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Consumer Reports - The Snitch Chronicles
"Consumer Reports states that the British-made Hudson Reed Theme
Thermostatic Shower Panel had a forceful spray that "seemed too good to be true-or legal." Environmental Protection Agency regulations limit shower head water flow to no more than 2.5 gallons per minute. Consumer Reports acknowledges that many shower fixtures get around this rule by using several shower heads, but the magazine decided to report the new single-head fixture to authorities, anyway." http://cei.org/news-release/2009/08/...ational-snitch |
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Consumer Reports - The Snitch Chronicles
HeyBub wrote:
"Consumer Reports states that the British-made Hudson Reed Theme Thermostatic Shower Panel had a forceful spray that "seemed too good to be true-or legal." Environmental Protection Agency regulations limit shower head water flow to no more than 2.5 gallons per minute. Consumer Reports acknowledges that many shower fixtures get around this rule by using several shower heads, but the magazine decided to report the new single-head fixture to authorities, anyway." http://cei.org/news-release/2009/08/...ational-snitch Whenever I travel or for my own use, I remove the flow restrictor from the shower head. I carry my own shower head with me. I may wind up on the FBI's most wanted list. *snicker* TDD |
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Consumer Reports - The Snitch Chronicles
The Daring Dufas wrote:
HeyBub wrote: "Consumer Reports states that the British-made Hudson Reed Theme Thermostatic Shower Panel had a forceful spray that "seemed too good to be true-or legal." Environmental Protection Agency regulations limit shower head water flow to no more than 2.5 gallons per minute. Consumer Reports acknowledges that many shower fixtures get around this rule by using several shower heads, but the magazine decided to report the new single-head fixture to authorities, anyway." http://cei.org/news-release/2009/08/...ational-snitch Whenever I travel or for my own use, I remove the flow restrictor from the shower head. I carry my own shower head with me. I may wind up on the FBI's most wanted list. *snicker* TDD I don't get the need for pressure washer class showers. Normal shower head with a restrictor works great for us. |
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Consumer Reports - The Snitch Chronicles
"The Daring Dufas" wrote in message ... HeyBub wrote: "Consumer Reports states that the British-made Hudson Reed Theme Thermostatic Shower Panel had a forceful spray that "seemed too good to be true-or legal." Environmental Protection Agency regulations limit shower head water flow to no more than 2.5 gallons per minute. Consumer Reports acknowledges that many shower fixtures get around this rule by using several shower heads, but the magazine decided to report the new single-head fixture to authorities, anyway." http://cei.org/news-release/2009/08/...ational-snitch Whenever I travel or for my own use, I remove the flow restrictor from the shower head. I carry my own shower head with me. I may wind up on the FBI's most wanted list. *snicker* TDD for the safety of mankind I hope they catch you.... ;-) We're under water restrictions....good time to snitch on my neighbor.....hahahaha |
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Consumer Reports - The Snitch Chronicles
"Whenever I travel or for my own use, I remove the flow restrictor from the shower head. I carry my own shower head with me. I may wind up on the FBI's most wanted list. *snicker* " Sounds good. I was wondering if there are various types of flow restrictors, and what's the best way to get rid of them? I have an old Speakman shower head at home, with NO restrictions. Anything else seems like a dribbling faucet to me. |
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Consumer Reports - The Snitch Chronicles
George wrote: The Daring Dufas wrote: HeyBub wrote: "Consumer Reports states that the British-made Hudson Reed Theme Thermostatic Shower Panel had a forceful spray that "seemed too good to be true-or legal." Environmental Protection Agency regulations limit shower head water flow to no more than 2.5 gallons per minute. Consumer Reports acknowledges that many shower fixtures get around this rule by using several shower heads, but the magazine decided to report the new single-head fixture to authorities, anyway." http://cei.org/news-release/2009/08/...ational-snitch Whenever I travel or for my own use, I remove the flow restrictor from the shower head. I carry my own shower head with me. I may wind up on the FBI's most wanted list. *snicker* TDD I don't get the need for pressure washer class showers. Normal shower head with a restrictor works great for us. Yes, I find the same thing. I think the folks who complain about the restrictors are mostly in places with poor water pressure. Since the restrictors flow is dependent on water pressure if you have lower than "standard" water pressure you are getting much less than the rated max flow. Water here runs about 70 PSI consistently, so shower heads with restrictors work fine. If you get say 50 PSI you should probably remove the restrictor or at least drill it a size larger to compensate. |
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Consumer Reports - The Snitch Chronicles
The whole thing is stupid. Not only is the regulation overreaching
and control-freakish, I find that I take MUCH shorter showers when using non-low-flow shower heads. Oh, and Consumer Reports has been a joke for some time now. |
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"mike" wrote in message ... The whole thing is stupid. Not only is the regulation overreaching and control-freakish, I find that I take MUCH shorter showers when using non-low-flow shower heads. Oh, and Consumer Reports has been a joke for some time now. The Costco conection is sort of obvious or Costco is the only place to shop. Costco Exec Member (a long time now) |
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Consumer Reports - The Snitch Chronicles
George wrote:
The Daring Dufas wrote: HeyBub wrote: "Consumer Reports states that the British-made Hudson Reed Theme Thermostatic Shower Panel had a forceful spray that "seemed too good to be true-or legal." Environmental Protection Agency regulations limit shower head water flow to no more than 2.5 gallons per minute. Consumer Reports acknowledges that many shower fixtures get around this rule by using several shower heads, but the magazine decided to report the new single-head fixture to authorities, anyway." http://cei.org/news-release/2009/08/...ational-snitch Whenever I travel or for my own use, I remove the flow restrictor from the shower head. I carry my own shower head with me. I may wind up on the FBI's most wanted list. *snicker* TDD I don't get the need for pressure washer class showers. Normal shower head with a restrictor works great for us. I get dirty when I work, a pressure washer would feel wonderful. TDD |
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Consumer Reports - The Snitch Chronicles
John Albert wrote:
"Whenever I travel or for my own use, I remove the flow restrictor from the shower head. I carry my own shower head with me. I may wind up on the FBI's most wanted list. *snicker* " Sounds good. I was wondering if there are various types of flow restrictors, and what's the best way to get rid of them? I have an old Speakman shower head at home, with NO restrictions. Anything else seems like a dribbling faucet to me. Hell, you could get cleaner with a cat licking you. TDD |
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Consumer Reports - The Snitch Chronicles
"John Albert" wrote in message I was wondering if there are various types of flow restrictors, and what's the best way to get rid of them? Some just pop out, as they are a disk with a hole in them. I have a Shower Saver head that does a nice job I have no idea what the flow rate is, but the town gave them out many years ago so I'm sure it has some sort of restriction. More important than flow is the pattern. |
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Consumer Reports - The Snitch Chronicles
The Daring Dufas wrote:
George wrote: The Daring Dufas wrote: HeyBub wrote: "Consumer Reports states that the British-made Hudson Reed Theme Thermostatic Shower Panel had a forceful spray that "seemed too good to be true-or legal." Environmental Protection Agency regulations limit shower head water flow to no more than 2.5 gallons per minute. Consumer Reports acknowledges that many shower fixtures get around this rule by using several shower heads, but the magazine decided to report the new single-head fixture to authorities, anyway." http://cei.org/news-release/2009/08/...ational-snitch Whenever I travel or for my own use, I remove the flow restrictor from the shower head. I carry my own shower head with me. I may wind up on the FBI's most wanted list. *snicker* TDD I don't get the need for pressure washer class showers. Normal shower head with a restrictor works great for us. I get dirty when I work, a pressure washer would feel wonderful. TDD Thats why they developed the various soap products.. |
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Consumer Reports - The Snitch Chronicles
You mean.... you don't want the government to control your
shower head? Next thing, you'll say that you don't want the government controlling your toilet. Where would we be if we all had unregulated toilets? Just imagine the founding fathers, creating a nation of great liberty and freedom. And a couple generations later, people are reporting their neighbors for having illegal shower heads, and high flow toilets. They would be rolling over in their graves with shame. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "mike" wrote in message ... The whole thing is stupid. Not only is the regulation overreaching and control-freakish, I find that I take MUCH shorter showers when using non-low-flow shower heads. Oh, and Consumer Reports has been a joke for some time now. |
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Consumer Reports - The Snitch Chronicles
On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:37:38 -0500, The Daring Dufas
wrote: Whenever I travel or for my own use, I remove the flow restrictor from the shower head. I carry my own shower head with me. I may wind up on the FBI's most wanted list. *snicker* TDD You need to get a hobby. :-) |
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The Daring Dufas wrote:
Whenever I travel or for my own use, I remove the flow restrictor from the shower head. I carry my own shower head with me. I may wind up on the FBI's most wanted list. *snicker* TDD As long as you've "come clean" about that I'm going to admit that back in my road warrior days I did eggsackly the same thing, carrying a fairly small shower head I'd drilled the restriction out of, along with a small pair of slip joint pliers to install it with. I gave that up after 911, when having those things in my carrion luggage frequently caused me delays going through security. Way back when, maybe in the seventies, I'd also carry a 75 watt light bulb cushioned inside a pair of foam rubber blocks. That was needed because lots of hotels had put 40 watt bulbs in their bedside lamps to cut their electric bill, which didn't give near enough light to read by. Now, most of the hotels I visit have switched to CF bulbs so that problem has gone away. Thanks for the mammaries, Jeff -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) The speed of light is 1.8*10e12 furlongs per fortnight. |
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Consumer Reports - The Snitch Chronicles
On Fri, 4 Sep 2009 06:49:20 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote: You mean.... you don't want the government to control your shower head? Next thing, you'll say that you don't want the government controlling your toilet. Where would we be if we all had unregulated toilets? Just imagine the founding fathers, creating a nation of great liberty and freedom. And a couple generations later, people are reporting their neighbors for having illegal shower heads, and high flow toilets. They would be rolling over in their graves with shame. They'd be much more ashamed of an over-populated land that in no way shape or form would ever have enough resources for its people to independently live as their extravagant desires would like. Face it, when the country was 1% full it was a lot different than it is now. We could price water at its true cost in the west, but then what would we do with all the refugees? |
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Consumer Reports - The Snitch Chronicles
George wrote:
The Daring Dufas wrote: George wrote: The Daring Dufas wrote: HeyBub wrote: "Consumer Reports states that the British-made Hudson Reed Theme Thermostatic Shower Panel had a forceful spray that "seemed too good to be true-or legal." Environmental Protection Agency regulations limit shower head water flow to no more than 2.5 gallons per minute. Consumer Reports acknowledges that many shower fixtures get around this rule by using several shower heads, but the magazine decided to report the new single-head fixture to authorities, anyway." http://cei.org/news-release/2009/08/...ational-snitch Whenever I travel or for my own use, I remove the flow restrictor from the shower head. I carry my own shower head with me. I may wind up on the FBI's most wanted list. *snicker* TDD I don't get the need for pressure washer class showers. Normal shower head with a restrictor works great for us. I get dirty when I work, a pressure washer would feel wonderful. TDD Thats why they developed the various soap products.. Whenever I use lye soap on my body, I hear the little screams of critters as they die and fall off my body. The little high pitched glub glub sound they make as they are washed down the drain is particularly disturbing. TDD |
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jeff_wisnia wrote:
The Daring Dufas wrote: Whenever I travel or for my own use, I remove the flow restrictor from the shower head. I carry my own shower head with me. I may wind up on the FBI's most wanted list. *snicker* TDD As long as you've "come clean" about that I'm going to admit that back in my road warrior days I did eggsackly the same thing, carrying a fairly small shower head I'd drilled the restriction out of, along with a small pair of slip joint pliers to install it with. I gave that up after 911, when having those things in my carrion luggage frequently caused me delays going through security. Way back when, maybe in the seventies, I'd also carry a 75 watt light bulb cushioned inside a pair of foam rubber blocks. That was needed because lots of hotels had put 40 watt bulbs in their bedside lamps to cut their electric bill, which didn't give near enough light to read by. Now, most of the hotels I visit have switched to CF bulbs so that problem has gone away. Thanks for the mammaries, Jeff The last long trip I made was 20 years ago when I drove from San Diego to Birmingham in a non air conditioned car. Golly, I miss those days. TDD |
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Chris Hill wrote:
On Fri, 4 Sep 2009 06:49:20 -0400, "Stormin Mormon" wrote: You mean.... you don't want the government to control your shower head? Next thing, you'll say that you don't want the government controlling your toilet. Where would we be if we all had unregulated toilets? Just imagine the founding fathers, creating a nation of great liberty and freedom. And a couple generations later, people are reporting their neighbors for having illegal shower heads, and high flow toilets. They would be rolling over in their graves with shame. They'd be much more ashamed of an over-populated land that in no way shape or form would ever have enough resources for its people to independently live as their extravagant desires would like. Face it, when the country was 1% full it was a lot different than it is now. The country is much less than 1% full. Assuming everybody was jammed together like at a rock concert - 4 sq ft per person - the 300,000,000 of this land would take up 1.2 billion sq ft., or about 43 square miles (about 1/8th the size of New York City). We could price water at its true cost in the west, but then what would we do with all the refugees? Do you mean the Star Face Mole, the Tasmanian Tadpole, and the San Fernando Wartless Toad? |
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Consumer Reports - The Snitch Chronicles
On Sep 3, 6:52*pm, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:
"John Albert" wrote in message I was wondering if there are various types of flow restrictors, and what's the best way to get rid of them? Some just pop out, as they are a disk with a hole in them. *I have a Shower Saver head that does a nice job *I have no idea what the flow rate is, but the town gave them out many years ago so I'm sure it has some sort of restriction. *More important than flow is the pattern. I agree with Ed.... More important than flow is the pattern. I've seen high flow heads that were terrible as well as terrible low flow heads the Kohler Forte is great shower head independent of the fact its a low flow unit best of both worlds I switched to them in all my shower cheers Bob |
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The Daring Dufas wrote:
jeff_wisnia wrote: The Daring Dufas wrote: Whenever I travel or for my own use, I remove the flow restrictor from the shower head. I carry my own shower head with me. I may wind up on the FBI's most wanted list. *snicker* TDD As long as you've "come clean" about that I'm going to admit that back in my road warrior days I did eggsackly the same thing, carrying a fairly small shower head I'd drilled the restriction out of, along with a small pair of slip joint pliers to install it with. I gave that up after 911, when having those things in my carrion luggage frequently caused me delays going through security. Way back when, maybe in the seventies, I'd also carry a 75 watt light bulb cushioned inside a pair of foam rubber blocks. That was needed because lots of hotels had put 40 watt bulbs in their bedside lamps to cut their electric bill, which didn't give near enough light to read by. Now, most of the hotels I visit have switched to CF bulbs so that problem has gone away. Thanks for the mammaries, Jeff The last long trip I made was 20 years ago when I drove from San Diego to Birmingham in a non air conditioned car. Golly, I miss those days. TDD Talk about missing things? What I miss were the amenities on airline flight back when I started traveling that way in the late 50s. Even in the lowest class seats you got free alcoholic drinks, free smokes, and delicious meals including shrimp cocktails, steaks and such. And, a lot more leg room too. Course, everything has its price, and the price of airline tickets relative to the cost of living was a LOT higher back then. But, what the heck, it was my employers who were buying my tickets back then. G Jeff -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) The speed of light is 1.8*10e12 furlongs per fortnight. |
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On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:37:38 -0500, The Daring Dufas
Whenever I travel or for my own use, I remove the flow restrictor from the shower head. I carry my own shower head with me. I may wind up on the FBI's most wanted list. *snicker* TDD I'll bet you take all the sugar packets from the restaurant table too ! |
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Consumer Reports - The Snitch Chronicles
On 9/3/2009 2:36 PM George spake thus:
The Daring Dufas wrote: HeyBub wrote: "Consumer Reports states that the British-made Hudson Reed Theme Thermostatic Shower Panel had a forceful spray that "seemed too good to be true-or legal." Environmental Protection Agency regulations limit shower head water flow to no more than 2.5 gallons per minute. Consumer Reports acknowledges that many shower fixtures get around this rule by using several shower heads, but the magazine decided to report the new single-head fixture to authorities, anyway." http://cei.org/news-release/2009/08/...ational-snitch Whenever I travel or for my own use, I remove the flow restrictor from the shower head. I carry my own shower head with me. I may wind up on the FBI's most wanted list. *snicker* I don't get the need for pressure washer class showers. Normal shower head with a restrictor works great for us. I don't have a restrictor head, even though I should as I live in a drought-stricken area (California), but I have something that saves even more water: a shower head with a shutoff valve. Simple, cheap (I think I paid $7-8 for it at a hardware store). Besides, I need it since I've got a teeny-tiny water heater (20 gal. electric). It allows me to take normal showers without worrying about running out of hot water. Just get wet, shut the water off and apply soap. (I think these are sometimes sold under the name "Soap-up" or some such.) These oughta be required on all showers. No need to leave all that water running while you lather up. (Same as running water while you brush your teeth: pure waste.) -- Found--the gene that causes belief in genetic determinism |
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David Nebenzahl wrote:
(...) These oughta be required on all showers. No need to leave all that water running while you lather up. (Same as running water while you brush your teeth: pure waste.) Speaking of wasted water.... There's a 70 foot (23 m) run between my water heater and the master bathroom. It takes 30 seconds or so to bring the hot water up to temperature, even on a cold morning. However, I measured about a gallon and a half of water wasted down the drain, at least twice a day. I was thinking about equipping the end of the hot water plumbing with a timed 'hot water' solenoid valve that would re-direct this 'warming' water into a tank outside, on the push of a button. Conceivably, I could fill a 55 gallon tank in 18 days or so. I could use that for my garden or to wash my car using a solar powered pump, for example. I live in a very temperate desert climate, so I'm not too concerned about freezing. I heard that it was illegal to make use of 'grey water' so I certainly don't want to run afoul of the law in case this qualifies, in some way. Your thoughts, please? --Winston |
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Consumer Reports - The Snitch Chronicles
"Winston" wrote in message I was thinking about equipping the end of the hot water plumbing with a timed 'hot water' solenoid valve that would re-direct this 'warming' water into a tank outside, on the push of a button. Conceivably, I could fill a 55 gallon tank in 18 days or so. I could use that for my garden or to wash my car using a solar powered pump, for example. I live in a very temperate desert climate, so I'm not too concerned about freezing. I heard that it was illegal to make use of 'grey water' so I certainly don't want to run afoul of the law in case this qualifies, in some way. I don't see how it qualifies as gray water. Using it is far better than dumping it. My run is considerably shorter, but aside from the shower, I don't wait for the hot water to wash my hands or similar uses, but I don't want to step into a shower not properly set. |
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Ed Pawlowski wrote:
(...) I don't see how it qualifies as gray water. Using it is far better than dumping it. That's my theory. My run is considerably shorter, but aside from the shower, I don't wait for the hot water to wash my hands or similar uses Nor do I. but I don't want to step into a shower not properly set. Indeed. --Winston |
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On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:20:09 -0700, Winston
wrote Re Consumer Reports - The Snitch Chronicles: Your thoughts, please? Great idea! -- I filter all messages from google groups. |
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On Sep 5, 6:20*pm, Winston wrote:
David Nebenzahl wrote: (...) These oughta be required on all showers. No need to leave all that water running while you lather up. (Same as running water while you brush your teeth: pure waste.) Speaking of wasted water.... There's a 70 foot (23 m) run between my water heater and the master bathroom. *It takes 30 seconds or so to bring the hot water up to temperature, even on a cold morning. *However, I measured about a gallon and a half of water wasted down the drain, at least twice a day. I was thinking about equipping the end of the hot water plumbing with a timed 'hot water' solenoid valve that would re-direct this 'warming' water into a tank outside, on the push of a button. Conceivably, I could fill a 55 gallon tank in 18 days or so. I could use that for my garden or to wash my car using a solar powered pump, for example. I live in a very temperate desert climate, so I'm not too concerned about freezing. I heard that it was illegal to make use of 'grey water' so I certainly don't want to run afoul of the law in case this qualifies, in some way. Your thoughts, please? --Winston check out this system http://www.startremodeling.com/solut.../product9.html pumps the cold water in the hot water line into the cold water line at point of use until the hot water arrives. thus no water is wasted waiting for hot water to arrive I think they sell them at Home Depot ~$180...easy to install cheers Bob |
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fftt wrote:
On Sep 5, 6:20 pm, Winston wrote: (...) Your thoughts, please? --Winston check out this system http://www.startremodeling.com/solut.../product9.html Thanks, Bob! Very interesting. --Winston |
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