Why does my bathtub faucet leak, when put on a handheld shower, but not on original

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wally

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head? When i put up the handheld unit, i turn off the water i end up getting a drip from the bottom faucet. But when it is just the head installed i get no drip when it is off. Not making any sense to me. Please Help.
 
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robertf

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the hose and wand holds water until it drains back this should stop in a few minutes I find that if I loosen the hose at the adaptor end it drains quickly
 
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PaulinSanDiego

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The hose for the hand held unit probably has a couple of water flow restrictors in the connectors. This would cause a lot more back pressure than just a shower head. And, this would then leak out through the valve stem. You can either try to knock out the flow restrictors in the hose or tighten the packing around the valve stem. I would have to see the valve to tell you how to do that. But, if there's a big nut on the top of the valve body where the stem comes through, try tightening that (righty-tighty, lefty-loosey).

BTW - If you knock out the flow restrictors, you'll have a lot more water pressure at the hand-held unit. That might be better whether or not you tighten the valve packing, too.
 
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