2-Minute Shower H2O Volume Test

There is no need to wait a month or two for water, sewer and hot water utility bills to determine how much the savings is going to be! The 2-Minute Shower Head H2O Volume Test may be used to determine the percentage of shower related savings by this simple test. To find out how many gallons of water your current shower uses in a typical 6 - 10 minute shower, after documenting the old shower, installing the 1.5 gpm "Jet-Stream" Showerheads® and repeat the test to see the reduced usage and then your resulting money savings!
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To start, you'll need:

  • A 3-gallon bucket (any known size will do) to capture the shower water.
  • A stopwatch or watch with a second hand to time how long it takes the amount of water to fill the bucket.
  • You may want to have someone to assist you.

For Proof Of Savings, here's what to do:

1Before installing the water & energy efficient, high-pressure, 1.5 gpm "Jet-Stream" ShowerheadŽ, turn on the old low-flow shower head and adjust hot and cold-water valves all the way open for the maximum flow rate of the shower and feel the pressure of the shower with your hand.

2Place a bucket, any known size, under the shower and capture all of the water for 30 seconds (see chart below). If uncertain of the results, repeat the test and have a second person use the watch to time the test.

Caution!  Follow the 2-Minute Installation carefully as improper installation directly effects the quality of the shower!  It is important that the swivel angle be at a 45 degrees, plus or minus 10 degrees when capturing the water from the output.  Do not turn the swivel down more than 10 degrees to capture the water in the bucket!  Move the bucket to the output of the shower head, maintaining the 45 degree angle. 

3After installing the water & energy-efficient, high-pressure, 1.5 gpm "Jet-Stream" Showerhead®, by hand, perform the same test for the same length of time (30 seconds) which shows you the water volume usage savings and see and feel the pressure difference. If there is only half the water, the savings is 50%!

Important!  For a FREE 1-year and 10-year usage and dollar savings custom report that you can print and retain for your records, use our 2-Minute Savings Calculator to enter the bucket size and how long it took to fill it to get the Gallons Per Minute (gpm), along with your your number of showers and utility bill information. 

Gallons Per
Minute

 "Jet-Stream"®
Savings		 Gallons of Water Used
During A 10-Minute Shower
12.0 87.5%   120
10.0 85.0%   100
8.0 81.3%   80
6.0 75.0%   60
4.0 62.5%   40
3.0 50.0%   30
2.0 25.0%   20
1.5 "Jet-Stream"®   15

Showerhead Installation:

Learn how to install The 1.5 gpm "Jet-Stream" Showerhead

Energy-Saving Tip:

You can have your local water, natural gas and electric utilites company confirm your savings.

After installing The 1.5 gpm "Jet-Stream" Showerhead®, contact the local water, natural gas and electric utilities and tell them that you wish an annual analysis of the last 12 months of service, including month-by-month quantities and dollar amounts. This is a free service provided by all utilities and is often available via the utility web site. State that you are installing water and energy saving devices in your residence and want to track the reduction in the quantity of services used each month for comparison. When you receive the report from the utilities, compare month-by-month (July last year with July this year).

You will be amazed at the difference!


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