Does a washing machine ‘need’ hot water

[compbuild]

Does a washing machine ‘need’ hot water or will it heat the water itself if it isn’t hot enough, basically can I put a washing machine were ther is only cold water, and just connect both the hot water and cold water inlets to cold, I have no idea about this so if I am being stupid please tell me

Thanks

[kwatt]

Re: Does a washing machine ‘need’ hot water

No it does not “need” hot water, but it may need a “Y-piece” fitted to give two cold feeds in effect instead.

Hot fill is actually pretty much useless in a modern automatic IMO anyway.

K.

[Martin]

Re: Does a washing machine ‘need’ hot water

All you need is a simple “Y” connector :tup: that is readily available from local spare parts suppliers and possibly from our own shop@ part of the site 🙂

Martin

[compbuild]

Thanks guys that is exactly what I wanted to hear!

[compbuild]

Next question, how much water does an average machine use per wash, I’m thinking about how to get rid of the waste now

[Martin]

Re: Does a washing machine ‘need’ hot water

Between 55 & 75 litres of water per completed wash ❗

Martin

[compbuild]

Thats a lot of water!

[Martin]

compbuild wrote:Thats a lot of water!

Indeed it is, therefore the very latest machines available today are usually under 50 litres, for obvious reasons 🙂

But you did ask for the average and therefore much older machines (like my 20 year old Bosch @ over 75 litres) are well over the top. But Hey! I’m on main drains and therefore recycling my waste water back to where it came from anyway :rotfl:

Martin

[compbuild]

Thanks for the info Martin

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