American Standard Ultima Manual Flush Valve With Bedpan Washer Assembly, Straight Tube, 1.28 gpf/4.8 Lpf - AMS-6047820

A bedpan washer flush valve does two jobs on one water supply: it flushes the water closet like any flushometer, and a diverter assembly routes water to a bedpan washer hose and spray head for rinsing bedpans. The American Standard Ultima 6047820 carries a straight bedpan washer diverter assembly with a counter balanced pivot. That is patient-room and soiled-utility territory in hospitals and skilled nursing. On a standard restroom toilet with no bedpan duty, you want a plain flushometer instead, no diverter.

Yes, it flushes at 1.28 gpf (4.8 Lpf) and is set up for a toilet, not a urinal. Match that to the bowl: a 1.28 gpf fixture needs a 1.28 gpf valve to rinse the bowl and clear the trapway as designed. Pairing this valve with a bowl rated for 3.5 gpf will underperform.

It comes with a 1-1/2 inch (38 mm) spud coupling and flange, which is the standard top-spud or back-spud connection on a commercial flushometer water closet. If the bowl you are working with has a 1-1/4 inch spud, that is urinal sizing and this valve is not the right match.

The stop is included. American Standard ships this one with a stop valve, a sweat solder supply assembly, a wall support, and the 1-1/2 inch spud coupling and flange. That sweat solder detail matters on the rough-in: the supply is made up soldered to copper, so plan for a torch at the wall rather than a compression or threaded takeoff.

Manual. The Ultima 6047820 is a handle-operated piston type valve, so there is no sensor, no battery, and no transformer to power. For a touchless patient restroom you would need a sensor Ultima instead, but on a bedpan washer station the manual handle is what most facilities spec because the diverter is a hands-on operation anyway.

This one is piston type. Piston valves use a molded cup and piston assembly rather than a rubber diaphragm, and facilities that run hard or heavily chlorinated water often prefer them for that reason. The practical point for an MRO buyer is repair parts: a building already stocked with piston rebuild kits should stay piston, and mixing piston and diaphragm valves across a wing doubles the parts you carry.

Straight refers to the bedpan washer diverter tube geometry on the 6047820. Bedpan washer assemblies are built in straight and angled tube configurations to clear different bowl and wall arrangements, so the one you order has to match the existing rough-in and the space behind the fixture. If the valve you are replacing has an angled diverter tube, the straight version will not sit correctly.

Order it as 6047820.002. The .002 suffix is the chrome finish, which is the finish this Ultima bedpan washer valve is built in. The brass body underneath is what gives it the durability for institutional traffic.

A wall support ships with the valve. Bedpan washer assemblies are heavier and get pulled on during use, so that support is what carries the load rather than the supply tube. Mount it into solid backing, not just drywall.