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Thread Number: 28747
Candy Washer Exploded During Spin! |
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Post# 438646 5/31/2010 at 10:34 (5,071 days old) by logixx  (Germany) |
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Just read this bulletin on our consumer magazine's web site.
They are apparently preparing a new washer test and are just going through the durability test. The full durability test includes 1840 cycle. The first Candy washer below blew apart after 752 cycles, the second sample lasted 1328 cycles. During the 1400 rpm spin, the drum's weld seam broke, blew up the outer tub and lid and threw plastic pieces ten feet into the air. Look how even the concrete weight was thrown out of the tipped-over unit! 
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| Post# 438647 , Reply# 1 5/31/2010 at 10:38 (5,071 days old) by dj-gabriele () | ||
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It feels hard to believe, what was in the machine? And also I think I've seen a picture of that (or similar) explosion somewhere else as a fake (or purpose made). | ||
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Post# 438648 , Reply# 2 5/31/2010 at 10:42 (5,071 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 438655 , Reply# 3 5/31/2010 at 11:15 (5,071 days old) by mrwash () | ||
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Well, this will be an interesting report. It will appear in late summer I think. | ||
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Post# 438659 , Reply# 4 5/31/2010 at 11:25 (5,071 days old) by logixx (Germany) |
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| Post# 438660 , Reply# 5 5/31/2010 at 11:35 (5,071 days old) by dj-gabriele () | ||
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Gosh! I hope my machine doesn't explode like that ;) We have had at least one Candy washing machine since the early 80s and the new one is similar to the one pictured... | ||
| Post# 438697 , Reply# 6 5/31/2010 at 13:07 (5,071 days old) by bertrum () | ||
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How on earth did the inner drum tear through the outer tub like this? Never seen anything like it in my life. Hate to be cynical but unless a foreign obfect was caught between the inner and outer drum this could not happen. | ||
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Post# 438712 , Reply# 7 5/31/2010 at 14:10 (5,071 days old) by mrboilwash (Munich,Germany) |
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Gracie Candy ! | ||
| Post# 438723 , Reply# 8 5/31/2010 at 15:10 (5,071 days old) by bertrum () | ||
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whats the link to the website its on?, out of interest. thanks | ||
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Post# 438728 , Reply# 9 5/31/2010 at 15:54 (5,071 days old) by logixx (Germany) |
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| Post# 438825 , Reply# 10 6/1/2010 at 03:57 (5,070 days old) by mrwash () | ||
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That shows why durability tests are so important. Thats why I don't understand that they didn't do it with the last dishwashers they tested. They used to do such a test with dishwashers as well. | ||
| Post# 439192 , Reply# 11 6/2/2010 at 17:44 (5,069 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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I could just imagine somebodies poor Mum starting a load and then having the neighborhood ladies over for tea. Then while they are having a lovely chat with their tea, something like this happens in the kitchen. One can only imagine the noise it must have made! I think the poor ladies would have tea flying everywhere at the moment the washer exploded! | ||
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Post# 439534 , Reply# 12 6/4/2010 at 02:33 (5,067 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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That washer makes me think of exploding airplane engines on engine testing stands!Maybe those washers should be in an enclosed area! | ||
| Post# 439573 , Reply# 13 6/4/2010 at 11:18 (5,067 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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At least jet engines have a steel containment belt around them! | ||
| Post# 439593 , Reply# 14 6/4/2010 at 13:01 (5,067 days old) by Fredriksam (Sweden) | ||
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I,m not surprised. I have seen some exploded Candy Washing machines recently at our local dumpster. I would never buy Hoover/Candy anyway. They are just bad machines. | ||
| Post# 439731 , Reply# 15 6/5/2010 at 07:10 (5,066 days old) by Wasmachineman () | ||
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Dude, WTF! That is one-kind-of-a-fail, Found the old thread btw: CLICK HERE TO GO TO Wasmachineman's LINK | ||
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Post# 440349 , Reply# 17 6/8/2010 at 12:00 (5,063 days old) by logixx (Germany) |
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| Post# 440621 , Reply# 21 6/9/2010 at 16:57 (5,062 days old) by davek () | ||
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It looks like they've cost-cut to the point that the major parts of the machine are no longer sufficient. I know they don't sell in the US, but it's kind of sad since it's a family-owned private business. I'd like to see that kind of business do well. | ||
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Post# 440699 , Reply# 22 6/9/2010 at 22:49 (5,061 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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Is the name "Candy" indicative of something?
Like, is the thing made of peanut brittle? ;-) Seriously, 1820 rpm is very very fast, seems to me. Sounds like they jumped the gun on offering that top speed without doing enough engineering and testing to make sure the components could handle the g-forces. Maybe they figured that by 762 cycles something else would break on the machine and it would be in the dump anyway? No excuse. | ||
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Post# 440736 , Reply# 23 6/10/2010 at 03:54 (5,061 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Testing
Hi Suds, it was a 1400rpm machine they where testing I think?? In UK 1400rpm seems to be the industry standard now along with 7kg capacity drum!! although most people I know have 1600rpm, a couple with 1800rpm and 2,000rpm on front loaders..
You do have to ask about the testing regime!! Was it back to back continuous cycles?? Was Anything In The Drum. How long has this model been on sale? Has the outer drum & spin basket been modified, i.e. components made thinner, weaker?? Or, is it a brand new to market model?? So if back to back testing, I wonder if the excess heat, strain, contortion just built up to a point where this happened!! Thats why brands like Asko / Miele are over engineered for domestic use to the point where continuous testing isnt an issue!! for other brands it could be. If the back to back testing isnt the issue and its purely metal fatigue after the number of cycles, then it will only become apparent on a mass scale in a number of months down the line from release or introduction of weaker components!! If you take the lower number of cycles at 752 and say customer uses washer for 2 cycles a day 5days a week, then you are looking at about 18months home use before could start to show en mass! Again at 752 cycles if it was used 3 times a day, seven days a week then about8 months, assuming my maths is correct..lol Whatever the situation its not a nice experience!!, but its not a new issue, the brands I covert & restore all had major issues with drum seems busting in the late 70`s early 80`s due to cutting costs on grades of metal in order to reduce the bottom line!! All I can offer is with all the Visions I`ve sold only been a problem with one, and that was a wiring harness had come loose!! | ||
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Post# 440942 , Reply# 25 6/11/2010 at 08:27 (5,060 days old) by Toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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It's lovely to think that thre is a race to see who can squeeze more RPM during spin cycles.
HOWEVER, this simply leads to more creasing/wrinkles/ironing, of soem items even when tumble-dried. No thank you. Hi Bob! The spinner in question commited suicide with a very loud bang, and flung itself across the room. Being that it was Pakistani-made can one assume it was moslem? LOL | ||
| Post# 441258 , Reply# 27 6/13/2010 at 07:51 (5,058 days old) by Rolls_rapide (.) | ||
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Look at 'Logixx's' second batch of photos, (reply #17). The thickness of the Candy's polypropylene outer-tub seems to be paper thin. | ||
| Post# 442150 , Reply# 30 6/16/2010 at 13:10 (5,055 days old) by mrwash () | ||
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Oh, so in Sweden there is e recall but in Germany, where the whole thing has been discoverd, nothing happens? Excuse me but this is poor. Shame on all stores that do continue to sell those machines and on Hoover-Candy! | ||
| Post# 442197 , Reply# 31 6/16/2010 at 15:34 (5,055 days old) by hooverzodiac12 (Melbourne, Australia) | ||
Not that many people notice me here
But if you think about it this is possible if the machine has a bad or weak seem in the drum and its at 14 or 1600 rpm and out of balance if the drum breaks at such a speed for sure it would melt the plasticy outer tub til it bursts through and catches onto an inner component causing the machine to throw itself across the room. Am i crazy or right?
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