Only Got A Cold Water Supply - No Hot Tap
Hi everybody, I recently moved into a new apartment and I am desperately looking for a solution to this problem:
There is a LG GL5314TAD washer/dryer combo, working at 220 V.
It has two water supply hoses and one drain hose.
At the moment, only one supply hose is attached to the water supply faucet (the cold water supply hose), the drain hose is fitted to the drain.
The warm water supply hose just hangs loose and dry.
I am living in Iran and they told me that everything was ok! Unfortunately nothing is ok.
It is not possible to run the programmes that need 40, 60, 95 grades C as well as the Eco programm. The programmes for silk, wool, delicates, rinse and spin and drain, however work. I am confused and concerned. Unfortunately there was no user's instruction manual to be found. I have been looking desperately for one in the internet but to no avail. Another question: does the washer/dryer have a built in heating element?
Is it compulsory to attach both water supply hoses in order to be able to operate all programmes of the washer/dryer? And if so, would it be possible to attach both hoses to a bifurcated Y-shaped attachment, because I have only one water supply source (cold water faucet) in the laundry room.
I am thankful for whatever answer or advice I can get.
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LG GL5314TAD would not run heated wash programmes with only cold hose connected
- The problem
- An LG GL5314TAD washer/dryer combo had only the cold fill hose connected. Programmes needing 40, 60 and 95°C, plus Eco, would not run, while silk, wool, delicates, rinse and spin, and drain did work. The owner asked whether both inlet hoses had to be connected and whether both could be fed from the single cold supply.
- Likely cause
- The machine is a hot-and-cold fill model and was not set up correctly with only one inlet connected. The missing connection to the hot inlet prevented the affected programmes from operating normally.
- What fixed it
- Connect the machine’s hot inlet valve/hose to the available cold water supply as well, using both supply hoses from the single cold source. The exact fitting used was not specified in detail in the confirmed repair, only that both hoses were attached to the cold water source.
- Checks to try
- Confirmed only one supply hose was originally attached
- Confirmed heated and Eco programmes would not run
- Confirmed lower-temperature/special programmes did run
- Both water supply hoses were later attached to the cold water source
4 Answers
I have an article on this problem on my Blog, you just need to connect the hot valve to the cold water supply too - Washing machine is a hot and cold fill, but I only have a cold water supply
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Thank you so much for your help.
I studied the article.
Thank you once again for doing this wonderful work and providing
all this information.
I also read carefully your article about smelly washingmachines and learned
a lot.
Best regards
Brigitta
Hi, good morning
I am very happy to report that everything went well.
After a few discussions the plumber understood what I wanted
and attached the two water supply hoses to the cold water source.
A miracle happened -
all programmes are working now.
Without your article it would not have been possible to
really get the maschine going.
With my best wishes
Brigitta
Thanks very much for the update. That's good to hear.
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