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Any kits to retrofit a fawcet to electronic touch control?
Delta has a kitchen fawcet that you can control manually but it will
also toggle on and off by touching the metal part of the fawcet spout or neck. I'm wondering if it's possible to buy the electronics and the valve that performs the touch-control separately (either from Delta or maybe someone else makes such a kit) so that I can adapt it for operation on another type of kitchen fawcet. I know there are many motion-sensing fawcets, but I'm not interested in that sort of control mechanism for a kitchen fawcet. |
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Any kits to retrofit a fawcet to electronic touch control?
On Jan 16, 12:38*pm, House Guy wrote:
Delta has a kitchen fawcet that you can control manually but it will also toggle on and off by touching the metal part of the fawcet spout or neck. I'm wondering if it's possible to buy the electronics and the valve that performs the touch-control separately (either from Delta or maybe someone else makes such a kit) so that I can adapt it for operation on another type of kitchen fawcet. I know there are many motion-sensing fawcets, but I'm not interested in that sort of control mechanism for a kitchen fawcet. I would suggest going to Delta's website & see what the control module looks like. I'm guessing that is it somewhat proprietary and not easily amenable to pirating it over to another faucet. But if you;re handy near anything is possible. cheers Bob |
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Any kits to retrofit a faucet to electronic touch control?
DD_BobK wrote:
Delta has a kitchen faucet that you can control manually but it will also toggle on and off by touching the metal part of the faucet spout or neck. I'm wondering if it's possible to buy the electronics and the valve that performs the touch-control separately I would suggest going to Delta's website & see what the control module looks like. I'm guessing that is it somewhat proprietary and not easily amenable to pirating it over to another faucet. A patent was filed by a couple of guys in 2004 for this touch-control mechanism. Such a simple idea - I'm surprised it was filed so recently. The patent was assigned to Masco, which owns the Delta, Peerless and Brizo brands. This touch-control mechanism was introduced by Delta in it's "Pilar" model kitchen faucet almost a year ago (no other models have it). Brizo also has one model with the touch control. No Peerless models have it (as you'd expect). When I look at the parts and installation diagrams, other than perhaps having difficulty with the hose fittings to/from the control unit, it seems quite possible to use the control module with another faucet. The trick would be to insure that the faucet spout was electrically insulated from counter-top or sink (assuming one or both are metallic). Alternatively, given a metallic sink (above-counter mounted) on a non-metallic counter, it should be possible to connect the sense-wire to both the spout and the sink. That would mean that controlling the water flow could be done by just touching anywhere on the sink surface. Alternatively, if there is some other insulated metal structure nearby (mounted to a wall, or the counter) then that could serve as the touch-control surface. Even a decorative item like trim installed for just that purpose. |
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Any kits to retrofit a faucet to electronic touch control?
On Jan 17, 1:36*pm, House Guy wrote:
DD_BobK wrote: Delta has a kitchen faucet that you can control manually but it will also toggle on and off by touching the metal part of the faucet spout or neck. I'm wondering if it's possible to buy the electronics and the valve that performs the touch-control separately I would suggest going to Delta's website & see what the control module looks like. *I'm guessing that is it somewhat proprietary and not easily amenable to pirating it over to another faucet. A patent was filed by a couple of guys in 2004 for this touch-control mechanism. *Such a simple idea - I'm surprised it was filed so recently.. The patent was assigned to Masco, which owns the Delta, Peerless and Brizo brands. *This touch-control mechanism was introduced by Delta in it's "Pilar" model kitchen faucet almost a year ago (no other models have it). *Brizo also has one model with the touch control. *No Peerless models have it (as you'd expect). When I look at the parts and installation diagrams, other than perhaps having difficulty with the hose fittings to/from the control unit, it seems quite possible to use the control module with another faucet. *The trick would be to insure that the faucet spout was electrically insulated from counter-top or sink (assuming one or both are metallic). Alternatively, given a metallic sink (above-counter mounted) on a non-metallic counter, it should be possible to connect the sense-wire to both the spout and the sink. *That would mean that controlling the water flow could be done by just touching anywhere on the sink surface. * Alternatively, if there is some other insulated metal structure nearby (mounted to a wall, or the counter) then that could serve as the touch-control surface. *Even a decorative item like trim installed for just that purpose. Have you considered a foot operated switch? Hands-free. R |
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Any kits to retrofit a faucet to electronic touch control?
On Jan 17, 12:49*pm, RicodJour wrote:
On Jan 17, 1:36*pm, House Guy wrote: DD_BobK wrote: Delta has a kitchen faucet that you can control manually but it will also toggle on and off by touching the metal part of the faucet spout or neck. I'm wondering if it's possible to buy the electronics and the valve that performs the touch-control separately I would suggest going to Delta's website & see what the control module looks like. *I'm guessing that is it somewhat proprietary and not easily amenable to pirating it over to another faucet. A patent was filed by a couple of guys in 2004 for this touch-control mechanism. *Such a simple idea - I'm surprised it was filed so recently. The patent was assigned to Masco, which owns the Delta, Peerless and Brizo brands. *This touch-control mechanism was introduced by Delta in it's "Pilar" model kitchen faucet almost a year ago (no other models have it). *Brizo also has one model with the touch control. *No Peerless models have it (as you'd expect). When I look at the parts and installation diagrams, other than perhaps having difficulty with the hose fittings to/from the control unit, it seems quite possible to use the control module with another faucet. *The trick would be to insure that the faucet spout was electrically insulated from counter-top or sink (assuming one or both are metallic). Alternatively, given a metallic sink (above-counter mounted) on a non-metallic counter, it should be possible to connect the sense-wire to both the spout and the sink. *That would mean that controlling the water flow could be done by just touching anywhere on the sink surface. * Alternatively, if there is some other insulated metal structure nearby (mounted to a wall, or the counter) then that could serve as the touch-control surface. *Even a decorative item like trim installed for just that purpose. Have you considered a foot operated switch? *Hands-free. R- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Think of the module as being like one that turns a lamp on whenever you touch a metal part of the lamp. Only the output of the module, instead of going to the bulb in the lamp, goes to a valve in the water supply line. |
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Any kits to retrofit a faucet to electronic touch control?
On Jan 17, 8:29*pm, "hr(bob) "
wrote: On Jan 17, 12:49*pm, RicodJour wrote: On Jan 17, 1:36*pm, House Guy wrote: DD_BobK wrote: Delta has a kitchen faucet that you can control manually but it will also toggle on and off by touching the metal part of the faucet spout or neck. I'm wondering if it's possible to buy the electronics and the valve that performs the touch-control separately I would suggest going to Delta's website & see what the control module looks like. *I'm guessing that is it somewhat proprietary and not easily amenable to pirating it over to another faucet. A patent was filed by a couple of guys in 2004 for this touch-control mechanism. *Such a simple idea - I'm surprised it was filed so recently. The patent was assigned to Masco, which owns the Delta, Peerless and Brizo brands. *This touch-control mechanism was introduced by Delta in it's "Pilar" model kitchen faucet almost a year ago (no other models have it). *Brizo also has one model with the touch control. *No Peerless models have it (as you'd expect). When I look at the parts and installation diagrams, other than perhaps having difficulty with the hose fittings to/from the control unit, it seems quite possible to use the control module with another faucet. *The trick would be to insure that the faucet spout was electrically insulated from counter-top or sink (assuming one or both are metallic). Alternatively, given a metallic sink (above-counter mounted) on a non-metallic counter, it should be possible to connect the sense-wire to both the spout and the sink. *That would mean that controlling the water flow could be done by just touching anywhere on the sink surface. * Alternatively, if there is some other insulated metal structure nearby (mounted to a wall, or the counter) then that could serve as the touch-control surface. *Even a decorative item like trim installed for just that purpose. Have you considered a foot operated switch? *Hands-free. Think of the module as being like one that turns a lamp on whenever you touch a metal part of the lamp. *Only the output of the module, instead of going to the bulb in the lamp, goes to a valve in the water supply line. I know how the things work, thanks. The foot operated pedals are something that can be easily retrofitted to any existing faucet and are readily available. Hands-free operation is superior for most washing operations. R |
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