Mixing Valves Has Anyone Tried Them?

[ZX10R]

My hot water heater is in my garage and I am thinking about boxing in that corner and putting some tanks in there. I have access to a hot and cold water line because of the hot water heater being there. I was wondering has anyone tried putting in a mixing valve a cross the two lines and setting it for the desired temp you want?

Here is the one I am thinking of getting it is the Manual Adjustment Mixing Valve item #9158K11

http://www.mcmaster.com/#mixing-valves/=g6c7g6

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My hot water heater is in my garage and I am thinking about boxing in that corner and putting some tanks in there. I have access to a hot and cold water line because of the hot water heater being there. I was wondering has anyone tried putting in a mixing valve a cross the two lines and setting it for the desired temp you want?

Here is the one I am thinking of getting it is the Manual Adjustment Mixing Valve item #9158K11

http://www.mcmaster.com/#mixing-valves/=g6c7g6

This is the one I am using.

http://www.plumbersurplus.com/Prod/W...FUFN4AodxCYegQ

It's meant for undersink usage so it uses compression fitting. The temp range is a bit different than the other one in you link but it is working well for me. I set mine around 84-85 degree and fill all my tanks this way.

Van

[ZX10R]

The one I linked above is also 3/8" compression fitting. I was wondering how well a mixing valve would hold temps around 82-84 degrees when the lowest temp setting is 80. That is why I was looking at the one I linked above because it goes from 40-175 so you had more room to play with adjusting the temp. Sounds like yours holds the temp good enough for me to try it.

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The one I linked above is also 3/8" compression fitting. I was wondering how well a mixing valve would hold temps around 82-84 degrees when the lowest temp setting is 80. That is why I was looking at the one I linked above because it goes from 40-175 so you had more room to play with adjusting the temp. Sounds like yours holds the temp good enough for me to try it.

The one I recommended is a bit different than the one you are looking at. It's my understanding that the #9158K11 will not compensate when hot water is not as hot. It's just mixture of % of hot and % of cold (kinda like you turn on hot and cold to get the temp you want but that will change as you use up the hot water).

I believe this is why there is such a big gap in the pricing.

If the one in my link is what you want, let me know. I'll hook you up with a deal on an extra one I have (never used). I recommended this particular model to another member here on the forum a while back. He was using it for his setup.

Van

[ZX10R]

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[Rubberducky]

This is the one I am using.

http://www.plumbersurplus.com/Prod/W...FUFN4AodxCYegQ

It's meant for undersink usage so it uses compression fitting. The temp range is a bit different than the other one in you link but it is working well for me. I set mine around 84-85 degree and fill all my tanks this way.

Van

2.5 GPM seems awfully slow, am I missing something?

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2.5 GPM seems awfully slow, am I missing something?

That's the typical max flow rate of a residential faucet. Try filling up a 5 gal bucket from your faucet and see how long it takes.

Van

[BoiseDiscusGuy]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I've always understood that it's not good to use water from the hot water heater as it has more bacteria growth and mineral content...?

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Correct me if I'm wrong but I've always understood that it's not good to use water from the hot water heater as it has more bacteria growth and mineral content...?

Chris,

There is nothing wrong with using hot water from hot water heater. How are you doing your water change? Even if you are aging your tab water, room temp can only bring the temp so much. In my area, cold tap water is in the 50s.

Van

[Sean Buehrle]

I have two water lines coming off the washing machine hookup going to a splitter.

First pic is at the hot and cold lines at the washing machine., so it feeds the machine and splits off to the second picture, which is another splitter going to the single line to the holding tank and barrels upstairs.

[BoiseDiscusGuy]

I actually heat cold water on the stove and add it to my wc jugs to bring to temp. Kind of a PITA but now i will have to rethink my game plan.

[Jhhnn]

I have a TMV on my semi- automatic fill system for aging barrels. It's a Honeywell, a lot cheaper off Ebay.

One needs to realize that their intended purpose is to prevent scalding, not regulate temp precisely. When water from the main is very cold in the winter, my 50gal water heater can't keep up completely when filling three 55gal barrels, so the temp drops off towards the end of the fill cycle. In the summer, when incoming water is warmer, the mixing valve holds the temp right where I want it... but it definitely won't keep the output from being too cold, at all, if the hot water isn't hot... it's open all the way to the hot side, doing the best it can...