Who turns off their water valves??

[mr_sparkle]

Tap Dance

I dont think the English turn there taps off - I never do, my mum never does, nor my brother or anyone elses house I have been in. Mostly our machines are built in, so the power and water stays on 24/7 , never ever had any problems, and over here we only have the plastic hoses, never seen a metal braid in use at all. There have been times where my mums machine has been leaking, due to a bad connection, and i have known her put a little tyb under it to catch the leak rather than turn off the water!!! Its just wasy too much much fuss to do that all the timel, I like my appliances powered up and with water to be used whenever needed.

I know all manafacturers put in instruction books to turn off power and water after each use but this is NOT a sign of bad workmanship, but a sign of the SUE culture we have. Its just an unbrella clause, so they can turn around and say "we told u to turn off the water" if the thing floods. Look in all modern manuals and you should be unplugging everything even the microwave with a clock!!! there so scared of law suits.

However this being said if I go on holiday then Ill turn off the water to the machine, even the house / flat, but not normally, its always on and always watered up! i think thats pretty much the same thought here in the UK everyone leaves there taps open.

 

[brisnat81]

I'm not a turneroffer

And the standard for hoses over here, particularily on old machines, was that you used a radiator clamp and the hose is slid over a nipple directly onto the washer at one end, and then another radiator clamp to screw the hose onto the plastic tap fitting.

The standard hoses we have over here, are doubled walled. Unless you actually make a cut in the outer wall they rarely seem to break if ever.

My Miele Washer isnt high enough up the food chain to have the Solenoid screwed onto the tap (The dishwasher does) however the hose is rated to 1000PSI, so I would assume that unless there is a major manufacturing defect, that it should stay burst free for at least a few years.