Draining clothes washer through a garden hose

Posted by Tom on June 22, 19100 at 13:00:47:
As a stop gap measure, I connected my washing machine drain hose to a garden hose (via a pvc adapter) and then ran it to a drain where a sink once was. The machine makes it through the wash cycle but then stops working about half way through the spin/rinse cycle (the timer continues to tick, but nothing else happens). If I wait about half an hour and turn it on, it finishes the cycle. Can anybody explain what is happening? Thanks in advance.

Posted by Tom on June 22, 19100 at 13:00:47:

As a stop gap measure, I connected my washing machine drain hose to a garden hose (via a pvc adapter)
and then ran it to a drain where a sink once was. The machine makes it through the wash cycle but then
stops working about half way through the spin/rinse cycle (the timer continues to tick, but nothing else happens).

If I wait about half an hour and turn it on, it finishes the cycle. Can anybody explain what is happening?

Thanks in advance.

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