On Tue, 03 Nov 2015 17:50:30 +0000, Capitol wrote:

Tim Watts wrote:
On 03/11/15 17:26, Capitol wrote:
About 3 months ago, her machine started to throw itself
around
the kitchen. I guessed at falling off weights as it's a pig to remove
it and left it alone. Having listened to her noises getting louder, I
decided to take the easy way out and buy a new hot and cold fill
machine. Sounds easy but it has taken weeks to find a couple. Today
for entertainment value I decided to try the local retailers as a
source. The first, a small local man, told me they don't exist any
more and he knows because the EU has banned them.

To be fair, hot fill is pretty rare - I did not know they still
existed!

I quickly enlightened him that he is incompetent in my best Victor
Meldrew manner. The next call was Currys, who proudly announced that
they only sell cold fill machines as they are more efficient and that
mould growth in cold washing machines is a problem that customers can
live with. The third call was the local Argos, who very nicely checked
with their customer services that they did not for some reason sell
hot and cold fill machines. Before I go on line and buy the Statesman
machine, does anyone know if any of the major manufacturers offer such
a machine? I even idly considered rebuilding the 10 year old machine,
before common sense crept in! ie, new bearings,seals, springs and
timer.

The general consensus is: they admit so little hot water that buy the
time the pipe's run through hot or the combi's started up it's half
full of cold anyway.


Personally, I'd give up and just accept cold fill and base your choice
on other factors.
But I can buy the product I want. Do you give up that easily
when faced with a problem?

There is no problem. Cold fill works better. Buy the one you want, though.