Water fill valve question.
I'm completely new to fixing washing machines. I connected only the cold line to a washer I received just to see if i could get it to wash a shirt since I was told it was broke and nothing else. I simply want to know if water should come out of the hot side back onto the floor if the hot side is not connected, or does this mean the valve is broken.
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Water leaking from unconnected hot inlet during fill
- The problem
- A washing machine was tested with only the cold supply connected. During filling, water came out of the unused hot inlet onto the floor. The original question was whether this was normal or meant the inlet valve was faulty.
- Likely cause
- Small drips from an unconnected hot inlet can be normal if the hot valve is energised and residual water is present. However, the later report of a large flow from the hot side suggests a leak or another fault, but the exact cause was not confirmed in the discussion.
- What fixed it
- The accepted advice was that a little trapped water may drip from the hot valve if it is activated with no hose connected. After the poster clarified that a large amount of water was escaping, the advice changed to observing exactly where the leak was coming from, as this was not consistent with a normal minor drip. No confirmed repair was documented.
- Checks to try
- Observed whether only a small drip or a large flow was coming from the hot inlet
- Advised to observe the exact source of the leak
Safety: Further diagnosis should be carried out by a suitably qualified appliance engineer.
3 Answers
If the hot water valve is activated with no hose connected then water that is trapped inside it will usually drip out of it.
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It is bad enough that tub seems to fill at normal speed almost but cold water is flowing out hot water at a gallon or two a minute on to the floor. Luckily fill valves are cheap if i have to get one. I will check resistance on hot side when I get home if i can.
Hello. I didn't realise there was a lot of water coming out. The way it was worded I took it to mean that you hadn't connected the hot water supply to the hot valve and when you used the washing machine some water dribbled out of the hot valve at the back. That as I replied is normal. But if there is a lot of water flooding out then clearly it's something totally different. With a leak you need to observe where the water is coming from.
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