Washing Machine. help.

Jez said:
Edit: posted at the same time as greebo, yeah i guess it depends on how intelligent the machine is. You would have thought that they would have gone the way of intelligently using the hot supply, rather than cold, though?
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SOme do. The LG Intello does exactly this. It will draw from the hot tap if you set the wash to 50C or higher and draws from the cold for cooler washes. I am sure there are lots of other machines which will do this but I'm guessing they will always be at the more expensive end of the spectrum.

And on another note to the OP, if the washing machine is just one connection then connecting to the hot would solve the hot wash problem but all the rinses would be done with hot water and cost a fortune to run.
 
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SB118 said:
I love our hot fill washing machine, never knew how much time it could save.
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Jez said:
Ive never had a cold fill one, if hot fill is quicker then why are washing machines going the way of cold fill these days? :confused:
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You might want to have a read of these:

http://www.whitegoodshelp.co.uk/wor...the-cold-valve-on-cold-fill-washing-machines/
http://www.whitegoodshelp.co.uk/wordpress/i-want-a-washing-machine-with-a-hot-water-valve/
http://www.washerhelp.co.uk/buying-related_2.html
 
Thank you for the reply's all. Just bin back on the phone to them and they said they will replace it with a new one. I just hope the other one will work this time.

Thanks again all.
 
Could be that the thermostat needs resetting.

My dishwasher got stuck on a cold cycle not long ago, and would not heat the water. Phoned up their support only to be told it needs a timer module at £210!

I reset the thermostat at the back of the machine and it works again now.
 
might be stupid question but how are you testing how hot it gets?

I throw clothes in the machine, turn it on and leave it to wash. I have no idea what temperature the water is at.
 
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Malakite said:
might be stupid question but how are you testing how hot it gets?

I throw clothes in the machine, turn it on and leave it to wash. I have no idea what temperature the water is at.
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In general wait for it to be on the main wash and set to a hot wash and feel the glass. It will be hot.
 
Pinter75 said:
Could be that the thermostat needs resetting.

My dishwasher got stuck on a cold cycle not long ago, and would not heat the water. Phoned up their support only to be told it needs a timer module at £210!

I reset the thermostat at the back of the machine and it works again now.
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You shouldn't have to do that on a brand new machine surely?
 
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We have got a new Hotpoint Washing Machine today what is a cold watch. We have connected that one up and even that one ain't warming the water.

This is getting stupid, this is 2nd Washing Machine that as not worked what is a cold fill. Any one else having problems with cold fill and how did you fix it?
 
To lose one washing machine may be regarded as a misfortune, to lose two looks like user error;)

You do realise that 30 degrees is lower than our body temperature so will not really feel warm and 40 degrees is only marginally warmer. Also modern washing machines if they have been properly insulated for efficiency you will not feel the warmth of the water from outside it :confused: If you are checking the clothes when they come out, rinse cycles are generally done with cold water!!
 
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As TheMightyTen says, low temp washes won't necessarily feel warm. Put the washing machine on a 90C wash and see if the glass gets hot then.
 
Right - there is no way in hell you've got 2 washing machines in a row with exactly the same fault.

The error is with you.

How are you measuring the temperature? Try putting it on 90C and feel the glass at various points throughout the wash cycle.
 
Jo2009 said:
What?
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I was a Quality Audit Technician for White Goods for 27 years and I had to test many makes of products besides the company's products I worked for.
Must admit I've never heard of Haus.
My company always wanted to have the quality of Bosch or Miele who were right at the top of the quality list.

And my summary -
DO NOT BUY Hotpoint, Creda, Indesit & Ariston
 
Jez said:
Ive never had a cold fill one, if hot fill is quicker then why are washing machines going the way of cold fill these days? :confused:
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Short answer is because they're cheaper to make.

If you've got gas heated hot water it'll be cheaper to run a hot fill machine and the cycle is quicker because it doesn't have to heat the water up as much.

Those articles posted up above are a bit misleading to be honest. Our chunk-o-crap has hot fill and it fills off both on a 40 wash, and when I worked at Dyson theirs (CRO1) used to fill off both as well.

40 degrees is about the temperature of a hot bath according to my thermometer. That point where you go ooh ooh aah aah when you stick your feet in :D
 
Jonny69 said:
That point where you go ooh ooh aah aah when you stick your feet in :D
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That's girl talk, real men just jump straight in (only protecting the lit tobacco in their pipe) and be damned with the temperature, hot or cold. Then it's a scrub with coal tar soap a shave with a blunt spoon and back downstairs for steak and kidney pudding and a bottle of mild that the good woman has just put on the table!
 
Jonny69 said:
Short answer is because they're cheaper to make.

Those articles posted up above are a bit misleading to be honest. Our chunk-o-crap has hot fill and it fills off both on a 40 wash, and when I worked at Dyson theirs (CRO1) used to fill off both as well.
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Problem is that you must admit it's a bit daft that it fills off both on a 40C wash. The hot water which you have paid to be heated to 50C is then cooled down by mixing with cold to get to 40C. Of course with a very efficient modern condensing combi boiler it may well still be cheaper to use the gas to heat the water and then cool it down.

But yes they are cheaper to make for sure hence my point you only tend to see hot fill on the higher end machines and hence more expensive.
 
matt_fsr said:
We replaced a many-years-old dying Hotpoint with a new Indesit :(

Any advice as to why to avoid?
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Quite basically when Indesit took over Creda/Hotpoint in 2002 they started to put the cheapest parts they could source in their machines.
Over and over my department would give them reports about these parts but they couldn't be bothered.
One answer was - "We are saving 70 million euros by sourcing cheaper parts but it only costs us 20 million euros to send out repairmen" :eek:
 
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