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  • wa8yxm's avatar
    wa8yxm
    Explorer III
    There are many threads where the RV owner with a shut off valve that FULLY shuts off the flow complains of either a hot or icy blast when he turns it back on.

    That trickle... Prevents that from happening.. I am not using the Oxy valve, I use an older one I got at Mennards... Works exactly the same way.. No hot/cold issues. Before that I used a different valve.. Had Hot/cold issues.
  • Executive wrote:
    Yes, but make sure you turn it OFF when you're done. If you leave the coach with the water on, you might wish you hadn't....just sayin....Dennis

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    Excellent answer. Even in residential applications, many shower shut off valves will trickle a tiny bit, to let you know that, you've not shut the water to the shower head, off completely with the normal cold/hot control valves. It's just a reminder thing. And, some showers and valves will, for some odd reason, give you that blast of cold water if you've got wet, shut down, lathered up, then opened the shut off valve to rinse and, got a cold blast of water when in fact, the mixture is just as you left it.

    So, sometimes, the trickling of the water, through a shut off valve that let's it trickle just a tiny bit, is enough to keep the mixture correct for the rinse operation.
    Scott
  • Normal...keeps you from getting a blast of really cold water when you turn it back on...
  • Yes, but make sure you turn it OFF when you're done. If you leave the coach with the water on, you might wish you hadn't....just sayin....Dennis

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  • . . .Normal. . .Until you get & install a shutoff valve that installs before your shower head; that is what most RV'ers do so as to manage water usage; especially when boondocking!!! Amazon also sells it. . .