I've just spent nearly $1,500 on purchase and delivery for a Supra SW5L30D that connects to the kitchen sink faucet with a tap adaptor and unicouple. The ads and instructions do not warn that, if sink also has a spray attachment hose, to disconnect sprayer hose and plug hole.

I read today on a web site for a portable dishwasher that sprayer hose must be disconnected and hole plugged to prevent hose from bursting. Yowie! I've looked under sink and do not see how I can disconnect the sprayer hose and plug the hole. Does this mean I will now have to pay a plumber $500 to disconnect the sprayer hose and plug the hole?

We have lots of laundry in the apartment that needs to be done, but I don't want to use the machine if it is going to burst the sink's sprayer hose. Could you please advise me?

Hey Supra,

"I read today on a web site for a portable dishwasher that sprayer hose must be disconnected and hole plugged to prevent hose from bursting."

And the sprayer hose would burst because?? Don't believe everything you read on the web. Actually there would no more pressure on the sprayer hose then it would normally have when you ran water out the spout. Bottom line?
Adding a washer supply of the kitchen faucets spout will not put added pressure on the sprayer line and burst it.

"How I can disconnect the sprayer hose and plug the hole? Does this mean I will now have to pay a plumber $500 to disconnect the sprayer hose and plug the hole?

Don't pay just pay any old plumber 500$ for a five minute job. Pay me the five hundred backs and I'll come in and disconnect the sprayer hose and install a 1/8" brass plug in its place. OOPS! Now I've showed you how easy it was.
But since you won't have to block off the sprayer hose it's a moot point. My advice? Use your washer, your sprayer hose will be just fine.

I would sure like to read the web site piece that told you that using a kitchen sink faucet spout for a washer supply would blow up the sprayer hose. Too funny! Regards, Tom

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Originally Posted by Supra

I've just spent nearly $1,500 on purchase and delivery for a Supra SW5L30D that connects to the kitchen sink faucet with a tap adaptor and unicouple. The ads and instructions do not warn that, if sink also has a spray attachment hose, to disconnect sprayer hose and plug hole.

I read today on a web site for a portable dishwasher that sprayer hose must be disconnected and hole plugged to prevent hose from bursting. Yowie! I've looked under sink and do not see how I can disconnect the sprayer hose and plug the hole. Does this mean I will now have to pay a plumber $500 to disconnect the sprayer hose and plug the hole?

We have lots of laundry in the apartment that needs to be done, but I don't want to use the machine if it is going to burst the sink's sprayer hose. Could you please advise me?

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This would be no different than hooking up a portable diswasher.

The sprayer hose always has water pressure to it, and this should not effect it what so ever. First remember that anyone can post anything they want on the internet, So someone at one time may have had a old or bad hose that just happened to brake, remember these hoses do go bad all the time from use.

Next you can get an entire new sink put in for 500.

I see no reason there should be a problem, and believe me in today's warnings and notices if this was a real issue it would be in the instructions with the new washer

Many thanks to Tom and Fr. Chuck! That is great news! However, I have another problem. I followed instructions that came with the tap adaptor and unicoupler exactly, and attached the washer-dryer's hose.

When I turned on the tap to check for leaks as instructed, there was a leak that seemed to be coming from the unicoupler. THEN: the unicoupler uncoupled! I turned off the water, recoupled, and turned on the water again at a lower pressure. Now the leaking has increased.

Maybe they sent me a defective unicoupler? Maybe I need to buy some Teflon tape to prevent leaks from the unicoupler?