The other Torrent
After stumbling across this article from digg, I decided it was time to do something about the pitiful water flow in my shower. The government shouldn’t be interfering in how much water I use to clean myself! Anyways, it was an opportunity to get out some of those new tools I got for christmas from the inlaws. I quickly disconnected and disassembled the showerhead in our bathroom and removed the little plastic flow constrictor which limits water flow to around 2 Gallons Per Minute. I didn’t do any tests to check the new flow rate of the shower head, but I was confident this was an improvement.
I fell asleep with dreams about blisteringly strong jets of water to wash away my morning stupor. Becca, who wakes up before me every morning to go to work, informed me that the shower was significantly more powerfull than before. But that our bath tub drain wasn’t up to the challenge of removing all that water. I wasn’t daunted though, it was probably just slight clogged or something.
What I didn’t anticipate though is that when I got into the shower that morning it would be as frigid as fresh melt off an Alaskan glacier. Apperantly at the higher flow rate Becca used up all the hot water in one shower! I guess I may have to undo my shower head hack.