Faucet -- Stop it from "turning off???"
 

I have a single-lever kitchen faucet. Stainless steel, fairly heavy
construction. About a year old.

You can see a pix of it he http://eclipsestainless.com/images/f...030cascade.png

Works fine for medium and above water flow.

At lower volume it has a handy -- NOT -- shut-off feature. In other
words the faucet handle slowly sinks down -- takes about 7-10 seconds
-- and turns it self off.

I have found numerous posts about Price/Pfister faucets doing this,
but have found no suggestions on how to fix this.

Any clues?

Faucet -- Stop it from "turning off???"
 

tim birr wrote:
I have a single-lever kitchen faucet. Stainless steel, fairly heavy
construction. About a year old.

You can see a pix of it he http://eclipsestainless.com/images/f...030cascade.png

Works fine for medium and above water flow.

At lower volume it has a handy -- NOT -- shut-off feature. In other
words the faucet handle slowly sinks down -- takes about 7-10 seconds
-- and turns it self off.

I have found numerous posts about Price/Pfister faucets doing this,
but have found no suggestions on how to fix this.

Any clues?

More friction. With some models, you may get by with tightening the
retainer ring to 60 inch-pounds. Is it an Avanti? That probably
requires replacement of the cartridge and retainer ring.

Faucet -- Stop it from "turning off???"
 

On Mar 23, 12:16*pm, J Burns wrote:

More friction. *With some models, you may get by with tightening the
retainer ring to 60 inch-pounds. *Is it an Avanti? *That probably
requires replacement of the cartridge and retainer ring.- Hide quoted text -


OP again. It's an Eclipse, made in China.

I forgot to mention it only does the "turn-off" on the hot
water....And it is more like 3 seconds and then it lowers down.

The brand is pretty much only sold through granite fabricators. It
actually has a good reputation from what I can tell. And the
journeyman plumber who installed it reluctantly said it appeared to be
very well constructed he only wanted to use Moen

Faucet -- Stop it from "turning off???"
 

tim birr wrote:
On Mar 23, 12:16 pm, J Burns wrote:
More friction. With some models, you may get by with tightening the
retainer ring to 60 inch-pounds. Is it an Avanti? That probably
requires replacement of the cartridge and retainer ring.- Hide quoted text -


OP again. It's an Eclipse, made in China.

I forgot to mention it only does the "turn-off" on the hot
water....And it is more like 3 seconds and then it lowers down.

The brand is pretty much only sold through granite fabricators. It
actually has a good reputation from what I can tell. And the
journeyman plumber who installed it reluctantly said it appeared to be
very well constructed he only wanted to use Moen

Some faucets are designed to turn off hot water automatically. The
designer may have assumed that somebody who turned on the hot partway
wanted a quick rinse.
could probably tell you.

Faucet -- Stop it from "turning off???"
 

On Mar 23, 4:20*pm, J Burns wrote:
tim birr wrote:
On Mar 23, 12:16 pm, J Burns wrote:
More friction. *With some models, you may get by with tightening the
retainer ring to 60 inch-pounds. *Is it an Avanti? *That probably
requires replacement of the cartridge and retainer ring.- Hide quoted text -

OP again. *It's an Eclipse, made in China.

I forgot to mention it only does the "turn-off" on the hot
water....And it is more like 3 seconds and then it lowers down.

The brand is pretty much only sold through granite fabricators. *It
actually has a good reputation from what I can tell. *And the
journeyman plumber who installed it reluctantly said it appeared to be
very well constructed he only wanted to use Moen

Some faucets are designed to turn off hot water automatically. *The
designer may have assumed that somebody who turned on the hot partway
wanted a quick rinse.
could probably tell you.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

If is slowly shuts off, push it down bythand for a faster shutoff

Faucet -- Stop it from "turning off???"
 

OP Again/.////

Well, OK, as I suspected since I found nothing via google before I
posted, that this is sorta of an issue with no
solution....BTW...retaining ring makes no sense to me, though I do
appreciate the effort at trying.

Anyway, guess I'll live with it for now.