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Re:Smart urinals stuck on boot at a gas station in Germany by makeitdouble on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @09:23AM (#35340653)
Price and maintenance. I asked while in France, and while you can buy them

- you need an electric plug, and builders tend to avoid putting them in the toilets or aren't asked for in the first place.

- once you have them, the water clogs the thin pipes with calcium apparently. So every one/two year we'd have to replace the tubes.

Re:Smart urinals stuck on boot at a gas station in Germany by MajimasEyepatch on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @09:38AM (#35340858)
The calcium issue would mostly depend on the hardness of your water, right? So that would probably vary by region.
Re:Smart urinals stuck on boot at a gas station in Germany by makeitdouble on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @11:40AM (#35342845)
It is, and Japanese water is overall pretty soft so it helps in that regard.