Maybe because they are all considered to be "secondary decontamination wash down stations"?
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bathrooms on aircraft carriers
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Good point... very good point- although I'd hope that if we can figure out things like nuclear reactors on submarines, shoot down ballistic missiles raining down from space, etc., then we could also figure out shower heads
Agree. But assuming they all still have the "pinch-to-shutoff shuttle valves"…I think we've probably put about as much brain-power into the issue that it really deserves. Let's say that the engineering/design/shipbuilding and procurement folks have all done their jobs…over to you to do yours.Good point... very good point- although I'd hope that if we can figure out things like nuclear reactors on submarines, shoot down ballistic missiles raining down from space, etc., then we could also figure out shower heads
Unless there's a division of folks on the OPNAV or NAVSEA Staffs (of which I'm thankfully unaware) who're still working it...
Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
It's one of those things that require a flag's attention to change, and as R1 alluded to it's not worth his time. You could install it yourself but then that's an unauthorized shipalt.
If you needed to use the shower to decon you can switch the head before they have the guy exiting the spill area.
If you needed to use the shower to decon you can switch the head before they have the guy exiting the spill area.
Or just NOT go on a FFG.
Pretty sure that's on no one's "checklist".
1MC: (multiple bell rings…) "Now, away the Shower Head Reconfiguration Team, away…Main Deck and above. Report shower-head re-configuration status to DC Central at Extension 3333. Now away!"
Does that actually make sense on a CVN?
I have no idea how they're set up on bird farms, but on a DDG (and any other new design, pressurized ship), without elaborating on the specifics, that idea would...not work well.
Given that I've seen 4-5 different commercially available cheap-o showerheads on a variety of boats, I doubt very much that there's some kind of NAVSEA mandated showerhead spec. If there is, it's not being followed, which brings us back to the original question: If they're installing random cheap-o showerheads, why not the more efficient type?
Because they cost more. Duh!
And water is "free."
I happen to really enjoy the high pressure/low volume shower heads, so I install them wherever I go. These things cost just a few dollars at WalMart.
Nope, just a fuel stop!
Nope, no pukin' veggie beef soup in the hi-$$$ Peninsula! Never stayed in a room there, just enjoyed cold St. Pauli Girls brewskis in the beautiful lobby lounge in the afternoons. Then night clubbing in the evening before returning to our low-$ hotel! Good times...
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