Which washing machines machines have hot-fill?
I live in a remote area with a private power supply Where we are not allowed to use anything electrical that heats water, or uses more than 1KW.
My hot water is heated by an instantaneous gas water heater. I have been using a 20 year old Whirlpool machine with hot and cold inlet, but recently the drum spider broke on it and I am unable to get a replacement part as they are now obsolete.
So I've been searching for a replacement machine with a hot and cold fill. I've found a couple in the UK but nothing in Ireland (IE) where I am. Is there a list anywhere of the models that have a hot and cold water inlet? Some sites list this under the spec's but you can't search on it, so you have to look at every machine to find out.
These are the ones I found in the UK, but none of them seem to be available in Ireland. Thanks.
Ebac various models
Fisher & Paykel WH8060J1
Samsung WF80F5E2W4X BLC12688
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Hot-fill washing machine query for low electrical supply
- The problem
- The user needed a replacement washing machine because an old Whirlpool hot-and-cold-fill model had a broken drum spider and replacement parts were obsolete. They specifically wanted a machine suitable for a private power supply where appliances must not heat water electrically or exceed 1kW.
- Likely cause
- The accepted reply stated that even hot-and-cold-fill washing machines still use the internal heating element on every wash cycle, so a replacement machine meeting the user's no-electric-water-heating requirement was not identified.
- What fixed it
- No suitable model list was provided. The accepted advice was that a hot-and-cold-fill washing machine would not avoid use of the heating element, so the requested type of replacement was effectively not available for that requirement within the discussion.
- Checks to try
- Existing Whirlpool machine had hot and cold inlet
- Drum spider on the existing machine had broken
- Replacement part for the old machine was said to be obsolete
- Accepted reply stated all hot-and-cold-fill washing machines still use the heating element on every wash cycle
- Parts or tools mentioned
- Drum spider
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1 Answer
Hello there. You cannot buy a hot and cold washing machine that does not use the heating element. All hot and cold fill washing machines still use the heating element on every wash cycle. Have a look at my articles listed below to see if it gives you a better idea -
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