I've had my machine for at 7 years now, does it have to have both the water hoses connected, my seems to need both, and I hate using hot water for washing, is there any way to stop the need for the hot water hose to be connected?

pull the hot water hose off at the faucet and machine and check for blockage in the hot water hose,clean or replace the hose sediment screens,then hook back up to water faucet and flush hose with hot water,then check water valve on machine for a screen and clean it as well before reconnecting hot water hose

Hi there, Just found this on yahoo. It seems to solve your problem.

Best Answer - Chosen by VotersI hate to disagree with almost everyone here, but I believe that your problem is hard water. There are probably lots of impurities in your water that collect in your hot water heater and are causing the clouding issue.

There are a couple of solutions...

First, you could purchase a water conditioning system. The best systems use a brine (salt water) tank to regenerate particles that act as a filter for all of the water that enters your house. This would remove the impurities within your water and eventually cycle through your hot water heater and you would no longer have the problem.

Or second, you could simply drain your hot water heater (something that I try to do at least every six to nine months). You do this by attaching a garden hose to the spigot near the bottom and turning on the nozzle with a screwdriver. You need to let the water run through until it is cold.

You can try everyone else's solutions first, but this is the solution that will work for you.Source(s):I am a water technician.

It's hard to say without more details, but normally, these machines have two hoses, each connecting to a seperate water spigot, one for hot, one for cold. You don't say how you hooked these hoses up, but it's possible you've crossed the hoses. It's also possible you've hooked up to a faucet that has only ONE spigot, using a "Y" connector. Take a look: You must have two spigots, and each must have a hose going to the appropriate water intake on the back of the machine. They should be marked "HOT"/"COLD" (or, possibly red for hot & blue for cold). If this is not the problem, then you have a much trickier problem that will involve bringing in a trained professional. Good luck.

Be certain BOTH fill hoses are turned on. What happens is hoses get reversed, and someone turns off the hot water (which is connected to the cold inlet) and the machine needs cold water on rinse, so it will JUST STOP and wait happily forever. Both taps on and then check for reversed hoses.

no,hot water connection is not the problem.the problem is of the machinery as it must have been jamed as it ws not used for so long.

Hi and welcome to FixYa. I am Kelly. This sounds like either the hose or the water inlet valve screen is clogged. Possibly the pinhole inthe diaphram itself of the water valve. Here is what you can do.

1. Get a bucket
2. Turn off BOTH water valves at the wall.
3. Remove the HOT water connection at the water valve. Then check the inlet screen for debris. You can remove the screen from the water valve by using a knife blade on the very outside edge of the screen tugging outward. Hold the screen up to the light check it for debris. If it is dirty wash it under a light flow of water in the sink. DO NOT reinstall just screen just yet.
4. Use a measuring cup or something similar to catch water at the water valve HOT connection. Select a WARM wash cycle and start the wash cycle. Let the water flow into what ever it is you use to catch the water exiting the HOT water connection.
Tap on the cold water hose connection to try and free the debris inside the water valve as the water is flowing. Do this a few times until you have let water back flow through the water valve for about 20 seconds.

Machine timer off.

5. Reinstall the inlet screen in the water valve and reconnect the hose. Place the HOT water hose in the bucket and start the WARM fill cycle again. This will flush the hose.

Machine timer off.

6. Reconnect the hose at the wall connection and turn on the water at the wall.

7. Select HOT wash and test water flow. It should by now be (fingers crossed) flowing.

You can repeat the above for the cold water side if you need to.

Thanks for using FixYa,

Kelly

Make sure the hoses are connected correctly to the water valve on the machine. The connections will be marked with an "H" and a "C".

Given they are correct, most current washing machines have and auto temp feature on the water fill. It allows even cold water settings to bring in some hot water to make sure the water temp is hot enough to efficiently disolve your laundry detergant. The preset temps are usually around 75* for cold, and 105* for warm. Hot water comes in at whatever temp your household water temp is.

A standard hose should fit, they are standard on mine, you need good water pressure especially on hot, or you will find the hot water trickles into the machine when damanding hot water.
I use a seperate pump for the hot, the pump is connected to the hot valve supply and starts when hot water is required.