Out of interest I've just bought a new washing machine (Siemens) Seems
like most manufacturers are now making washing machine cold fill only,
as the washing performance is better. The ones we looked at, were
Bosch, Miele, AEG and Siemens and all were cold fill only. It's a bit
annoying as the wash takes longer and obviously costs more as you are
using electricity to heat the water rather than gas. As all these makes
are German, perhaps it's a conspiracy!