Video Transcript for Phoenix Faucets RV Shower Valve w/ Vacuum Breaker Feature Review

Today we're going to be taking a look at the Phoenix faucets 4" dual handle RV shower valve. This unit adds or replaces the shower valve in your RV shower. It's going to feature the dual smoked acrylic knobs. It gives the unit a really nice look. Those are very easy to operate. They've got a nice easy grip design on them.

Little finger indentions that go around the entire circumference of the knob. Down here we're going to have the vacuum breaker outlet for attaching the hand-held shower. That item is sold separately. Your hand-held shower is sold separately but that vacuum breaker is included. The unit's also designed to prevent water backflow, which is going to help prevent contamination of your fresh-water supply. The unit's made from a durable plastic construction and the base of the unit is white in color.

Here at the back you can see that it's got the connection points for the hot and cold water lines. It's going to have the mounting nuts as well as the vacuum plate. The connectors are going to be separated on center. Looks to be right on 4". The connectors are going to give us a length measurement of about 2" long. They're going to give us an outer diameter of 13/16" with an inner diameter of around 1/2".

The connection point right here for the hose, that's going to be 13/16" outer diameter. That is threaded. Overall dimensions starting with the height of the unit just measuring the base, that's about 2-1/8". Measuring edge to edge it's about 6-1/4". From the back of the base to the outermost point of the hand knob is going to be about 3". Pretty simple installation.

You will need a couple holes in order for these connectors pass through at the mounting surface. It does come with the mounting nuts, these will thread on to the backside of the mounting surface and provide that nice tight connection. The unit does come with detailed installation instructions. It's going to walk you through that process step by step. It's going to outline the size of the holes that need to be cut out, 1" diameter. It's going to also indicate the height that this unit needs to be installed above the flooring or the line. It's 45 to 48" above the floor line. It's going to show you how to make your water line connections. On this side it's going to have some trouble-shooting. It's also going to have operating instructions, cleaning tips, helpful hints, and some cautions on there as well. Then it's also going to indicate a parts list of everything that it comes with in case you ever need to replace anything, then you have that handy in those instructions. That's going to do it for today's look at the Phoenix faucets, 4" dual handle RV shower valve.