"Tim" wrote in message
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On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 12:25:30 +0100, Andy Hall wrote:

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:50:18 +0100, "IMM" wrote:




The pressure of the water gives the power sensation against the skin.
You
can get a very good shower at 7 to 8 litres/minute if the pressure is
high.
7 - 8 litres/min and low pressure and you feel as it you have to run
around
to get wet.


That's horrible. It's like bombarding yourself with one of those
needle jet things.

A very unpleasnt experience.

I'd have to second that. I worked in a new building once that had staff
showers on the ground floor. They managed somehow to deliver mentally high
pressure and flow rates to the said showers building was only two storey
so I assume it was mains or pumped and not gravity fed.

On the good side, you could get clean in about 30 seconds (pre-soap, blast
off). The downside was - aim the shower head the wrong way and you nearly
got you n*ts blown off. Bl**dy hurt too.

Makes my eyes water just thinking about it...

Gets all the dandruff out of your scalp.

Most people are happy with 1 to 1.5 bar. Approaching 10 bar (some mains
water pressure is over 9 bar) and it gets uncomfortable.