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Thomas G. Marshall
 
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Default Hansgrohe Shower Head: Removing flow restrictor

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Ok, this subject has come and gone repeatedly in various forms. In my
case it is the Hansgrohe Turboł massage.

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Also, there is a plastic screen at the very outset: right in between the
shower arm and the shower arm mount. This one confuses me: It looks like
a very restrictive screen---all plastic with very *very* small holes.
Yet
having it in and taking it out seem to do nothing to the water
flow---I'll
need to experiment more on that one, but I left it in for now.


This is probably just ofr aeration so that the water is dispersed.


Finally the handle itself has a water hole opening that is substantially
smaller than the bore of anything leading up to it. Is it possible that
/this alone/ is the 2.5 GPM restrictor---a silly little hole? I may just
drill the thing larger out of principal alone


I'm gonna guess that you're right about that. The little add-on
restrictors
are nothing more than a plastic piece with a small
hole. You could drill it out a little at a time to see when you get the
desired result. Just remember, once you drill you can't go back

Thanks


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It is larger than the 2.5 GPM restrictor I found in my old cheapie shower
heads. That was just a thin metal disk with a very small hole dead center.
This one is more like 1/4 " in diameter.

Is it possible that there is a limiter stuffed deep into the handle itself?

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