Graham. wrote:

"Andy Burns" wrote in message
et...
The Medway Handyman wrote:

'Y' adaptors are the spawn of satan.
Explain ...

Isn't it against regulations to connect hot and cold together in
this way?

It would be, except ... you're not using the "Y" to connect H and C
together and then feeding into the washing machine, you're using it to
split the cold supply and feed two supplies to washing machine's H and C
inputs.