Washer dryer.

[GBDamo]

After two visits from the "repair man" my washer dryer is still not fully drying (?) and my missus is chewing my balls about it now.

So off with the lid and checked the following.

Condenser water inlet valve motor is sound electrically. Or what i believe is, is so.

Element, stat and sensor appear sound. Pulling 7amps when on, trip not tripped some resistace across the sensor.

Blower fan runs without noise and spins down freely when power removed. Normally I'd spin the cooling fan to test physical resistance but there isn't one.

Pump on discharge fires up occasionally so condensed water is being removed. The water being pumped out is cold which would indicate the condenser is working.

Got it test drying a towel at the moment and it seems to be working fine, maybe it's the missus that's broken.

My only other thought is how it calculates drying time, are they on a load cell?

Anyone any thouhts?

 

[James]

Often they use a humidity sensor to detect when clothes are dry

 

[snowhead]

Where is the Dryer located?
If it's in a garage or none heated area it will struggle in this weather, the element can only raise the air temperature by a fixed amount.

Is it being overloaded, most washer / dryers or dryers won't take a full washing load .

 

[GBDamo]

Where is the Dryer located?
If it's in a garage or none heated area it will struggle in this weather, the element can only raise the air temperature by a fixed amount.

Is it being overloaded, most washer / dryers or dryers won't take a full washing load .

It is indoors and is niether under/over loaded.

I think its just crap, in that what it does is what its designed to do.

Probably the humidistat is a little over sensitive, as putting it on a timed dry will dry things.

 

[freddo]

Is it being overloaded, most washer / dryers or dryers won't take a full washing load .

Indeed most washer dryers will only dry half a wash load at a time.

 

[telectrix]

washer dryers are not as efficient as separate appliances. our dryer is a stand alone and takes a bigger load than the washer can, water in the condenser is quite warm, and it dries brilliant. struggles a bit with bath towels as they hold a lot of water, so they go on radiators. kills 3 birds... 1. warm room. 2. dry towels. 3. raises humidity in room cancelling out dry air, so my old lungs work better. reminds me. time for a smoke.

 

[marconi]

Bosch condenser dryer: My dearest wife - I don't do laundry, (nor hoovering or dusting) - always uses the timed function for drying because she finds the humidity stat always stops drying too soon. I suppose the same applies to a washer -dryer machine.

Thought - could it be the drum is not draining fully during the spin cycle so clothes are wetter than they should be (think Kenneth Clarke and Hesser )? When was the last time you cleaned the drain and filter and discharge pipe to ensure good flow rates?

As an aside, historically, English public school sports were divided between "wets" - who rowed - and "dries" - who played cricket or rugby. Slang came to describe as "wet" someone judged to be too weak, feeble or "soppy" to play field sports. Within the political context, the term was used by Thatcher's supporters as both as a noun and as an adjective to characterise people or policies which Thatcher would have considered weak or "wet".

 

[GBDamo]

The machine is five months old and my missus swears it is not drying as it should.

After my fumblings today I'm convinced each component is functioning but it is not working well.

There is only one user serviceable part and that is the discharge pump filter, which is and has been cleaned monthly.

My thinking is it's a lint issue, deppsiting in the condenser (or on the humidistat)and reducing efficiency hence why it doesnt dry on the auto function but does on the timed.

Now it's just thrown up an F17 error code, so back to Google.

 

[robd]

I'd get one that ducts to outside if you can, much better really and more efficient

 

[freddo]

The heat pump versions are the most efficient if you have the money!