Symmons Temptrol 46-1-BODY Installation Brief

3 Port Pressure Balancing Shower Valve
46-1-BODY, 46-1X-BODY
Installation Brief
Model Number
46-1-BODY
Temptrol 3 port pressure balancing
Shower valve body (46-1X-BODY
with built-in service stops)
For California Residents
WARNING: This product contains
chemicals known to the State of
California to cause cancer, birth defects,
or other reproductive harm.
Rough-in Installation
Installing control valve, piping & fittings
Reference rough-in dimension illustration
on page 2 as required.
1)
Determine wall thickness
■ Determine type of wall and wall
thickness where valve will be mounted.
■ Consider whether to use mounting plate
by reviewing figure 2 below.
■ Skip ahead to if mounting
Step 3
plate will not be used.
2)
Attach mounting plate to valve
Seat mounting plate against valve
assembly as illustrated in figure 1.
Walls for using T-177 valve mounting plate
 Fiberglass or acrylic walls (required)
 Plaster or other type walls (optional)
1/16" (2 mm) min  1/2" (13 mm) max
Protective shield
When mounting plate is used,
then shield is optional for
protecting end of valve during
installation.
"snap on-off"
p/n T-176
Temptrol
Tools & Materials
Plumbers
Putty
(valve without IPS ports shown)
3)
Attach protective shield
■ Reference figure 2 to determine
whether shield is required.
■ Attach plastic protective shield by
snap fitting over end of valve spindle.
nished
wall
p/n T-177
wall cutout hole size
3-1/2" (89 mm) min
4" (102 mm) max
Figure 2 Mounting valve (valve without IPS ports shown)
®
1 2 3 4
Figure 1 Mounting
plate
Dry wall, plaster or other type wall
1/2" (13 mm) or greater
Reference rough-in
Ensure valve's
drawing on page 2
mounting plate
is ush against
inner wall
Finished wall must be
ush with back side of
protective shield surface
Protective shield
"snap on-off"
(required when
valve mounting
plate is not used)
wall cutout hole size
3-1/2" (89 mm) min
4" (102 mm) max
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4)
Install piping, fittings and
control valve
Piping and fittings not supplied
■ Control Valve
Install valve through cutout hole in
wall as specified in figure 2 below and
dimension illustration on page 2.
■ Showerhead (S on valve)
Pipe from outlet port on valve marked
to showerhead mounting arm location.
■ Hot & Cold Supply (H & C)
Pipe hot water supply to valve input
marked and cold water supply to
H
valve input marked
nished wall
dimensional
S
.
C