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Thank you for your responses. Our Zanussi washing machine has no cold water wash. The lowest temperature wash available is 30 degrees so it is difficult to test the heater element. The strange point is whatever programme we put it on it washes/works OK until it nears the rinse cycle. I have a fear we are looking at a new washing machine but it won't be a Zanussi unless we are able to idenify exactly what part needs replacing. The only other point wee did move the washing maching out of the kitchen to have a new floor laid but when we put it back and reconnected, it initially worked OK.