Step-by-Step Instructions for Connecting a Washing Machine

Required materials

Before you decide to install a washing machine, we recommend you purchase the following materials:

• Siphon. Through it, you need to connect the drain hose to the sewer pipe.
• Flexible hose in metal braid for cold water( 3/4 inches) and polyethylene hose for draining. Usually, short hoses come in the kit, which in individual conditions may not reach the connection point.
• Tee for metal-plastic pipes with stopcock( 3/4 inches).
• Three-core wire with a cross-section of at least 2.5 mm.kv. For the outlet through which the washing machine will be connected. If the wire is of a smaller cross section, its overload and self-ignition may occur. It is better to calculate the cable cross-section in this case.
• Circuit breaker for 16A and RCD( or two in one - a difa-automat).Protect you from electric shock, and the equipment from failure.
  
  

Preparatory work

If you are just going to purchase this type of equipment and just decided in advance to become acquainted with the information on the connection, we recommend that you review the detailed instructions for choosing a washing machine for your home. When the purchased equipment will already be in the house, it is necessary to choose the most suitable installation site.

The modern solution is to install a washing machine in the following places:

• Under the sink in the bathroom. Thus, you can save space if there is not enough room in the bathroom.
• In the kitchen set( built-in version under the countertop).Again, it will work if the bathroom size is too small.
• In the hallway. It is recommended to install a washing machine in this place if all necessary communications are brought through the wall through the wall.

After determining the place of installation of the washing machine, it is necessary to prepare the surface and print out the technique. Then, from the back cover, the transport bolts are twisted to prevent rotation of the drum during its transportation from the store to the house. In addition to the bolts, it is also possible to install protective bars and staples to be removed.

If you do not remove all the transportation parts and turn on the connected machine, it will very quickly fail, causing serious damage to the internal mechanism.

Do not forget to muffle the holes from the twisted bolts with the special plastic plugs that come with the kit. After this, you need to unscrew the legs to expose the body strictly in a horizontal position. It's all simple, let the nut press the leg to the body, then twist the leg to the required distance and tighten the upper nut until it stops. When the technique is installed in its place, you need to go to the main process.

Bringing cold water

To begin with, it is necessary to implement the most labor-intensive exercise - to connect a washing machine to a water pipe.

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

1. Select the connection location. It is best to use the area where the metal-plastic pipe is connected to the flexible hose of the mixer, although it is possible to connect even to a faucet in the shower.
2. Unscrew the flexible hose.
3. Install the tee, pre-wound on the thread fumelentu.
4. Again, having wound on the other two threads of the tee fumble, you need to connect flexible hoses from the washbasin mixer and the most washing machine.
5. We carefully tighten all threaded connections with the

key. Be sure to have O-rings at both ends of the filler hose, which will prevent water from flowing in the joints!

We bring the drain

Here everything is much simpler and the process of connection takes no more than 5 minutes.

First you need to install a siphon under the sink, which will prevent the spread of unpleasant odors from the sewerage. Next, you need to connect the drain hose to a special hole in the back cover of the unit. Closer to the top of the back cover you will see a special plastic bracket for fixing the drain hose. If it is not fixed, the water will gravitate out of the unit by gravity. The second end of the hose is connected to the siphon( as shown in the photo), after which we check the places of connection of the washing machine to the sink.

You can make a temporary drain by placing the output in the sink, toilet bowl or bathroom, securing it to the special bracket that comes with the kit. To use such variant as stationary it is extremely not recommended, since.this will cause a lot of inconvenience to use the bathroom.

We connect to the electrical network

Here everything can be quite simple only if your home electrical wiring is suitable for using such a powerful home appliances.

• , you independently performed the wiring calculation and made sure that the lead-in cable can withstand the required loads;
• wiring in a private house has a ground( which is mandatory);
• outlet group in the bathroom is protected by a circuit breaker or a difa-automat.

An important requirement is to replace the wiring in the old house, add protective devices to the circuit and make sure to connect the grounding contact.

The scheme of the correct connection of the washing machine to the network looks like:

As you can see, the wiring diagrams are quite simple and the kettle in the electrician can even figure out the connection. This and the entire technology installation of the washing machine with their own hands. We also recommend that you view the video lesson of the whole event and some useful tips provided below.

Useful tips from

specialists There are many options for how to connect the washing machine yourself. Some of them are not correct and can shorten the life of equipment and negatively reflect on your health. That this did not happen, the readers of "Sam Electrician" provide some important advice:

1. Never connect the ground terminal to the heating or gas and water mains.
2. Instead of fumlent, you can also use flax and paste, which equally effectively block leakage.
3. Few people know, but the washing machine machine can be connected not only to the central water supply, but also to a conventional barrel of water. All you need is to place the tank at least 1 meter above the equipment itself. A distance of 1 meter will give pressure to 1 atmosphere, which will be enough for the operation of the machine even without a pump. This idea is often used in a village in the country, where the water supply is unstable or there is no water pipe( well or well).
4. Expose the body to the building level. The slightest distortion will cause vibration.
5. Do not put pieces of rubber or linoleum under your feet. Adjust the height only by unscrewing / twisting them. The substrates also adversely affect the vibration of the machine during the operation of the centrifuge. Even if the floor is uneven, so that the washing machine does not jump, properly adjust the legs.
6. Do not dispose of the transport bolts,they may later come in handy( for example, if you move around taking all your equipment to a new place of residence).
7. When installing a temporary drain, note that the hose can fall out of the tub( which happens very often) and flood your neighbors. If even a short hose is not enough, it is better to go to the plumbing shop for a new, more authentic, after which it is correct to connect the washing machine to the water pipe and the sink.

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