Thread Number: 61637
/ Tag: Modern Dryers
New Speed Queen Dryer |
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Post# 842940 , Reply# 1   9/26/2015 at 20:23 (3,106 days old) by washman (o)   |   | |
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you made a wise choice. |
Post# 843210 , Reply# 4   9/28/2015 at 10:52 (3,104 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Congratulations on your new dryer, SQ Dryers are very good dryers, they are simple to use and easy to service.
A SQ dryer could easily last more than 30 years, but like all dryers will require some service and repair to last this long.
The Roper [ Whirlpool ] dryer you traded in is about equal to a SQ in terms of repair record and life expectancy energy use etc. [ the door not closing as tight would not waste any energy what so ever on the old dryer ] The cabinet and general construction is a little better on the SQ.
The advice in reply #3 is good about how to set the auto dry cycle which is diffidently better than trying to use the timed cycle. |
Post# 843272 , Reply# 5   9/28/2015 at 18:03 (3,104 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida)   |   | |
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I was thinking the same thing too...use the Auto dry cycle but put the dial close enough to cool down yet far enough away so that way the dryer can cycle a few times before it shuts the heat off. I know when I had my Amana dryer back in the 90's, that dryer would heat a load like no other dryer and I had to resort to using the low temp on mostly everything or I would experience shrinkage. Granted the dryer is fast and well made. I dont have that dryer anymore but I am trying to remember where I set the timer at to get perfect results. The SQ dryers are no different today than they were back then. The only differences are drum size the Amana was at 6.5 cu ft and it had a stainless steel drum and back. Not like the SQ dryers with galvanized steel drum and back.
The Auto cycle will take some experimenting to get it right for certain loads but it can be done. Time dry on this dryer though, if you set a load of lets say whites, on 60 mins, you will fry the hell out of them and they will emerge from the dryer very toasty. Towels on the other hand can dry well at 60 mins but sometimes not all the way. I never use a time dry cycle since to me it wastes money. |
Post# 843403 , Reply# 7   9/29/2015 at 07:28 (3,103 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 843572 , Reply# 9   9/30/2015 at 05:28 (3,102 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Open the dryer door and feel inside the opening in the front at about the 3 o'clock position. That is where the electronic sensor bars are located. If they are not there, then you have a thermostatic sensing dryer and not the moisture sensing one.
In the Regular Cycle, there should be an asterisk '*' setting for ENERGY SAVING. I would start by setting it one click above that mark and go from there. i.e. one click towards MORE DRY from the '*' Malcolm |
Post# 843608 , Reply# 11   9/30/2015 at 10:12 (3,102 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 843625 , Reply# 12   9/30/2015 at 12:08 (3,102 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 858102 , Reply# 14   12/23/2015 at 22:48 (3,018 days old) by Midcentnurse (Lake Charles, La)   |   | |
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Post# 858168 , Reply# 15   12/24/2015 at 13:03 (3,017 days old) by Combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 858295 , Reply# 16   12/25/2015 at 13:00 (3,016 days old) by CleanteamofNY ((Monroe, New York)   |   | |
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Post# 858307 , Reply# 17   12/25/2015 at 14:20 (3,016 days old) by rileyprime (Rancho Mirage)   |   | |
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Yes combo and cleanteam that's what I suspected it was and it does stop after the warm up and for subsequent loads. Thanks. |