Washer Dryer
Just after some advice please. Ive moved to a new house and I have a built in washing machine. I bought my WDAL8640 Hotpoint Washer Dryer with me and was planning to use this just as a tumble dryer. It seems not work though as the drum will not turn or heat. Ive been told this is because it is not connected to a water inlet and I dont have a spare one I could access and I was wondering if someone could confirm if I definitely need a water inlet for just the dryer function only to work and if so if there was anyway I could override this function? Few years back I had another Hotpoint Washer dryer and used this the same way as Im hoping to now and it was working fine without a connection to a water supply.
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Hotpoint WDAL8640 washer dryer will not run dryer-only mode without water connection
- The problem
- A Hotpoint WDAL8640 washer dryer was moved to a new house and intended to be used only for tumble drying, but the drum would not turn or heat when no water inlet was connected.
- Likely cause
- The accepted reply states that this washer dryer requires a cold water supply during drying so it can condense steam into water and pump it away. Without the cold water inlet and waste connection, the dryer function will not operate properly.
- What fixed it
- Connect the appliance to a cold water inlet and to the waste plumbing. No supported override was provided in the discussion.
- Checks to try
- Confirmed there was no water inlet connected
- Observed that the drum would not turn or heat on the dryer function
Safety: Do not attempt to bypass appliance safety or operating systems. Further diagnosis should be carried out by a suitably qualified appliance engineer.
1 Answer
Hello. Yes a washer dryer needs cold water to condense the steam into water and pump it down the drain. It needs to be connected to cold water and the plumbing for waste water.
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