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- From: swisher@cs.utexas.edu (Janet M. Swisher)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Handheld Shower Massages
- Date: 11 Jan 1993 14:56:21 -0600
- Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
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- In article <1ic800INNbf2@symbi1.symbiosis.ahp.com>
- aem@symbiosis.ahp.com writes:
- |dw@unislc.uucp (Dan Wright) writes:
- ||drawback is that it is "low-flow", like most (all?) new showerheads are,
- ||which means that not much water comes out (a horse could pee harder). But,
- ||there is a little washer you can remove to open the pathway and increase
- ||the flow. I took that washer out. I also took a drill and reamed out the
- ||couplings at either end of the hose, since they were more than thick enough
- ||for strength: I assumed correctly that they were thick in order to restrict
- ||the flow. Now the thing delivers a decent jet of water.
-
- |How very environmental of you. Do you realize that increasing areas of
- |the country have mandatory water restrictions in effect? Clean water
- |doesn't grow on trees.
-
- I recently heard a talk on increasing your home's energy/etc.
- efficiency; I don't recall whether the speaker was from the state or
- city office responsible for such things. Anyway, he said he doesn't
- recommend using low-flow showerheads because:
-
- a) the hard water in this area tends to clog them easily
- b) the low flow encourages people to either turn the volume up more or
- take longer showers
-
- So, installing a low-flow showerhead may actually increase your water
- use.
-
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-
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