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from "Doctor Drivel" contains these words:

PS maybe 'mericans arent familiar with the fact that British washing
machines dont use a hot water feed.

Some do. Mine does and it is pretty new.

Mine certainly does.

The trouble is they draw water from hot /and/ cold when hot is required
- for two reasons. 1) There may be no hot water connected 2) The hot
water may be too hot.

I've throttled the cold supply right back on mine so it fills
preferrentially from the hot supply 'cos I know there's always hot
water. One day I might play with the innards and a relay or two such
that when /both/ valves are intended to be on, only the hot supply is
opened, and when only one of the other is on things are as expected.

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Skipweasel
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.