My kitchen faucet froze and cracked. Replaced with new one.My pump hammered like crazy.Company said it was a "green" faucet..conserve water use. Okay..bought and installed another one--Phoenix guarantees it is rv use..(I bought it from Amazon though for better $$) Have the same hammering issue but not quite as bad-but the water pulses out unless I turn bothe handles full force. So,is this a faucet issue (they are all advertised as washerless,quarter turn mechanisms), is my pump going to be harmed?Do I buy another faucet since I am now so experienced in installation? Or sell the camper..lol! P.S. we are never on city water--but it works just fine when I hook it up. Can someone suggest a different faucet to work with my pump--please not an accumulator-can't afford another repair...Janalee

Any household faucet will work. The only thing "RV" about a faucet is that it's usually cheap plastic.

I would have agreed completely until this experience..how come my old bathroom faucet works just fine but not the new kitchen faucet? The kitchen works well if you turn both faucets on at once to increase the reduced (restricted?) flow to a full force. Janalee

Look to see if there is a small washer looking restrictor. It is located in the aerator in the faucet spout.Removing it will allow for more water to flow and will reduce the cycling of the pump.

xxjanaleexx wrote:.how come my old bathroom faucet works just fine but not the new kitchen faucet?For one thing, I've never heard of a "green" faucet. As I said, I don't know what you bought.

THANKS ENBLETHEN! That was it! Can't thank you enough..I am disabled w a lot of pain,and installation was enough frustration...I can sleep now..lol

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enblethen
Nomad
May 25, 2014
Green is a term used to identify products that saves some form of our environment. In this case it is low flow appliances.
Low flow fixtures
xxjanaleexx
Explorer
May 25, 2014
THANKS ENBLETHEN! That was it! Can't thank you enough..I am disabled w a lot of pain,and installation was enough frustration...I can sleep now..lol
2oldman
Explorer II
May 25, 2014
xxjanaleexx wrote:
.how come my old bathroom faucet works just fine but not the new kitchen faucet?
For one thing, I've never heard of a "green" faucet. As I said, I don't know what you bought.
enblethen
Nomad
May 25, 2014
Look to see if there is a small washer looking restrictor. It is located in the aerator in the faucet spout.
Removing it will allow for more water to flow and will reduce the cycling of the pump.
xxjanaleexx
Explorer
May 25, 2014
I would have agreed completely until this experience..how come my old bathroom faucet works just fine but not the new kitchen faucet? The kitchen works well if you turn both faucets on at once to increase the reduced (restricted?) flow to a full force. Janalee
2oldman
Explorer II
May 25, 2014
Any household faucet will work. The only thing "RV" about a faucet is that it's usually cheap plastic.

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