Servis 1000A won't use external hot water

[hjalfi]

I have said elderly washing machine. I have also recently had a new gas combi boiler fitted, which can produce cheaper hot water than the washing machine itself can manage using its electric heater.

Unfortunately, the washing machine seems to refuse to use any hot water from outside. I've hooked up the hose, checked the taps, and hot water definitely comes out, but the washing machine never opens its valve.

I gather that some hot fill machines have the hot water inlet capped off by default --- I don't see anything like that, though. Is it just that the hot valve is knackered? Or something else?

 

[kevplumb]

if its anything like mine it only uses hot on the very hot programme

 

[keithwasherman]

kev is almost certainly correct. just try a boil wash cycle and see what happens.

 

[hjalfi]

Yeah, he's right. I just tried the 95° setting and it filled from the hot tap, as did the 60° setting. Unfortunately, I do all my washing using the 45° setting, which doesn't... bah.

Oh, well. Ta, everyone.

 

[fido]

Set the machine for a hot wash, wait until it stops filling up then change the programme to your usual one.

 

[keithwasherman]

that's a good cheat but you'll have to make sure you only do it for colour-fast items, otherwise that rogue red sock will cause havoc.

 

[fido]

At the moment I'm using an old Indesit machine with a temperature dial. I set the programme to 60 or 90 degrees but leave the temperature dial set at 45 degrees. It always fills with hot and cold mixed on these settings anyway so it never starts off too hot.