Posted on 12/16/2020 5:02:57 PM PST by Olog-hai
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. …
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I just take out the restrictor in my showerhead and get the full flow.
me too
Oh, happy day! These water flow restrictors are pointless because it just takes longer to take a shower or wash one’s hands.
Yep, I did that for my brother in his new house and he thought I’d performed a miracle when he came home and took a shower. He thought the plumber had screwed up, he didn’t know that showerheads were intentionally made nonfunctional to please the leftwing nuts in government.
Kramerica!
NOW DO WASHING MACHINES!!!!!
How about a toilet that will flush?
That’s the first thing that I do. Or drill it out.
A great episode.
And the toilets!
Restricting water flow to one shower head equivalent is discrimatory to tall people...and short people...and pregnant people :)
I’ve long thought that shower water should be diverted to landscaping, to return most of that water to the water table rather restricting showerhead flow and limiting landscape watering days.
Too bad about the dishwashers. Although my dishwasher stinks because of its low water usage, I'm too cheap to replace it. I'll just run it twice so it can heat and splash water for hours to "Save energy".
Biden-Harris will just change it back. And they will be exempt.
I guess I’d better take this time to restore on proper lightbulbs again. I haven’t bought any in years but I am running low.
I hope gas can restrictors are next.
I drill it out until I get the water flow I want. Water nazis in the fedgov.
Gas cans these days are dangerous. No flow, gurgling, ... they are so bad they are now dangerous to use. I would love an easy mod kit.
I wish he had done this years ago.
There would have been time to manufacture stuff we could actually use.
If Biden gets in, he’ll just reverse this decision.
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