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Post# 418133   2/24/2010 at 10:28 (5,146 days old) by robliverpool (england Liverpool)   |   | |
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Hi Guys an Gals.
Maybe someone could help me out on this one as I am a little confused. In Novemebr last year my vented Hotpoint dryer packed in and due to high demand of laundry in my house I needed another dryer ASAP. So I opted for a white knight condensor dryer. Problem is it keeps steaming up the windows and the air feels moist in the room it is in. I have had the engineer out again today and he has been on the phone to the peoplo who make the dryers and they have advised me to leave a window open. HELLO ITS A CONDENSOR DRYER not a vented one. Apperently they still put some moisture in the air. Ok a little but not enought to steam up windows. They have sent me a new door seal, and that did nothing. Now they are going to send me a new condensor unit to see if that fixes the problem. If not I have been told there is nothing that i can do. Surely this is wrong.. Anyone had any experience with condensor dryers, any feedback would be great so i can get on the phone and have me little moan lol. Thanks in advance Robbie |
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Post# 418142 , Reply# 1   2/24/2010 at 11:33 (5,146 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 418183 , Reply# 3   2/24/2010 at 13:52 (5,146 days old) by robliverpool (england Liverpool)   |   | |
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Post# 418199 , Reply# 6   2/24/2010 at 15:15 (5,146 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom)   |   | |
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I have a window which is always closed except in the summer in the utility area. I have a hotpoint ultima condenser ctd80 which condenses very well, the area doesn't feel moist at all, it is performing very good, although they weren't my impressions before i bought it, but once i actually used one my opinion changed and proved me wrong. It was like i was a judging a book by its cover, glad i saw hotpoint condenser dryers true colours.
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Post# 418225 , Reply# 9   2/24/2010 at 16:58 (5,146 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom)   |   | |
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Post# 418229 , Reply# 10   2/24/2010 at 17:52 (5,146 days old) by robliverpool (england Liverpool)   |   | |
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Cheers for the feedback guys, the dryer is barely 3 months old and its in the spare bedroom which is a double sized room so its not exactly tiny. I think it will be getting sent back and replaced with a vented one as i cant cope with the noise from the machine.
They should state on the instructions that it isnt 100 per cent effective at removing the moisture from the air. i originally wanted the machine to be housed under the worktop in the kitchen and hidden away with a door but there is no chance of that not, dont want to run the risk of having a new kitchen with mould build up behind the units. Thanks again guys |
Post# 418275 , Reply# 11   2/24/2010 at 19:50 (5,146 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)   |   | |
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....which I know people don't always agree with do, however, comment on the noise and poor condensor effectivness of the White Knight dryers....
Zanussi have good condsensors....and are not stupidly expensive either.... On the note of effectiveness, unless you are going to spend Miele money, you will not get a 100% effective condensor dryer...you can, however, get a much much better one than white knight.... John Lewis machines are Zanussi as are the Electrolux ones... If you can find a discontinued Tricity, then they are also Zanussi and should be amazing value now.... |
Post# 418292 , Reply# 12   2/24/2010 at 21:17 (5,146 days old) by Easyspindry (Winston-Salem, NC)   |   | |
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. . . Philco/Bendix Duomatic that is a condensor dryer. Every bit of the water goes down the drain. There is no fogging up of windows. Jerry Gay |
Post# 418310 , Reply# 13   2/24/2010 at 22:42 (5,146 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 418365 , Reply# 15   2/25/2010 at 06:14 (5,145 days old) by Easyspindry (Winston-Salem, NC)   |   | |
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. . . Yes, the Bendix does use water to condense the moisture. And the colder the water, the better the drying. Jerry Gay |
Post# 418382 , Reply# 16   2/25/2010 at 07:59 (5,145 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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I have had no problem with moisture on mine either - its in a corner of my bathroom (say about 1.8m x 1.8m) stacked over my Miele washer, with a side panel over both and a cupboard over the top, so its not exactly abundant in ventilation either. Its quite noisy I will agree, but it does the job.
Chris makes a good point about the Tricity Bendix variants of the Lux/Zanussi dryers, they all look much the same, the more expensive Lux models having a heat exchanger to be more envoirnmentally friendly. Al |
Post# 418402 , Reply# 18   2/25/2010 at 09:27 (5,145 days old) by FL1012 ()   |   | |
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I meant to say AEG & ELECTROLUX are very similar (not AEG & Zanussi). |
Post# 418571 , Reply# 21   2/25/2010 at 20:27 (5,145 days old) by FL1012 ()   |   | |
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After looking online i can see ours is just like the Zanussi TC481w - funnily enough ours is in a cold & draughty utility room, similar to the conditions in which Rolls_rapide's appears to thrive! |
Post# 418659 , Reply# 22   2/26/2010 at 01:27 (5,144 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 418663 , Reply# 23   2/26/2010 at 02:00 (5,144 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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My Miele T420C is around 13 years old and never had a problem with it. No moisture problem at all. A condenser dryer that has issues with humidity probably isn't sealed properly, there must be getting air from the circulation system into the room. Perhaps it is visible where the moisture leak is and you can seal it.
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