I'm exploring innovative solutions to an electric hot water heater problem in our new (to us) little apartment.
For those of you that have been blessed to have met my wife, she is a bit height impaired, so she is having difficulty reaching the dial on the hot water heater in the bathroom.
First, I told her to turn over the bucket in and stand on it. She demurred, suggesting she was afraid of falling, especially if the shower was already wet. She wants to tape a stick to the dial to turn it. I don't think tape is an adequate solution in hot and humid environments, so I countered with a rubber band around the dial that was somehow attached to a stick, so we didn't damage rented gear.
Now, not knowing how to attach a tightened rubber band to a stick in that manner, I'm at a loss.
Our engineering requirements to solve this are:
1. The solution is something that costs less than 100B.
2. The assembly is something a very, very bright six year old could accomplish.
Thanks in advance!
Topper and Mrs. Topper