Washing machine question

[Bigtree]

hi good forum people

My washing machine is quite old but is still working a treat. It is a hotpoint wma76 which has a hot and a cold feed.

My question is..........

Can I blank off the hot hose connection at the machine end to render it unused and just use a cold fill pipe alone?

Many thanks

Steve

 

[denso13]

Yes, but then the heater in the machine will have to heat the water.

 

[JohnD]

How is your hot water heated? How long is the hot-water pipe to the machine?

I use hot water fill because my hw is heated by gas, in a cylinder, which costs me about a quarter the price of energy from electricity. This also cuts down the wash time by 15 minutes or so.

A modern machine uses very little water, so if you have a combi and/or a long pipe, the wastage may outweigh the cost saving.

Your machine might also need a Y-piece to provide water to both inlets, depending how it is designed.

 

[Bigtree]

Thank you for your replies.

I have a combi boiler about 10ft away from the washing machine but only have an outlet on my cold water pipe for a washing machine and not on my hot.

That's why I was wondering if it is possible to run on cold fill only.

Think I will fit a 'y' connector and give that a go.

 

[Nozzle]

Plus by the time the machine has filled itself with cold water from the dead-leg in the hot pipework, it'll have to do a whole bunch of heating anyway - that is unless you either draw the cold water first, or the machine dumps the first few cold litres.

Nozzle

 

[AGAS]

also if the hot supply has no feed some washing cycles won't work because some only use the hot water feed

 

[Hugh Jaleak]

I've got a WF000, Hotpoint are out to it on a regular basis at the moment as they've sold me a service plan, and so far, they've replaced half the machine.... The guys have told me, on anything below a 60° wash, it will only take in cold water anyway, as it cannot judge the temperature of the incoming hot water.

 

[Madrab]

also if the hot supply has no feed some washing cycles won't work because some only use the hot water feed

+1
You need to feed both inlets otherwise the machine might not start, they usually sense there's no water flow at the hot inlet valve and won't run. Put a Y piece on the WM tap you use just now and attached the hot hose to that to feed both inlets with cold

 

[Agile]

Yes you need to supply cold water to both inlets.

They don't sense any flow but just the resulting water level inside.

Tony

 

[Bigtree]

Thanks everyone, appreciate your help. I've got a brass 'y' connector on its way as I couldn't get a plastic one to form a tight enough seal?

 

[Hugh Jaleak]

Plastic ones are crap, brass far superior and less likely to spring a leak 10 minutes after you've left the house for the day....