The emergence of constant temperature faucets makes people’s home life more convenient and fully meets people’s needs for hot water, especially in winter for children and the elderly. However, the thermostatic faucet also has certain shortcomings, and more attention needs to be paid during installation to avoid problems in later use. So, next, I will introduce the advantages and disadvantages of the thermostatic faucet, as well as the installation method of the thermostatic faucet.
Advantages and disadvantages of thermostatic faucets
Advantages of thermostatic faucets
1. Automatic constant temperature: The constant temperature mixing valve has the function of automatically constant water temperature. After the outlet water temperature is set according to actual needs, the outlet water temperature can be quickly reached and automatically constant, and is not affected by changes in cold and hot water inlet pressure, temperature or outlet water flow. influence, thereby solving the problem of hot and cold water temperature in the bathing process. When the inlet pressure, temperature or outlet flow of hot and cold water change, the outlet water temperature will vary within ±2°C.
2. Anti-scald and anti-cold shock: The thermostatic mixing valve has anti-scald and anti-cold shock functions. During the bathing process, when the cold water is suddenly interrupted, the thermostatic mixing water valve can automatically shut off the hot water within a few seconds. It has the function of safety protection against scalding; when the hot water is suddenly interrupted, the thermostatic mixing valve can automatically shut off the cold water within a few seconds, which plays a role of safety protection against cold shock.
3. High temperature resistance: The internal components of the thermostatic mixing valve are all high temperature resistant materials, which can work normally at a high temperature of 100 °C.
4. One-way check valve: The thermostatic mixing valve is equipped with a one-way check valve to prevent the hot and cold water from being mixed together when the inlet pressure of the hot and cold water is inconsistent.
5. Self-contained filter: The thermostatic mixing valve has its own filter to prevent debris from entering the valve body and affecting the normal operation of the thermostatic mixing valve.
Disadvantages of thermostatic faucets
1. Because the interior of the thermostatic faucet is very precise, the requirements for water quality are very high. If the water quality contains a lot of impurities, the thermostatic control valve may be blocked for a long time, which will affect the temperature control.
2. At present, paraffin valve cores are mostly used in China. This kind of valve cores responds relatively slowly, especially brand valve cores whose quality cannot be guaranteed are very prone to problems.
Installation method of thermostatic faucet
Before installing the thermostatic faucet, please check whether the water pipe is hot on the left and cold on the right. Remember not to connect the hot and cold water pipes wrongly, so as not to prevent the faucet from working properly. Gas and solar water heaters cannot use thermostatic faucets because the water pressure is too low. Please don’t forget to install the hot and cold water filter when installing the thermostatic faucet.
1. Users with small solid lumps in tap water are not suitable for using constant temperature faucets;
2. If the tap water contains powdery sediment or soft foreign matter, it may reduce the sensitivity of the thermostatic valve core, and may also shorten the service life of the thermostatic faucet;
3. Try to shorten the distance between the water heater and the faucet so that the hot water can reach the faucet as soon as possible;
4. The normal water pressure is 0.05Mpa-0.6Mpa;
5. The hot and cold water supply pipes must not be installed wrongly, the hot water pipe must be on the left, and the cold water pipe must be on the right;
6. Be sure to clean up the installation site before installing the thermostatic faucet, so as not to damage the rubber ring, thread, thermostatic valve core and other parts of the faucet by small sand and hard blocks;
7. Please install according to the instructions in the manual, and pay special attention not to miss, lose or damage any gaskets or rubber rings;
8. The constant temperature faucet itself has no heating function, please adjust the water temperature of the water heater to 60°C-85°C;
9. Showers and shower pipes cannot withstand high temperatures above 60°C;
10. After each use, be sure to adjust the water temperature adjustment knob on the left to below 40°C;
11. If the pressure difference between hot water and cold water is too large, please use a screwdriver to adjust the valve of the bracket. Families using gas water heaters need to pay more attention to this point.
