Rules eased for water from showerheads, a Trump pet peeve

ABC News / Disney ^ | December 17, 2020 | By DEB RIECHMANN

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The Trump administration has relaxed a regulation restricting water flow from showerheads, a pet peeve of President Donald Trump, who complained that he wanted more water to make his hair “perfect.”

Since 1992, federal law has dictated that showerheads shouldn’t spew more than 2.5 gallons (9.5 liters) of water a minute. As newer shower fixtures came out with multiple nozzles, the Obama administration updated the ruling, stating that 2.5 gallons was still the limit regardless of how many nozzles were running. The new ruling, issued on Tuesday, now says each showerhead can emit 2.5 gallons a minute.

“So showerheads - you take a shower, the water doesn’t come out,” Trump said last summer. “You want to wash your hands? The water doesn’t come out. So what do you do? You just stand there longer or you take a shower longer? Because my hair - I don’t know about you, but it has to be perfect. Perfect.”

Also this week, the Energy Department issued a ruling that sets no limits on energy or water use for new washers and dryers with short cycle times in their “normal” setting. The rule sets up separate product classifications for residential clothes washers and dryers with cycle times of fewer than 30 minutes and 45 minutes for front-loading washers.

The Energy Department said the rule on washers and dryers lets manufacturers offer new products that meet consumer demand for products with shorter cycle times. Environmental advocates had a different response.

[lepton]

I’m good with the new toilets.

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They finally started to get the new ones right several years ago. Before that, for a decade they were awful.

[riverdawg]

“The shortest cycle on the new one that we have is 183 minutes and the dishes are not completely dry.”

We had our 13-year-old LG clothes dryer repaired last week. (A thermal fuse was replaced, a common part failure on old LG dryers.) When I expressed some reservation about repairing rather than replacing the dryer, the repairman said that the old dryer was much better than the new dryers, even the top-rated LGs, and should be trouble-free for another ten years.

[headstamp 2]

To each his own.

I’ve found them to be the best fuel can for my purposes. The venting is back through the spout once they start pouring. No glug or spilling.

Sounds like you are looking for an automotive Gerry can. The “V” jugs are what you want.

[fireman15]

I am glad that you have found a solution that works for you.
I am perfectly happy with the vented plastic cans that I already have that are no longer available because of ridiculous regulations. I have a couple of the “Jerry can” style containers but prefer the shapes that are more stable in your trunk. I used to keep our airplane at an airport without fuel pumps and used a 38 gallon plastic tank out of an old van with a hand pump to fill it up. It is interesting to me that the new cans are so difficult to use for filling up a car or truck that has run out of gas when that used to be one of their primary reasons for existing.