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Hotpoint WMUD843 – with the silly swing out drawer!:
Is there any other solutions as to how to get the machine to take all the water from the softener drawer after a wash. Most times the machine empties the softener drawer of water and softener as it should but there are just these odd times where it hasn’t emptied and the compartment is either filled with water, or water mixed with conditioner. Things I do so far:
Cleaned out the softener compartment before every wash with hot water including the syphon spout, and making sure I dont fill up softener container up to the full mark with liquid so as not to overfill it.
Machine is not plumbed into cold water mains pressure where it is, its on a pipe from the cold water tank in the loft and not as powerful as the mains cold water tap, does pressure have effect on whether the softener goes into machine or is it just done on syphon principal?
If so is there such thing on the market as a specially designed electric pump that cane fit in between cold water inlet pipe of washing machine to boost cold water pressure coming from header tank in the loft? – cheers.Re: solutions to why softner drawer still has water in it?
It’s a water pressure problem. Your local plumber could advise on options regarding fitting a booster (shower) type pump to increase pressure if possible/feasible.
Concentrated softener is best avoided or diluted before putting it in the drawer by the way. 😉
Re: solutions to why softner drawer still has water in it?
Martin wrote:It’s a water pressure problem. Your local plumber could advise on options regarding fitting a booster (shower) type pump to increase pressure if possible/feasible.
Concentrated softener is best avoided or diluted before putting it in the drawer by the way. 😉
Oh right thanks, I got a triton shower pump up in the loft lying round unused but its only 25w I dont think that will give it much more power but it has half inch inlet and outlet threads but no shut off flow valve to shut it off when water stops flowing through it.
Yeah actually is Lenor concentrated been putting in and not diluting it, must try diluting it next time and see if that helps. Thanks.
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