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Post# 847982   10/27/2015 at 18:01 (3,075 days old) by Supersurgilator (Indiana)        

While I was at the laundromat today, I experienced an event with a dryer that has a tendency to run very hot. A lady today filled it and 2 other dryers with sheets, and put 21 minutes on each one. These are 30# Speed Queen drying tumblers from around 1996 or so. Probably about 10 minutes or so into the cycle, the lady went and opened it, and started pulling the items out. She was throwing the sheets into a cart and they were smoking!!! She told the attendant who put the dryer out of order. None of the sheets were burned they were just VERY hot and the place filled with a smell of a hot iron, not a burned smell or anything. So I'm just trying to figure out what happened, I have a feeling it was the sheets to blame, rather than a dryer problem, but i also know that the dryer runs way too hot compared with the others. She folded them all so they were dry, I jsut can't believe they would smoke if they were overdried and especially since they weren't in there for that long either. I had just used that dryer the last time I was their and my entire load was dry in 21 minutes LOL.




Post# 848673 , Reply# 1   10/30/2015 at 15:41 (3,072 days old) by yoblount (TX)        

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If the dryers were indeed functioning properly, perhaps the sheets were some type of Polyester blend. They can dry very quickly and the heat of a commercial dryer could be enough to scorch them. Just an idea.
Sorry your post has gotten buried.


Post# 848713 , Reply# 2   10/30/2015 at 18:08 (3,072 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)        
just a matter of time...

It is the matter of time before your house burns down. I think you need the manufacturer of your dryer.

Post# 848714 , Reply# 3   10/30/2015 at 18:09 (3,072 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)        
correction.

Correction: call the manufacturer. Just a matter of time.

Post# 848715 , Reply# 4   10/30/2015 at 18:12 (3,072 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)        
never mind.

I read the first post of this thread. I believe the high heat is for sturdy cottons like everyday wear - jeans etc.

Post# 848724 , Reply# 5   10/30/2015 at 18:33 (3,071 days old) by joeypete (Concord, NH)        

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We had Speed Queen washers and dryers at my previous apartment complex. I wasn't impressed. Especially with the dryer. I paid almost $2 to dry clothes and I'd go down to find the machine off and the clothes still wet!! I was constantly calling to get a credit. The washers were a bit better but would often get unbalanced and same thing..shut themselves off and you'd have to pay again to start it. Again, not impressed.

Post# 848734 , Reply# 6   10/30/2015 at 19:41 (3,071 days old) by Supersurgilator (Indiana)        

These are the drying tumblers, not their regular dryers. The tumblers are much hotter than a standard dryer.

I talked with a lady that used to work there and she said the same thing, it was a problem with the sheets not the dryer, although she did say she used to only use that dryer for heavier items such as towels and jeans. She said it was either the fabric as earlier mentioned or the elastic on the fitted items. Plus the high extract of the front loaders could leave little moisture in the items.



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