One way valve on hot water in shower

NRALIFR wrote:
If I’m ever in an extreme water conservation setting and don’t even want to waste the water that’s lost waiting for the hot water to reach the thermostatic faucet, I just catch that first bit in a clean container and dump it back in the water tank after showering.

Sorry to see that the first one was defective for you. I may have been lucky with mine, but its given me no problems. I tried to make it clear in the topic I posted the link to that I wasn’t really recommending THAT particular thermostatic mixing valve because of its unconventional installation requirements that worked for my camper, but I was 100% recommending a thermostatic mixing valve. I hope you have better luck with the second valve.

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I cannot thank you enough for replying to my post! I literally have never come up with that valve in any of my searches. It's so crazy how many things I end up buying that Amazon does not return in my searches even despite copy and pasting the exact title of the item. Yes I had a complication, but these days I expect that, and it was super duper cheap and of course Amazon made it right very quickly. If it lasts a few years I wont be upset, but that will of course mean having to reconfigure everything. I also thank you for bringing up something I hadn't even considered that happened to solve more problems than I knew I had. As for the install, I like mine a little better too! But I would literally have nothing if you had not have blazed that trail and took the time to post!