In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
I would tend to agree with Rob there. It's easy enough to block off the hot water inlet with a 15mm cap but the chances are if you do that the water won't heat up. Why not just buy a new one over there. Ours cost about 200 euros and is fine.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Why would you have it blocked off? On my old washing machine, even though it had its own heating element, I used a Y valve (it did not have a hot water in) and mixed hot and cold water going in to cut down on the time it took. My new Bosch can't have this done as it is computerized but is much faster than my old. If the reason is that you do not have hot water in the area where you will put the machine and it does not have its own heating element I would buy a new machine.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
I think you will have problems if you block off the hot water inlet.
When I discussed a similar problem with a washing machine installer, [when we moved to only had a cold water supply to the washing machine space], he said the thing to do was connect the hot and cold hoses of the washing machine to the cold supply with a "Y piece" connector.
This allows the inlet valves in the washer to work correctly, and the only effect on the performance of the machine was longer wash time as the water had to be heated from cold rather than 'hot tap temperature'.
As far as I am aware - all [full size] washing machines have a heating element in them - so you shouldn't have to worry about only getting cold water washes
Brendon,
To block off one of the hot water is not a problem. Just go to your plumbers merchant and ask for a 1/2 inch blanking cap.
Are you sure your washing machine has an electric heating element? i suspect it doesn't. If not you will be forever washing in cold water, or the machine will be waiting forever to get up to temperature Hence the reason you have both.
Regards