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Post# 117077 , Reply# 1   3/22/2006 at 22:46 (6,581 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 117122 , Reply# 3   3/23/2006 at 06:46 (6,581 days old) by bobbyderegis (Boston)   |   | |
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New moisture sensors are just about the same as they were in the late fifties. A positive and negative electrode in the drum or baffle. As before, if your outlet is not properly grounded, the sensors do not work! Bobby in Boston |
Post# 117134 , Reply# 5   3/23/2006 at 07:18 (6,581 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Yup Bobby boy. Wet clothes keep the drum temperature down. The timer will not advance with that type of automatic cycle while the heater is *ON* As the clothes dry the heater is energized/on less frequently, at which time the timer advances. The ONE piece of harware upgraded needed? A double-throw temperature limiting thermostat. (has three wire terminals instead of two). N.O, (normally open~ temp too low)- heater on when satisfied (temp at set-point) power to timer. This costs mannies about $2 (if that) and sold at one time for a HUGE markup. Now I believe our Uncle Sam mandates an auto-cycle for energy reasons. |
Post# 117197 , Reply# 9   3/23/2006 at 14:22 (6,580 days old) by maytagbear (N.E. Ohio)   |   | |
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Thermostat-timer ("Autodry"), and sensor. ("Intellidry".) Sensors are so much better! Lawrence/Maytagbear |
Post# 117200 , Reply# 10   3/23/2006 at 14:28 (6,580 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Thermostat-controlled autodry can also be thrown off-kilter by the machine running in extremes of ambient temperature, either hot or cold. Our 1976 Whirlpool dryer with temp autodry was in the garage. Summer could be 100°F+, which would barely run the heating element on the lowest temp setting, which averaged maybe 115°F. I remember sometimes on a VERY hot day after running a load, residual heat would still have the variable thermostat be cut-out at beyond the lowest marked setting for some time after a load ended. Winter could be less than 40°F which caused a much longer run-time trying to hit the 155°F high temp with a heavy load of towels. True moisture-sensing is much more accurate under those conditions. I've heard that Speed Queen uses only temperature sensing on all of their new domestic line, at which I'm very surprised. Seems like they surely would have moisture-sensing on mid- and/or top-of-line model. |
Post# 117233 , Reply# 11   3/23/2006 at 15:17 (6,580 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 117258 , Reply# 12   3/23/2006 at 16:54 (6,580 days old) by bobbyderegis (Boston)   |   | |
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HAHAHAHAHAHA! Maybe only the Maytags have you figured out, Toggles! LOL Bobby in Boston |
Post# 117380 , Reply# 14   3/24/2006 at 08:11 (6,580 days old) by repair-man (Pittsburgh PA)   |   | |
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I have had two different sensor-dry dryers. A Maytag from 1999 and a new Kenmore Elite. In both machines I get wet clothes unless I set it to the maximum (more dry) setting. I got better results from my first dryer. A 1984 Maytag auto-dry machine. Ed |
Post# 117444 , Reply# 15   3/24/2006 at 13:20 (6,579 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 117466 , Reply# 16   3/24/2006 at 14:40 (6,579 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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All with moisture sensor -- My 1991 KitchenAid KEYE-760 required maximum-dry for towels and jeans. Perm Press/casuals did OK at normal-dry. It seems oriented toward just barely reaching the point of dryness. The 1999 GE/F&P was the opposite. It was oriented toward DRYing the clothes. Things came out acceptably-dry even at the less-dry position. Normal or MORE dry were truly *MORE* dry. The 2004 F&P seems to be a happy medium -- damp dry, less dry, normal dry, etc. are pretty much on target. |
Post# 117474 , Reply# 17   3/24/2006 at 15:09 (6,579 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Glenn: Good point BTW, I had forgotten about dryers in non-temperature controlled environments! :-) So in hot dry climates is there any purpose/advantage to a dryer? .... other than: 1- To tumble-fluff and soften 2- To avoid unsightly clothes-lines 3- To avoid the sun bleaching your darks Is a clothes-line faster in Phoenix, let's say than a dryer? |