Quick plumbing question

[BarnatosGhost]

Well, sort of plumbing. Will a hotpoint wma10 washing machine throw a fit (or 100litres of water) if it is only fed with cold water and its hot water intake is neither fed nor blocked up?

It only needs to get to 40 degrees, so a sole cold feed should be ok, no?

And an unused, unblocked, hot intake won't pour water all over the utility room?

Thanks.

[Gingerbread Man]

The washing machine will work fine.

I'd probably use a 'Y' piece so that the incoming cold feeds both the hot and the cold. I've herd that some programs like the water to come in through the hot pipe and without it connected, some throw a hissy fit.

This would also make sure water wouldn't come back out of the hot supply, even though it shouldn't.

[Z4monster]

You will need a Y piece and feed cold water to both hot and cold feeds. I've had a hotpoint before and the instructions state it cannot be used without both inlets having a water connection.

There will be valves behind the feeds and the washer won't work if they don't both get water pressure behind them.

Incidentally my new Samsung washer has only cold feed so only needs one pipe. Good job too as the hot water takes ages to arrive in the kitchen and it wuld be full before it got remotely warm.

[Fort Jefferson]

Gingerbread Man said:

The washing machine will work fine.

I'd probably use a 'Y' piece so that the incoming cold feeds both the hot and the cold.

This.

[stolt]

glad i checked in on this thread, i'm due to install a bosch integrated washing machine (havent had it delivered yet) but its food for thought as it might be something i have to do for mine...

[Gingerbread Man]

New washing machines are ~95% cold feed only.

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BarnatosGhost said:

It only needs to get to 40 degrees, so a sole cold feed should be ok, no?

You might need to run a max temp wash (even if that means running it empty) every now and then as soap builds up inside if it's always run on lowish temps.