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Flexible tap tails with valves
I used to have a multipoint, and the old shower had a pressure
reducing valve on the cold feed - are valve-equipped flexible tails a suitable replacement for restricting flow ? (thinking of a tap/shower mixer instead of a seperate shower mixer) -- Please add the word "newsgroup" in the subject line of personal emails **** My email address includes "ngspamtrap" and " **** |
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Flexible tap tails with valves
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Colin Wilson writes: I used to have a multipoint, and the old shower had a pressure reducing valve on the cold feed - are valve-equipped flexible tails a suitable replacement for restricting flow ? Well, a pressure reducing valve isn't just a flow restrictor. You can get thermostatic shows designed for the differential and varying pressures from a multipoint/combi, (thinking of a tap/shower mixer instead of a seperate shower mixer) but possibly not as part of a tap/shower mixer. -- Andrew Gabriel |
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Flexible tap tails with valves
Well, a pressure reducing valve isn't just a flow restrictor.
You can get thermostatic shows designed for the differential and varying pressures from a multipoint/combi, I`m not sure what the unit was exactly, a white plastic lump with what appeared to be a diaphragm and an adjusting screw underneath. I don`t even know if i`d need something like that in place to make it easier to control shower temperature (the cold has a much greater flow rate, so the ability to reduce flow might make it easier to control) - any loss of cold water flow to the bath itself wouldn`t be an issue as far as i`m concerned. -- Please add the word "newsgroup" in the subject line of personal emails **** My email address includes "ngspamtrap" and " **** |
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