American Standard Paradigm Selectronic Touchless Faucet, Battery-Powered With Above-Deck Mixing, 0.5 gpm/1.9 Lpm - AMS-7025205

No. The Paradigm Selectronic runs on a 5-year CR-P2 lithium battery installed in the faucet body itself, and there is no below-deck control box. That means no receptacle, no transformer run, and no hardwiring in the cabinet, which is why it works well in retrofits where there is no power at the sink.

Yes, and that is the point of this version. It has above-deck mixing with a removable handle, plus dual inlets for hot and cold water, so the user sets temperature at the deck rather than at a thermostatic valve buried in the cabinet. Pulling the handle off gives you a fixed-temperature setup where you do not want occupants changing it.

An optional deck plate is available for 4-inch (102 mm) or 8-inch (203 mm) centers, so the faucet can go on a three-hole sink or lavatory deck without leaving the outer holes open. Order the deck plate separately; it is not part of the faucet itself.

It runs 0.5 gpm / 1.9 Lpm through a vandal-resistant, pressure-compensating multi-laminar spray. Pressure compensation keeps that flow steady as building pressure swings, and 0.5 gpm is the low-flow rate normally specified for public handwashing rather than for filling pots or buckets.

A safety timer shuts the water off automatically after 55 seconds, so a bag on the deck or a mirror-like object in front of the sensor will not leave it running. There is also an auto purge that periodically flushes stagnant water from the faucet, which matters in low-use restrooms where water sits in the line.

The Paradigm Selectronic installs from the top and all serviceable parts are accessible from above, including the battery. For a maintenance crew that means no crawling into a cabinet or pulling a vanity apron to change a cell or swap a component.

Go above-deck when you want temperature set at the fixture and nothing extra in the cabinet. The Paradigm Selectronic with above-deck mixing takes hot and cold through dual inlets and blends at the deck with a removable handle, keeping the underside clear. Choose a below-deck or in-line thermostatic arrangement instead when the facility requires tamper-proof tempered water controlled out of reach, or when a single tempered supply already feeds the sink.

Two: polished chrome, model 7025205.002, and brushed nickel, model 7025205.295. If you are standardizing a floor of restrooms, order by those suffixes so every opening matches.