Step by step instructions for connecting the washing machine

Materials

Before you decide to install a washing machine, be sure to purchase the following materials:

• Siphon.Through it, you need to connect the drain hose to the sewer pipe.
• flexible hose in a metal sheath for cold water (3/4 inch) and a plastic hose to drain.Usually included are short hoses in individual circumstances can not reach the point of connection.
• Tee for multilayer pipe with a stopcock (3/4 inch).
• Three-core wire section not less than 2.5 mm.kv.For the outlet, through which the connection will be carried out of the washing machine.If the wire is smaller cross-section, it may be overloaded and spontaneous combustion.Better exercise cable calculation section in this case.
• breaker 16A and the RCD (or two in one - Emergency circuit breakers).Protect you from electrical shock and equipment from failure.
  
  

Preparations

If you are only going to buy this type of equipment and a pre-decided to review the information on the connection, we recommend you to view detailed instructions for choosing a washing machine for the home.When the purchased equipment will already be in the house, you need to choose the most suitable place for installation.

recent solution is to install a washing machine in the following locations:

• under the sink in the bathroom.Thus, it can save space when little space in the bathroom.
• In the kitchen set (embedded option under the sink).Again, a suitable if the dimensions are too small bathroom.
• in the hall.It is recommended to install a washing machine in this place if the room through the wall summed up all the necessary communications.

defined the place of installation of the washing machine, you must prepare the surface and print techniques.Coming off the back cover can be turned out transit bolts to prevent rotation of the drum during its transportation from the store to home.In addition to the protective bars bolts and brackets can also be installed to pull.

If you do not remove all the parts and transport include the connected car, it quickly fails, received serious damage to the internal mechanism.

Do not forget to drown out the holes from vykruchennyh bolts with special plastic plugs that are provided.Then you need to unscrew the legs to put the body in a strictly horizontal position.Everything is simple, suffer him a nut, a pressing leg to the body, then to twist the leg to the desired length and pinch the top nut until it stops.When the equipment is installed in its place, it is necessary to move to the main process.

supply of cold water

First we need to carry out the most labor-intensive activity - to connect the washing machine to the water supply.

To make it more clear, we provide step by step instructions to connect the washing machine to cold water:

1. Select Connection.It is best to use the area where the composition pipe is connected to a flexible hose of the mixer, although you can connect even to the tap in the shower.
2. Turn off the hose.
3. Set Tee previously wound on the thread fumlentu.
4. Again, winding to the other two threads tee fumlentu, you need to connect the flexible hoses from the sink faucet and the washing machine itself.
5. carefully tight fitting all threaded connections key

sure to check that both ends of the inlet hose attended seals that prevent water leakage at the joints!

Summing

drain It's all a lot easier and very connection process takes less than 5 minutes.

Please install under the sink siphon, which prevents the spread of bad odors from the sewer.Next you need to connect the drain hose to a special opening in the rear cover of the unit.Closer to the top of the back cover you will find a special plastic bracket for fixing the drain hose.If it does not fix the water will be poured by gravity out of the unit.The other end of the hose to connect the trap (as shown in the photo), and then check the connection points for the washing machine drain.

You can make a temporary drain, placing the output into the sink, toilet or bathroom, securing it on a special bracket that goes in the kit.Use this option as an inpatient is not highly recommended, asit will cause a lot of inconvenience to use a bathroom.

connected to the mains

Everything can be pretty easy only if your home wiring is suitable for use as a powerful home appliance.

• you yourself have implemented payment wiring and confirming that input cable can withstand the required load;
• wiring in a private house has a ground (which is mandatory);
• rosette group in the bathroom is protected by a circuit breaker or Emergency circuit breakers.

important requirement - in an old house wiring is necessary to replace, add to the circuit protective devices and always take ground contact.

Driving proper connection of the washing machine to the network is of the form:

As you can see, the wiring is quite simple to understand and even be able to connect to the electrical kettle.This entire installation of the washing machine with his own hands the technology.We also suggest a clear view tutorial videos of the event and a few useful tips provided below.

Useful advice from experts

There are many options for how to connect the washing machine.Some of them are not valid and can shorten the life of equipment and negatively displayed on your health.To this did not happen, the readers of "electrician himself" provide some important tips:

1. In no case do not connect the grounding contact to the heating battery or mains gas and water supply.
2. can also use flax and pasta, which are no less effective in blocking leakage Instead fumlenty.
3. Few people know, but the washing machine can be connected not only to the central water supply, but also to conventional barrel with water.All you need to place the tank at least 1 meter above the technique.A distance of 1 meter will give one atmosphere pressure, which is sufficient for operation of the machine even without a pump.This idea is often used in the countryside in the country, where the water supply is unstable or do not have running water (well or hole).
4. Expose housing on the construction level.The slightest imbalance will cause vibration.
5. Do not place them under foot the pieces of rubber or linoleum.Adjust the height need only their loosening / tightening.The substrate also has a negative effect on the vibration technology in the centrifuge.Even if the floor is uneven, so that the washing machine did not jump, adjust the feet correctly.
6. Do not dispose of the transit bolts, becausethey can still be useful in the future (for example, if you move to taking all their equipment to a new location).
7. When installing temporary drain note that the hose can fall out of the bathroom (which happens very often) and flood your neighbors.If even a short hose is lacking, it is better to go to the plumbing shop for new, authentic, and then correctly connect the washing machine to the water supply and drain.

That's the whole installation of the washing machine with his own hands the technology.We hope that the information was for you interesting and useful!
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