Blog: Mixing Valves, Thermostatic

You're ready to install a thermostatic mixing valve.  Interested in pointers to make your install be successful?  OR... you've got a mixing valve installed and it's not working.  Now what?  From the "before" call to the "oh, no!" call, Greg and Dan are here to make you successful with your customer. ...

Your customer's domestic water system is not delivering heat correctly.  What do you do?  You listen into this episode of the Ask Caleffi podcast!  Greg and Dan discuss ASSE 1017 Point-of-Distribution valves (not to be confused with ASSE1070!) and how to size them.  They stress the importance of understanding a thermostatic mixing...

In this Episode Greg and Dan - our Ask Caleffi Podcast hosts - discuss what a scald-protection valve is and why they are SO important (protection protection protection!).  What temperature of water is safe?  Dangerous?  Who is most at risk?  Are there applicable industry guidelines (hint:  ASSE 1070)? Learn about how they work,...

Many thermostatic mixing valve manufacturers, including Caleffi, specify minimum GPM flow rates for their thermostatic mixing valves, to assure control accuracy at the low end, but don't always specify a maximum flow rate. Instead, a graph showing flow rate versus pressure drop is shown in the literature. You might be tempted to look at the top end of the...