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Hi there, I recently bought a second hand Fisher & Paykel Pride 5.5 washing machine and we only have a cold water tap so I have attached the cold water tap and put a copper cap I got from a hardware store on the hot water on the back. The machine is completely stable on the ground and when we put on a cycle it stops after a few minutes. I then press start again and it gets going for another short while and then stops again. The same happens if I press advance. I am wondering if the problem is because I don't have a hot water tap for it to connect to or have I bought a faulty machine? Thanks for your time! Tjits

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HI - THE WASHER WILL BE OK WITH COLD WASH ONLY, NOTE WHEN YOU TURN THE MACHINE ON THE WATER SECTION WOULD HAVE THREE LEDS - COLD ON BOTTOM - WARM - MID & HOT - TOP MOST.

WOULD THIS BE THE CASE? IF IT BE - THEN SELECT COLD ONLY & SHOULD WORK FINE - THERE IS A WAY TO CHANGE THE DEFAULT TO COLD WASH ONLY BUT WE NEED TO SEE IF IT WORKS FIRST BEFORE WE GO THER - IF THATS OK WITH YOU.

THE OTHER THING IS WHEN THE MACHINE STOPS THERE SHOULD BE SOME BEEPING FROM THE MACHINE - NOTE THEM IN ORDER FROM LEFT TO RIGHT WHICH HAS THE ONLY RED LED, WHERE THERES A LIGHT PUT 1 TYO REPRESENT IT - NO LIGHT PUT A 0, POST IT & I WILL SEE WHAT I CAN DO FOR YOU.

FYI - THE LED COLOURS - ARE GGGGGOOR WHEN ON...

  • Anonymous Jun 20, 2011

    Hi, I hope this is what you are after. I switched it on and it started beeping again a few minutes later. The temperature was flashing green on cold and red flashing on hot. The other buttons were flashing green on medium water and flashing green on medium spin. It was still in the first part of the cycle which was the 3rd from the left.

  • James Foster Jun 21, 2011

    Thanks mate - along the top are 8 leds, when you power the machine up these will light up in the or I gave you, usually when the machine stsrts beeping some of these will come on... These sre the leds I will require to gie you an accurate diagnostic as to what the problem may well be - although I suspect one of the valves of even the RPS may be faulty. Will wait for your comments.

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