Dale, This is exactly what our problem was. We literally had no idea, as we'd never had a washer and dryer set, prior to our purchasing this first one.
We had an appliance repair man come out to check out the chemical smell in our dryer for us, and he fixed this problem, too. He also replaced the hose from the back of the dryer! Sometimes, I can't believe how dumb I feel, as a homeowner! Claudia ----- Original Message ----- From: Dale Leavens To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 9:16 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Washer Questions! Could be that the hoses got crossed, that is, the hot hose has been connected to the cold water tap and the cold hose to the hot water tap. You may also find that you have to adjust the taps a little to allow for differing volumes of water out of the taps. In our laundry room the hot water seems to flow quite a bit slower than the cold, don't know why, I didn't install those pipes but to get a balanced warm water wash I have turned the cold water tap down. Filling takes longer particularly if filling cold alone but the temperatures are more appropriate. Turn the taps off and switch the hoses. It doesn't matter if you switch the hoses at the tap end or the washing machine end just don't do both <GRIN> ----- Original Message ----- From: Claudia To: Claudia Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 9:56 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Washer Questions! Okay Everyone, I know that I've had lots of questions this week! It's been brought to my attention that our washer may have been set up wrong or defective, from the get-go, but we never realized it until now! Our washing machine has three water temperature settings: hot, warm and cold! If we initially want to wash a load in cold, the water goes into the machine cold. However, when the rinse cycles begin and the initial water has been expelled from the machine and it is filling for the rinse cycles, the water comes out steaming hot! This is the same with all cycles! If I start with hot initially, the rinse cycles are hot, of course, and that makes sense. If I start with warm initially, the rinse cycles also fill the washer with hot water, but you would think the water would be warm or cold, depending on the initial setting it was placed on! Is this normal because I'm told that it's not! I'm told that when washing in cold, the rinse cycles should also be cold, in warm, the rinse cycles should be warm, etc. Claudia Join either of my groups; the first is for visually-impaired women, while the other is for people wishing to discuss homemaking issues. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
