Delta 51551 Do-It-Yourself Instructions page 3

CONNECT THE HOSE TO
3.
WATER
The hose must connect to the source
of water: either the outlet of the shower
arm, or the outlet of the shower arm
mount. If a gasket is provided (some of
our hoses are gasketless) be sure it is
hose, that is the end that must be
attached to the water outlet. If you
install it backwards it will not function.
Note: A vacuum breaker is a device that
is required by certain code authorities to
protect your community's water supply
turn on your shower. It may also drain
water when you shut it off. Both are
normal conditions – the water is draining,
not leaking. DO NOT TRY TO TIGHTEN
THE VACUUM BREAKER. This will
damage the mechanism and make things
worse.
inserted into the
hose nut and
firmly tighten
CLOCKWISE
onto the water
outlet. Do not
use a wrench.
If your shower
comes with a
vacuum breaker
attached to one
end of your
from the back-
flow of water.
The vacuum
breaker
will usually
discharge a
small amount
of the water
when you first
CONNECT THE OTHER
4.
END OF THE HOSE
Hose to hand shower
The hose will
connect directly to
the hand shower.
Insert a gasket,
if provided, and
carefully aligning
threads hand
tighten to the
hand shower.
what hooks onto the pin of the mount.
It provides full side to side rotation and
up and down adjustment of the hand
shower while on its mount. Insert a
gasket, if provided, and carefully aligning
threads tighten the hose to the swivel
and repeat again when attaching to the
hand shower.
3
Hose to
swivel to
hand shower
The hose must
first attach to a
swivel device,
which in turn
attaches to the
hand shower.
A swivel is