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If I’m correct, a double system has a Thermostatic Valve and a diverter valve. What is the third handle in a triple handle system such as the link below?

http://usa.hudsonreed.com/product/Hudson_Reed_Triple_Thermostatic_Shower_Valve_with_divertor_with_slider_rail_kit_and_fixed_head_and_6_body_jets/340/41021.html

it is a diverter….depending on how it is piped .. will determine where it diverts the water.thermostatic means that once a person is in the shower the valve if some 1 else in the home turns on cold water an another faucett the temp. in the shower wont change…

I have a grohe thermostatic shower. The dial ranges from 60 - 110F. When it is at it’s hottest setting the water is only warm and never gets hot. If I turn it down, and slowly turn it up it may get hot for 2 seconds and then returns to warm. We have checked the hot water heater, and can get hot water from other faucets, so I am assuming it has something to do with the Thermostatic Valve. Is there any way to fix this myself and avoid calling the plumber? Any advice will help!
Thank you.

it sounds like the valve has a lot of deposits in it plugging the flow. you might be able to remove it and clean it out.

I have bought the Italiano square thermostatic 3 way mixer diverter (B013), and I have recently installed it, I realized that the water flow is too slow coming out of it, I have a water pressure pump, but because of the slow water flow, it doesn’t keep the pump running constantly! is there any solution for this, please help!

I installed a bathroom on a second floor. A pressure pump was in the basement. Risers to the bathroom were all 3/4" and 3/4" was plumbed directly to the tub mixing valve. The shower had a mixing valve, a separate diverter valve that went to a hand held hose and a fixed shower head. Plumbing lines had to be bushed down to 1/2" to enter the mixing valve.

The tub has a lot of flow and always works great. The shower has never worked well due to too little flow. Even after a new regulator on the pump pushes pressure up to 70/55 psi (cut off/ cut in) There is too much resistance in mixing valve and too little flow into the mixing valve. The solution and yours is to re plumb it using a mixing valve that will accept 3/4" lines coming in. The problem is insufficient flow (amount of water) and not pressure.

in a school

It goes below the basin. "T" off the cold line, so a cold line goes to the faucet and to the mixing valve.

The hot line goes to the mixing valve. The out line from the mixing valve goes to the hot side of the faucet.

You set the mixing valve to 105-100 degrees C. Want a nice warm wash you turn the handle all the way to the ho0t side and nobody will get scalded.

Good luck!