I want to test an old dishwasher before I install it. Rather than having something blocking up the kitchen, there's a sink and plenty of space in the garage I can use. Assuming the machine can cope with a 1m rise, I should be able to drain into the sink, but I'd need to arrange the water supply.
I know there are self-cutting taps, like this:
I was wondering... the cold tap (which is about 30 years old) has four fins sticking out about 8mm, and no thread. We already have a 'Hozelock' connector for it for fitting a garden hose (leaks like anything, but I don't care in this application). Might there be some way to bodge this connector onto a supply hose? I have neither the dishwasher nor the tap adaptor available to check at the moment.
I could mount the Hozelock connector on a new washing machine feed hose by chopping off one 3/4" BSP connector. Hozelock hoses are 12.5mm - what size are washing machine hoses? Hozelock have discontinued the tap connector, so I don't really want to break it.
Would the dishwasher mind about the low pressure (put another way, how good a test would it be with this arrangement)? There's also an outside tap - can't remember if it has a screw thread, but it would need at least a 10m hose run (so we're back to Hozelock again).
Any other suggestions?
Thanks Theo