We're in the market for a new washing machine.
Our previous washer was a brand called Indesit (the same company that makes Ariston appliances), and it only had a cold water inlet.
The old machine worked perfectly, and we always ran our washes during daylight hours to save on energy as we 5kw Solar System.
It ran 40 °C and 60°C wash cycles with the cold water inlet; however, it took about 2 hours for the 40 °C Cycle and about 2.5 hours for the 60 °C cycle, as it had to heat the water inside the machine. Still it was ok as we never had any urgency to get the wash cycle finished early.
Now the Question we are facing is, some of the brands such as LG and Samsung washers have both hot and cold water inlets.
I would like to know if connecting only the cold water inlet to a washer that has hot and cold inlets be OK?
(We don't want to spend money on hot water, as we have Solar to heat the water inside the machine if LG and Samsung washers can heat water internally)
appreciate any inputs on this.
This would depend on specific models. Presumably you are focused on front loaders, some of these have heating units for the water, others don't and rely on hot water tap. You need to check the specific model you're considering.
Alternatively, you can sign up to OVO Energy or others where you get 3 hours free electricity between 11AM-2PM and use the smart app to program your washing machine, dishware, air con etc to switch on during that period at zero charge. That's what we do now with LG's ThinQ app. Load up everything at night, and it switches on at 11:01 next morning. Pool filter timer next on the list.