Galley sink hot water pressure

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mdresdner

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Sleeko
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2003 Grand Banks Europa 52
Due to wanting an extendable spray head I installed a good quality kitchen faucet in my Grand Banks galley. I’ve got plenty of water pressure everywhere else on the boat, both hot and cold. However, the new sink faucet is lacking, hot water pressure. The manufacturer gave me a replacement cartridge as well as spray head which I installed, but that didn’t eliminate the problem. Are there any issues with using faucets designed for home kitchen use with a boat water system? My water is provided through a Groco paragon Senior water system that seems to work well in all other respects. All the other sinks and shower have ample hot water flow. Any suggestions?
 
residential faucets expect ~60psipressure, that may be the problem. Boat pumps are mostly 35psi. Try taking off the screen at the tip, the aerator.
 
Is it only the hot side that has low flow? Is it a non-scalding faucet? ( temperature compensated style?)
 
I don't know which is more annoying, the fact that the nanny state or the lawyers got to the faucet manufacturers and encouraged them to provide mixing valves in the faucet or the fact that society is so litigious that there was no other choice.
Gone are the days of selecting the temperature of our own hot water. That is progress?

Even if your new faucet has a built in mixing valve, I doubt that running the system pressure at 35 psi versus 60 psi would have any affect on the valves performance as mixing valves work by you varying the port size (by turning the handle) of the hot and cold water to arrive at the desired temperature.
Once this temperature is set, if your faucet has one, a paraffin filled tube automatically adjusts the flow of hot and cold water to keep the desired temperature.
Even pressure balancing valve reacts to the difference in pressure between hot and cold, not the total pressure.

Here is a better explanation.

The OP noted that there is plenty of water pressure everywhere else and that all other sinks have ample hot water flow, while the new faucet is lacking hot water pressure.

I doubt it but does the new faucet information say that there is a pressure reducing valve built in?

Or could the explanation be this:

When your boat was built the taps were designed to pass through almost the full flow of water supplied by a single1/2" pipe. Those were the good old days.

Today the supply connection tubes provided by the faucet manufacturer and the port sizes within the faucet itself are much smaller and as a result flow is much less. Thanks nanny state.

The pressure will drop a little through any faucet due to the restriction and the aerator.

Although both are important and have an impact, just don't confuse pressure with flow.

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Is it only the hot side that has low flow? Is it a non-scalding faucet? ( temperature compensated style?)
It is only the hot side. I’m not sure if it is non-scalding. Utilizes a cartridge that of course the handle turns and adjust the flow from hot cold as well as low and high volume of water. If it is non-scalding, is that something that’s adjustable?
 
I too wondered if this tap had a flow restrictor like all shower heads do until I get one home and remove the restrictor.
When I said remove the tap end it may be located there, usually a small plastic with e small hole once removed flows more water.
 
It is only the hot side. I’m not sure if it is non-scalding. Utilizes a cartridge that of course the handle turns and adjust the flow from hot cold as well as low and high volume of water. If it is non-scalding, is that something that’s adjustable?
I haven’t any experience with a sink faucet with temperature balancing, but I recently installed a shower mixer that had one. It was adjustable at the cartridge by rotating a little plastic piece that changed the maximum opening of the orifice.
Steve may be onto something with a flow restrictor on the hot side, but where is the likely place for it to be?
Maybe post the model of faucet and we can look online for a view of the internals.
Couldn’t hurt to take a look.
 
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