Washing Machine Filling With Hotwater
hi, just wondering if it is normal for my hotpoint washing machine to fill with hot water, yet the door only feels warm, sometimes lukewarm, onsay a 60 dgree wash when the water is really hot on fill. many thanks for reading
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Hotpoint washing machine water and door only lukewarm on a 60°C wash
- The problem
- The owner was concerned that a Hotpoint washing machine appeared to fill with very hot water, but the door only felt warm or lukewarm, and water checked mid-cycle was also only lukewarm on a 60 degree wash.
- Likely cause
- Most likely normal operation. The discussion says modern machines use low wash water levels, so little hot water reaches the door, and the point in the cycle when the machine was stopped could explain lukewarm water if the heater had not yet finished heating or if the water had cooled.
- What fixed it
- No repair was advised. The accepted reply said that if the machine completes the cycle in normal time and the laundry is clean, it is probably working correctly.
- Checks to try
- Door temperature felt warm/lukewarm during a 60 degree wash
- Machine was stopped mid-cycle and the drum water felt lukewarm
- Machine was reported to wash clothes normally
- Cycles were reported to run in normal time
5 Answers
Aye, these days water levels on wash are so low that hot water doesn't really splash much onto the door. If the machine finishes the cycle in normal time and laundry is clean it should be working ok.
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can do, depends on the door. My hotpoint door has 2 layers of plastic with air in between.
oh yeah both answers make sense, however I stopped the machine while there was still water in the drum (I know technically meant to let it finish cycle) and the water was luke warm. it appears to be washing clothes as normal and does the cycles as nomal and in normal time, is this normal?
There are 2 possibilities here, depending when you stopped the machine. Firstly the heating element hadn't had a chance to do its job yet. Secondly the water had a chance to cool given enough time. You certainly shouldn't be able to touch water which is 60 degrees in temperature.
Check out my article not heating up water
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