shower handle dribbles

[xort]

The freaking genius's who write the building codes decided that a full shut off of a hand held shower was some how dangerous!
I bought a new replacement for my hand shower. It has a sticker with this: "A trickle occurs when the push button is in the 'off' position to remind you that the water is on."

I talked to Alsons and they tell me all hand showers are built like that because of code regulations.

Anybody know where I can get a hand shower that has a real shut off button to save water?

[Stillraining]

RV supply store

[hellosailor]

Code regulations. Ahuh. Believe that one and I'll buy you a bigger boat with a shower valet to work those faucet handles for you.[g]

[Pamlicotraveler]

No...it is true. Its not just to "remind you its on," I think it is to keep the hot water from scalding you when you turn it back on because the water pressure is still on even though the handle is off. And if you think about it heat exhanger water can get hotter than household water. I agree it's a pain sometimes, but it is intentional.

[hellosailor]

Antiscald valves are something else again. And oddly enough I went to both Home Depot and Lowes trying to get one for a showerhead last week--they aren't stocked any more, haven't been for a while. Only the oldtimers remember them!

The reaosn I say "code" is just an excuse, is that I'm fairly certain there is no 'national hot water code' 'national plumbing code' 'national building code', in other words, there is no "CODE" that goods being imported and sold all over the country would have to meet, relevant to showerheads. Meeting the economiser limits is good marketing, but codes requiring them to drip? I'll believe it when I see it cited, by name and chapter.

Heat exchanger water "should" not be able to get hotter than household water. Household hot water heaters often can be set in excess of 160F and engine thermostats might reach 180F, but in either case THERE are plbuming codes that require overtemperature releases and pressure releases, your boat or home heater should blow off water if it gets too hot, or shut down the line. Plenty of old systems don't, but there have been so many lawsuits over scalds, that I can only wonder why the anti-scald valves all went off the shelves. They just worked so well.