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Posted on Jan 12, 2009
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Hot water goes into cold water washes

Whenever I chose to do a cold water wash, the water starts off cold but then gets piping hot! It doesn't matter what type of cycle I pick.

We've turned off the hot water pipe and ran the cycle, but then NO water came out.

We have switched the hoses to the water pipes, but all that did was start the cycle with hot water and then it gets warm, but no where near cold.

The washer is 5 years old and never had this problem before so any help would be appreciated!!

  • r_thomason Jan 12, 2009

    This makes sense...we just moved to Washington from California and it didn't get this cold down there. Thank you so much!!!

  • Anonymous Mar 31, 2014

    No cold water on clod water cycle

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It is normal for the machine to cycle between hot and cold water when filling even if selecting a cold cycle. The reason for this is because even a cold cycle requires the water temperature to be 78F for the soap to break up efficiently.

During the cold months the water in your pipes is probably less than 78F so the machine will need to add some hot water to bring it up to this temperature. Basically, it is adding cold and then hot water to maintain a temperature in the tub of 78F for cold water cycles.

Hope this helps, please rate my solution.

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