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Tumble Dryer On Last Legs
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Our tumble dryer is now 17 years old and seems to be taking longer to dry cloths.
The laundry is always piping hot and almost too hot to touch when removing from machine.
Yet it seems to take longer than it did a few months ago.
The current tumble dryer is a vented one and energy rated C.
Looking at the latest models available and the shops seem to be punching the heat pump versions that are twice price of a vented version.
They use less power being A rated but people say they are slower to dry cloths.
I’m not bothered about power efficiency too much because we have solar panels (with battery storage) and thus run the dryer when the sun is out and power if free from panels.
I noticed that the vented are all still energy rating C , yet the current one is a C.
I was thinking things haven’t moved on much in 17 years , but then someone said the ratings are now on a new scale.
So what is a C equiv. now on the old scale and and old C on the new scale?
Why does everything get so complicated :-)
The laundry is always piping hot and almost too hot to touch when removing from machine.
Yet it seems to take longer than it did a few months ago.
The current tumble dryer is a vented one and energy rated C.
Looking at the latest models available and the shops seem to be punching the heat pump versions that are twice price of a vented version.
They use less power being A rated but people say they are slower to dry cloths.
I’m not bothered about power efficiency too much because we have solar panels (with battery storage) and thus run the dryer when the sun is out and power if free from panels.
I noticed that the vented are all still energy rating C , yet the current one is a C.
I was thinking things haven’t moved on much in 17 years , but then someone said the ratings are now on a new scale.
So what is a C equiv. now on the old scale and and old C on the new scale?
Why does everything get so complicated :-)
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Should your tumble drier stop when it senses the clothes are dry or does it work on a timer that you set?
As your clothes are very hot when you take them out I suspect that the sensor has stopped working and this should be a relatively cheap fix. Wipe the sensor down with rubbing alcohol to get rid of any muck and sticky residue and see if that solves the problem.
As your clothes are very hot when you take them out I suspect that the sensor has stopped working and this should be a relatively cheap fix. Wipe the sensor down with rubbing alcohol to get rid of any muck and sticky residue and see if that solves the problem.
This one has an energy rating of A++
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piper, that means the sensor is working on your tumble dryer.
I clean out my tumble dryer after every use - an accumulation could lead to fire. It only takes a minute
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I clean out my tumble dryer after every use - an accumulation could lead to fire. It only takes a minute
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//btw way i take it apart and clean the accumulation of fluff etc out of it every coupe of years//
I think the problem with them catching fire was that fluff was getting past the filter into the electrical part of the machine. I took an old one apart & it was absolutely caked inside. They must have changed the filter system on the ones they supplied following recall.
I think the problem with them catching fire was that fluff was getting past the filter into the electrical part of the machine. I took an old one apart & it was absolutely caked inside. They must have changed the filter system on the ones they supplied following recall.
Sounds reckless , but energy efficiency isn’t a huge want with a new dryer.
The heat pump ones are about £300 more than a vented one and the saving in power would justify the extra if we didn’t have solar panels and battery.
I want the dryer to finish quicker also so we hit the sunny day window of max solar power being generated.
The current vented dryer is in the garage.
We had a condenser dryer in the apartment we rented in Switzerland and it was rubbish compared with a vented version we back in the uk.
The dryer in Switzerland was 12 years old and the heat exchanger went. The landlord purchased a new one costing him £1,500 ….it was a Miele and same as previous one.
I questioned why pay so much and he said because they last longer …but our one in the uk lasted 17 years and cost 20% of that …
It was still slower regardless being a condenser version.
Here comes the best bit ….
18 months after we left for uk and dryer was basically chucked out. New owner didn’t want it and charity refused it.
The heat pump ones are about £300 more than a vented one and the saving in power would justify the extra if we didn’t have solar panels and battery.
I want the dryer to finish quicker also so we hit the sunny day window of max solar power being generated.
The current vented dryer is in the garage.
We had a condenser dryer in the apartment we rented in Switzerland and it was rubbish compared with a vented version we back in the uk.
The dryer in Switzerland was 12 years old and the heat exchanger went. The landlord purchased a new one costing him £1,500 ….it was a Miele and same as previous one.
I questioned why pay so much and he said because they last longer …but our one in the uk lasted 17 years and cost 20% of that …
It was still slower regardless being a condenser version.
Here comes the best bit ….
18 months after we left for uk and dryer was basically chucked out. New owner didn’t want it and charity refused it.
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