Posted on 12/17/2020 7:31:04 AM PST by 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.
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I’m in Hawaii.
I live on catchment water,
so by the very nature of my
situation I conserve
water without being told to do so
by some Democrat.
Nature is my dictator.
She can be generous or very miserly.
Were it not for laws about burning,
other than roads, I would have no
need for the local and state government.
My only need for Federal government is
security of commerce.
Think about it.
We all pay a lot for Government,
Why bother?
My brother had a low-volume toilet that seemed to have some sort of vacuum or something and it worked well.
But that’s not my point. My point is I don’t think the government should be into the smallest details of our lives. If I want a fancy toilet, I’ll buy it; if I want an old-fashioned toilet, that should be OK too. The manufacturers should decide which models to put on the market, not the government.
$33.99 for a 5 gallon can? I am sorry I remain completely unconvinced. They are unvented and there is no flexible spout to put into your car or trucks filler hole. I watched the “no spill Jill” video and can see where they might be useful for filling pitchers like in the video, a littel awkward for your mower, weed trimmer or chainsaw, but unless you can put a hose on the end of the no spill nozzle they look completely useless for putting gas into a typical car, SUV, or pickup truck. How do you handle that with these cans???
>> Nature is my dictator.<<
I like that.
It’s just a plastic orifice that can be pulled out.
Our old dishwasher took half an hour to clean the dishes; the new one that the wife wanted is stainless steel inside and out, cost a fortune, and takes 3+ hours to do the dishes, and you have to buy special detergent pods and a little $10 bottle of blue chemical that typically spills a bunch when you are trying to fill up the little container inside the door.
Al Builds A Bathroom! | Married With Children
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYZLXDabEg
But not enough to move and take your tax dollars with you.
“California limits me to 1.5 gallons/minute. I can’t even buy a 2.0 gpm shower head off Amazon. They can’t ship it to me.”
That’s where a PO box at a UPS store just across the state line could come in handy.
Or if you have family or friends out of state that can do you a small favor.
Go to a farm supply store and you will find spout kits that have 2 alternate screw caps, to adapt to most gas cans.
Not always.
I get new shower heads and tear their guts out, so they work fine.
“Our old dishwasher took half an hour to clean the dishes; the new one that the wife wanted is stainless steel inside and out, cost a fortune, and takes 3+ hours to do the dishes ...”
There is a top-rated Bosch (the Ascenta model) dishwasher that has a 95-minute cycle time. However, we are hanging on to our 20-year-old Kenmore until it stops cleaning the dishes.
I agree completely.
My comment was primarily directed at the need to flush low volume toilets several times.
I have not found that to be the case.
You have to drill backwards because the restricter ring is backward threaded and will spin like a top. Like that will stop a guy like me..
Wow, that is just 3 times longer than the old Kenmores. Fortunately we are selling the house with the new dishwasher. The house we are keeping has a Kenmore that we purchased 20 years ago. I have had to take it apart a couple of times, but currently the parts are cheap and it is easy to fix. As long as I can get parts and can fix it, I doubt that we will ever get rid of it. After experiencing the new dish washer... my wife agrees.
A common cycle time for new dishwashers is 150 minutes. The Bosch model I mentioned is almost an hour less than that. Our old Kenmore takes about an hour to wash, rinse, and dry (using the heated drying cycle).
Our Kenmore takes 30 minutes when you are in a hurry and dry yourself to get a second load in... like when you have a bunch of visitors at Thanksgiving and Christmas.
The shortest cycle on the new one that we have is 183 minutes and the dishes are not completely dry.
skimbell wrote: :I had a couple of bathrooms remodeled a few years ago and I was very skeptical of the low water toilets.
The contractor assured me that I’d be happy with them so I gave them a try.”
I have a gerber too. Still stops up.
I have reverse drill bits.
Thanks.
I have not seen that yet, I am a mechanic, not a plumber.
I know enough about every thing to be dangerous.
Stand back.
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