using hot feed only on washing machine ?

[catfordbags]

We been away for a month. The washing machine is in the shed. Now when i've turned the water back on water is coming out from under the machine.

It is a hot and cold feed but we have only ever used the cold feed.

I haven't had the back off yet but a reckon some internal connector has blown with the frost.

When I transfer the feed onto the hot connector water doesn't leak out.


My question is 'Can you use cold water via the hot feed only without any water inflow via the cold feed ?'

Thanks in advance.....

 

[Leccy758]

Not normally, alot of machine only call for hot water on the hotter wash settings ie 50 degrees and above.
During rinse and low temp washes water is taken in via the cold fill valve.

You can however change the fill hose and the cold water valve wiring over to the hot valve and vice a versa until you get a replacement valve (on some this is easy to do on other machines awkward, you may also need to change over the hoses inside the machine)

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It sounds like your fill valve has frozen and split btw, you can access it by removing the lid.