time cuz I just couldn't hear you so I really appreciate you going to the trouble to remake it

[rexmyers]

Thank you for sharing. Very informative. And, I see you are respectful of their culture even while videoing.

[nspro]

We scalded hogs in an iron bathtub converted for the purpose, using hot water from a contraption I rigged from a burner, barrel and steel posts by the barn, when I was a teenager. Could have easily done it with wood if we did not want to use propane for whatever reason. In fact my dad still heats his water partially using a water loop in his wood stove to his water heater which he has elevated so it will thermal siphon. If power is out the water will still get hot. This stuff can be easily done in a back yard on a budget.

[joebledsoe]

I made a charcoal-powered water heater for my son's Boy Scout Troop. Quite the novelty at Camporee and Jamboree events. It was an 11 gallon insulated stainless steel tank with an external copper tube coil that held the charcoal. There was a cold water storage jug on top and to get the hot water out you would simply open a valve on the jug and the hot water would just overflow out of a bung near the top. Added a bung for a thermometer later, used it to check and see if we needed more or less charcoal to regulate the temperature. Found that we were making 180-degree water which is hot for the Scouts to use. The target was 120 degrees. The First person up was responsible for charcoal in the coil, then fire up a coffee pot. This gave us hot water for breakfast cleanup, about the same for other meals. The first step always was to stoke the heater as required. Some folks accused me of making a shine still. That was 25 years ago and they are still using it today

[Yodie]

An indoor toilet connected to a septic system is not connected to the grid. Propane, kerosene, and diesel are made in refineries connected to the grid and owned by the "English". If they were truly independent, they would use wood gas generators to power their equipment, even tractors, and generators.

[robertthegrowguy]

The Amish in the local town use a wood boiler set up for hot water I believe it's only lit in the am to clean dishes n showers

[douglasjackson]

Just subscribed😁 enjoying all the information. Thank you.

[joshvalvo]

I leave near many fellow freands in Northern New York that use a large stainless steel tank with a woodstove attached at one end almost like a hot tube where more than one family member can bath at a time.

[shawnb]

Wow that was a great video. Thanks for taking the time to help us understand

[nickig]

Interesting. I actually really prefer when she narrates!

[dennistaylor]

How do they take a Hot bath? the same way we did when I was a Kid. Heat some water on the stove, pour it in a galvanized tub wash all 5 kids in the same water 1 at a time. Dry us off, put our pajamas on, put us to bed. Mom and Dad would come to each bedroom, first the girls, say their Prayers, then the boys and say our Prayers. "Good night we Love you, don't let the bed bugs bite" us kids would answered "Good night we Love you too"...I'm 72, I can still hear it, said the same thing to my Girls and my Grand kids. It's Great to have the "Love of God" in your Family, it's the glue that held and holds us together...WWG1WGA

[joshoverholser]

They can use gas. They have propane refrigerators and water heaters. Also they can have electricity, as long as it’s not in their house.

[tclodfelter]

The Amish were here BEFORE the "grid"! They are living the SAME way EVERYONE USED to live....and some still do in various places!

[woodwaker]

I love the Amish, so depended on themselves and not others. My grandfather seemed Amish to me, he was born in 1876 and had many dealings with the Amish. He lived just south of Millersburg Ohio, the center of Ohio Amish community. He had a hot water tank connected to the coal cook stove. Water would be pumped through the stove into the tank. No hot water if the stove was not hot. I stayed a number of summers with my grandparents in the 1960s to help with the farm. A tough life but what an experience. ( they had an outhouse)