Washing machine hose waste connection?

Washing machine hose waste connection?

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King Herald

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215 months

Monday 16th August 2010
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Simpo Two said:
There are two issues there. One is the connection to the waste; the other is the loop jobbie screwed to the wall. You're assuming the whole caboodle comes detached I think.

So - a WM with the drain hose on the floor will keep running for ever? That seems a bit of a design oversight.
Try it. I have invested many hours trying to get our UK washing machine to run on 220v 60hz over here in the Philippines. Everything works, but the pump that drains it just refuses to function correctly. So, I decided I'd just lay the drain pipe on the floor and it could drain when it needed to. That was when I Googled that the only thing that stops water getting out is that hose being raised. I had expected some electric valve device in there.

And that is exactly why it specifies a maximum and minimum height on that simple pipe; so the machine can fill to the right height without losing the water.

Of course it took several hours waiting, and wandering why the washing cycle had stopped, before I realised the water was coursing through the system and straight out the back door. hehe

We pay on the meter for water over here, and last months bill was £7.50 hehe