Washing Machine Hot/Cold Feed

[geordieelvis]

Quick question all, the house I have just moved into only has a cold feed for the washing machine.......the washing machine I own has both hot and a cold inputs. Is this an issue or not?
Admittedly I am no plumber,and have no idea about these things!

cheers in advance

[levron73]

the same problem - went to homebase and got a Y junction - means that you can connect both hot and cold feeds into washing machine from a single cold feed - this is assuming that your washing machine can heat the water once in the thing!

Did it as a bodge to get me buy when I moved in - been working fine for the past 6 months!!!

69p is cheaper than a plumber and a new hot feed!!!

[Simpo Two]

Modern appliances only have a cold feed - I guess it's more economical for them just to heat the water they need.

Does the manual for yours say it can work with just cold?

[J500ANT]

Our old one did both, but as it was connected to a combi boiler and was semi-eco it only jetted a blast of water at a time. Which meant boiler firing up and then off before any hot had chance to get through, then repeat and repeat and repeat. We got a Y thingy and fixed that.

[Gingerbread Man]

Won't take much work to tee off the hot pipe work and install another wash mac.

[LMC]

Yeah, a cold feed is all you need. With all the modern detergents able to clean as low as 15 degrees it wouldn't be very economical pouring 40 degree water into it. It'll heat up cold water in no time.

[geordieelvis]

So do I just plumb the cold pipe into the washer and leave the hot valve on the machine as it is, or do I need it blanked off?
I havent got the manual for the washer as I just bought it 2nd hand from somebody local.

[K50 DEL]

Older style washing machines had a hot feed in order for them to take in hot water for use in the boil wash... they only use the hot feed for the boil cycle.

I never bothered connecting my hot feed up and didn't blank it off on the back of the machine (a Zanussi) no problems ensued.

[GreenDog]

Take the top off the machine and have a look inside - some washers are able to switch between hot/cold and cold only feed. The one I installed for the ex's granny had a 'jumper' that you moved between some connector pins to configure it.

Have you tried the manufacturers website to download the manual ?

[geordieelvis]

Good idea, I will have a look on website for manual. I have spoke to a plumber at work who told me that there would be no problems in just connecting the cold feed and leave the hot input as it is.

Cheers for the replies guys

[King Herald]

geordieelvis said:

Quick question all, the house I have just moved into only has a cold feed for the washing machine.......the washing machine I own has both hot and a cold inputs. Is this an issue or not?
Admittedly I am no plumber,and have no idea about these things!

cheers in advance

If you have a hot water feed somewhere nearby can you splice a compression fitting Tee into it to use for the washer? It is fairly simple to do. I had to do that when we moved to this house, but the washing machine died a year later and the new one was cold water only.