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Post# 47978 , Reply# 1 10/28/2004 at 01:07 (7,114 days old) by DADoES  (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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OK, here's a complaint about overdrying with thermostatic controls. Our 1976 Whirlpool LDE-7800 with thermostatic autodry was in an unheated garage. In winter, it would severely overdry set on the "normal dry" position, especially with full ~18 lb. loads of cottons/towels. I'm guessing that the unheated space caused it to take much longer to reach the target temp. My 1991 KitchenAid KEYE-760 with electronic sensor / mechanical control was not consistent on the dryness range for different load types. Normal dry was fine for casuals, but jeans and towels had to be set just on the cusp of the Very Dry position to get acceptably dry, or on Normal Dry run twice. There was no Very Dry unless the load was re-run twice on Very Dry. My 1999 F&P DE04 with electronic sensor / mechanical control was much more consistent in performance over different load types, but it was oriented more toward getting the load dry than leaving it perceptibly damp at the Less Dry position. Less Dry meant DRY, just Less Dry than the More Dry setting. I generally set sheets and casuals just on the cusp of Less Dry and they came out fine. My 2004 F&P DEGX1 with electronic sensor and electronic controls is still a bit too new to make a blanket statement on its performance. But thus far it has been very very good to excellent. | ||
| Post# 48255 , Reply# 4 10/31/2004 at 14:37 (7,110 days old) by powerfin64 (Yakima, Washington) | ||
Sensor drying
I have always been a firm believer in using the Auto cycle for drying clothes. so here's my experiance. I have found in my '95 Kitchenaid dryer,with Sensor(KEYE677B)when drying medium cottons/casuals, (using the Regular/Heavy auto cycle,on Meduim temp)I have to set the Timer at the Very Dry mark, and the load comes out fine majority of the time. For Towels and Jeans,using Auto Regular/Heavy (Temp set to High) timer set as far PAST Very dry without being in the Off zone, and the load comes out fine. I have never had to run the same load 2xs to get them very dry. For Permanent Press and Knits, I use the Auto PP,with Temp on Low, timer set to Normal Dry, and generally, every thing comes out dry. As for my '72 Lady K with Sensor, Im still figuring out where the dryness settings for different loads are, but Im getting it narrowed down. There isn't More dry/Less dry settings on my Lady K, Just numbers(2-6)6=Less Dry, 2=More Dry. But I have noticed, loads take longer to dry in my Lady K, than my Kitchenaid. Keep in mind, my Kitchenaid Dryer is mated with a '95 Maytag Dependable care Washer(LAT9704)so loads have less moisture in them when it comes to drying. Note- I bought both my Kitchenaid dryer and Maytag washer at the same time, reason being, I only wanted certain cycles/control options for each machine. | ||
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