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Sparks

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just had a thought... when the washer breaks down, the water is drained
by lowering the drain hose. Does this mean the washer will not retain
water unless the drain hose it at a high position?

Correct. If the hose is laid flat on the floor all the water will run
out. You can get round this by having a small hump in the hose. A few
inches would do.

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Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

The top of the hump would need to be at least the hose's width higher than
the highest point the water get's to in the machine, so I very much doubt a
couple of inches will work!

Sparks...