maytag admiral american style top loading washing machine

[venus de milo]

bought one of these but the hot water takes about one and a half hours to fill

i stay in a bungalow and the hot water tank is in a cupboard on the same level as the machine
there is also no water heater in the machine

can i fit some sort of pump to the hot water pipe to increase flow

 

[breezer]

think you will find maytags are designed to be cold fill only

 

[venus de milo]

well mine has hot and cold inlet pipes and as i said there is no water heater so if it is a cold fill only how does the water get hot!!!!

 

[breezer]

i missed that bit but the water never gets hot since it has no heater. When i was in the states the washer (as they call them) had about 3 settings, cold, warm, mild, so it depends on setting as to how much hot water comes in.

Americans really do believe in washing in cold water, you also need the correct powder too (only wish i was joking) "daz" and the like will work but not as well as if you used it in a front loader with heater.

Back to your question, doubtfull is the answer.

if you put a pump from the hot supply of the tank it will (after a while) "suck" water not pump it.

lets put it another way.

hot water comes out of the cylinder because the tap is open and cold water can get in from the tank above your hot water cylinder.

The pressure of the water going in, is the pressure of the water coming out (almost) so the only way to solve your problem is to raise the cold tank feeding the cylinder. this will give it greater "head" (so more pressure) so the hot water will come out faster

 

[fido]

It may not help much but you may find there is a flow restrictor in the hot inlet valve. I don't know about your machine but European models have a filter on the water inlet and behind that there is a round plastic disc that can be pulled out with pliers and discarded. It sounds like your machine would work best with a high power combi boiler, supplying hot water at mains pressure.

 

[venus de milo]

yes the plan is to replace the central heating boiler with a combi eventually but this washing machine is ruining the kids clothes and er indoors is not best pleased

 

[breezer]

yes the plan is to replace the central heating boiler with a combi eventually but this washing machine is ruining the kids clothes and er indoors is not best pleased

may i ask why you brought it?

also maytag are not That popular here in the UK and bing a top loader it must use a lot of water every time it fills and rinses, i believe hotpoint no longer make a toploader now

 

[Nige F]

You could buy a small unvented "undersink"mains water heater..15litres I think. that MAY run off a 13amp ring main...ask the electrical Diynot. and use that to feed the machine...Only viable if machine is new, due to cost of heater

 

[venus de milo]

We got the washing machine tumble dryer package and the dryer is fantastic

she wanted it because it takes big loads which meant cutting down on the time it was on

it was also as a result of a florida villa holiday where she was impressed with the ones fitted there

 

[breezer]

interesting, but did you notice if the ones in usa washed in hot, the ones i saw didnt,, but they were not maytag.

perhaps keep the dryer sell the washer

 

[venus de milo]

it did wash in hot

we were thinking more along the lines of
keep the dryer
take the washing machine into the garden and smash it up with a sledge hammer

 

[breezer]

e-bay?

 

[Nige F]

Let us know if you eBay it, and I`ll go for the heater to fill it, will only bid a couple of quid

 

[venus de milo]

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