Thread Number: 78318
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Bosch Heat Pump Drier |
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Post# 1023444   2/2/2019 at 22:14 (1,909 days old) by spinspeed (Far North New South Wales Australia (originally London UK))   |   | |
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So, had to buy a new drier as was not able to get my Maytag drier connected up to a 30 amp outlet. We are now living in rural Australia and have a crappy Power supply to our house. So brought a Bosch series 6 heat pump drier. Have to say am pretty impressed with it. Did a load of towels spun at 1400 and did a great job in just under 2 hours. Was expecting longer cycles as much Lower temps in heat pump drier but significantly cheaper to run. Bit disappointed does not reverse tumble which I thought would be standard these days. Reading on line the heat pumps don’t really get a good report but I am happy so far with mine. Takes 9kg load which isn’t bad. Not as impressive as the old Maytag but a fraction of the running cost I am sure.
I hate line drying in Australia, the sun is so harsh and especially towels end up like cardboard. I think I will use my new drier rather than hanging out. Hopefully the initial bigger outlay in cost will pay for it self in power savings. Also we have solar power so may even be free to run. |
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Post# 1023453 , Reply# 2   2/3/2019 at 00:12 (1,909 days old) by richnz (New Zealand)   |   | |
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love a hard scratchy towel? Experiment with 10 minutes of dryer and then finish on the line. I love the cost of drying of the sun. Also the disinfecting and whitening factor that you get too. Here across the ditch in NZ the sun irradiates. |
Post# 1024089 , Reply# 4   2/9/2019 at 09:20 (1,903 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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I have a Siemens IQ 500 heat pump dryer. Model number is WT7U4691NL. It's has an A++ efficiency label. The only downside is that it doesn't reverse, but bed linens don't tangle up very often. I hang up duvet covers after 30 minutes in the dryer anyway, have always done that with every dryer.
I believe this is the second design, there were some problems IIRC with the self cleaning system. This system works great, the second picture shows the inside that is kept clean by rinsing it with the condensed water. Hadn't opened it in several months and didn't wipe it before taking the picture. The Siemens has a double filter too. Drying times are always shorter that initially shown. And it is very flexible in it's settings, you can select all sorts of drying levels. |