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Large Capacity Dryer with reverse tumbling. |
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Post# 391405   11/7/2009 at 08:45 (5,255 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 391413 , Reply# 1   11/7/2009 at 09:17 (5,255 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa)   |   | |
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Malcolm they are two that I know of. 1. Fisher & Paykel ... Smartload and Intuitive Models. ( Gas or Electric ) 2, Top of the line G.E, model that looks like a Vicks cough drop door. I like the Paykels Top load Dryers they look nice and they reverse every 4 min for 40 seconds. But had a couple of complaint's that if your short, it is hard to reach at the bottom of the drum. Have a good one. Darren k |
Post# 391415 , Reply# 2   11/7/2009 at 09:23 (5,255 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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Post# 391416 , Reply# 3   11/7/2009 at 09:24 (5,255 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 391430 , Reply# 4   11/7/2009 at 10:05 (5,255 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa)   |   | |
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Post# 391508 , Reply# 5   11/7/2009 at 19:53 (5,255 days old) by ingliscanada ()   |   | |
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Wascomat commercial dryers come with that option. |
Post# 391510 , Reply# 6   11/7/2009 at 19:57 (5,255 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 391597 , Reply# 8   11/8/2009 at 08:17 (5,255 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Thank you for this thread. The first Miele dryer I ever used, in France, reverse tumbled. There were no long pauses for the reversals; the drum simply stopped and went in the other direction every couple of minutes. I don't remember noticing whether the air-flow was interrupted, my guess would be that it wasn't. I think this would be a really important new feature on so called "green" dryers as it would shorten drying time. I'm also anxiously anticipating new heat exchange drying systems. Have any of you gotten wind of these? Laundress, this is right up your alley. |
Post# 391635 , Reply# 11   11/8/2009 at 13:41 (5,254 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida)   |   | |
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The Frigidaire Gallery dryer that I had in Omaha did a reverse tumble for 30 seconds and then a clockwise tumble for 4.5 mins. The heater was still on when it would reverse and there wasnt much air being pulled thru. When the dryer would stop to go back into its normal direction what would happen would be a blast furnace effect on the clothes. The back of the dryer turned yellow because of the heat build up. My Miele dryer reverses randomly. When the drum temp has been reached for the cycle it will reverse for 45 seconds without heat. The fan is connected to the main motor and there isnt a whole lot of air being pulled thru. The dryer will then reverse back to a clockwise tumble and pull 400 cfm thru the load. It will also sense if sheets are getting balled up and then it will go into a reverse to unball them. The thing with the Miele dryer is that you have to use a washer that extracts water well to within an inch of the fabrics life. 1300 rpms in the Miele 4800 and the dryer will dry the load in a flash. I tried using my Maytag 613 with the Miele dryer and I have to say that the Miele dryer is very anemic when it comes to drying clothes that have quite a bit of water left in them. The dryer doesnt match the washer capacity either. It needs to be bigger at I would say maybe 7.5 cu ft. |
Post# 391744 , Reply# 13   11/9/2009 at 00:53 (5,254 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida)   |   | |
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Frigidaire dryers with the 5.8 cu ft drum do have that quirk and not just with socks...underwear, socks, wash cloths..anything small gets caught in the front. It only happens with capacity loads. If the dryer is under loaded then it doesnt happen. No other dryer I have ever used did that. I did call Frigidaire and asked them why the drum vanes were not tapered at the front and I was told that it was being looked into. That was 10 years ago.
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