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| Post# 558194 11/20/2011 at 23:04 (4,704 days old) by LLmaytag (Southern California) | ||
I'm very happy with my new SQ AWN432 washer, and still happy with my original 1994 Maytag DC dryer. However, I was looking at the SQ website at the three traditional dryer models, (well, six if you consider gas versus electric), that match their topload washers. The dryers list "Automatic Dry" as a feature. I know that "automatic" used to refer to a method of measuring the temp of air going into the drum versus temp of air leaving the drum...as they get close, the assumption is that the clothes are dry. "Electronic" dry, like my Maytag, is actually measuring moisture in the drum. What does Speed Queen use for their "automatic" dry?
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Post# 558199 , Reply# 1 11/20/2011 at 23:31 (4,704 days old) by PeterH770  (Marietta, GA) |
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 It's not so much measuring the temps as it is turning on and off the heating element. While the element is on, the timer motor is off. When the heating element is off, the timer motor is on and the timer advances. The theory is that the element is on more when the load is wet (the water absorbs the heat and evaporates off) than when the load is dry (the dry load holds the heat more so the element isn't on). Manufactures have calibrated how much time it takes and marks the timer dial appropriately. | ||
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Post# 558229 , Reply# 2 11/21/2011 at 05:26 (4,703 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida) |
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Speed Queen dryers use a thermostat to control the automatic cycle. My experience with SQ dryers is that they run on the hot side on Regular temp and granted they do dry quickly, clothes suffer. I ended up using the time dry cycle more often than not. If your Maytag dryer is still running well, keep it. I have an SQ washer but when my dryer died this past summer I went with a GE Profile dryer. Absolutely love this dryer. Its as fast as an SQ dryer and it does a fantastic job, one of the best dryers I have ever used.
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| Post# 558303 , Reply# 3 11/21/2011 at 11:49 (4,703 days old) by llmaytag (Southern California) | ||
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| Post# 558320 , Reply# 4 11/21/2011 at 13:20 (4,703 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
Thermostat | ||
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Post# 558326 , Reply# 6 11/21/2011 at 13:34 (4,703 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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 Thermostat autodry works nicely if the machine is installed/used in a "living space" location ... that is, a space that's heated/cooled and doesn't go to extremes of heat and cold. I have experience using a thermostatic autodry dryer that was installed in a garage. It overdried quite a bit in winter at the so-called normal dryness setting, and tended to underdry a little during the heat of summer. True moisture sensors that don't depend on temperature as a factor work better, more consistent performance, in those cases. | ||
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