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Thread Number: 94699
/ Tag: Modern Dryers
Thermostatic Auto-Dry |
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Post# 1193405 11/11/2023 at 12:55 by DADoES  (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 1193602 , Reply# 1 11/14/2023 at 13:08 by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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| Post# 1193663 , Reply# 2 11/15/2023 at 13:45 by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
Been using my 1973 Maytag DG407 for the past month, thoroughly impressed with its auto dry cycle. Even small loads of shirts come out perfectly dried and not over dried. Even large loads of towels come out perfectly dried as well.
It’s amazing what a simple double switch thermostat can do, essentially can accomplish the same thing as a moisture sensor but without the complexity of moisture sensors. | ||
| Post# 1193770 , Reply# 4 11/17/2023 at 13:44 by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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90% success for me.. I sometimes use normal and sometimes I have to use more dry.. Most loads are normal... It's a big load of heavy towels or jeans where I have to use more dry. If I use normal with those loads it will not be dry...which is what confuses me if it adjusts the time itself...why is there even a more dry option with auto dry if normal is "dry".... but I never use timed dry anymore
there have been a couple of times where I turned it to more dry, and before the dryer even got to cool down, I opened the check and everything was bone dry.. so for me, it's not perfect but if you get used to its ways it almost is For the record. My duet had moisture strips inside and I feel they are equally matched because that wasn't perfect either. Overall | ||
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Post# 1193782 , Reply# 5 11/17/2023 at 15:44 by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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When I got my Maytag 511 washer and 410 dryer, I read the owners manual and it said on the dryer to set the your first load to less dry and if it is dry enough, use that setting from now on. I have set it that way since I bought it 1984 but I do notice the actual time a light load is sooner and a heavier load like towels will run longer before shutting off.
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| Post# 1193783 , Reply# 6 11/17/2023 at 16:42 by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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I wonder if it is auto dry why there's such a long variation on the dial?
-Less Dry -Between less dry and normal -Normal -Between normal and more dry -More Dry -and look how FAR you can go even past "more Dry" Oh, and why do images end up being the wrong orientation on this site with absolutely no way to rotate them?
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Post# 1193787 , Reply# 7 11/17/2023 at 18:25 by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Oh, and why do images end up being the wrong orientation on this site with absolutely no way to rotate them?This problem arose due to data coding in photos taken with newer phones that affects how they display related to which way the phone was oriented when taken. Robert, as I understand, modified the photo upload process to auto-rotate photos to the correct orientation but it sometimes doesn't get the orientation correct. I always pull photos taken with my phone into my computer (either by emailing them to myself to the computer or connecting the phone to the computer via USB for direct download), edit on the computer to crop/resize and rotate if necessary (phone pics are typically much too large and AW shrinks them which can deteriorate the quality). They always display correctly when edited with old Paint Shop Pro 7, maybe it's too old to support the image metadata and removes it from the edited file so the uploading process has nothing for (mis)interpreting the orientation. Assuming the orientation is seen as wrong when previewing a post, remove the photo(s) from the post, rotate via the editing function on the phone, and reattach to see if that makes it correct. | ||
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Post# 1193792 , Reply# 8 11/17/2023 at 20:27 by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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I haven't used a dryer with thermostatic auto-dry since the Whirlpool LDE7800. It was installed in an unheated/uncooled garage and the performance/accuracy varied widely related to ambient temperature through the seasons. As stated in other discussions, my F&P SmartLoad is very consistent with moisture sensing across fabric weights and load sizes ... except for a set of towels that have been out during the past 18 years only for "decor." Washed a few times (with nothing else) for refreshing, the fabric/design throws moisture sensing awry, always leaving them damp regardless of the setting. The nap appears to be synthetic with the backing and trim heavy cotton which apparently results in the sensor reading only the nap. | ||
| Post# 1193815 , Reply# 10 11/18/2023 at 03:45 by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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I think overly large loads might throw it off too
Today I did 5 medium loads....one load had towels, one jeans and the others mixed...I made a point to choose "just above normal" for every load...Everything came out almost perfectly dry except for a couple of barely wet thick seams of jeans..but not enough to say, OK these have gotta go back in for a bit..Even the towels were bone dry The problem I've had with auto dry is if I have an overly large load to dry...I have to turn it to more dry or it will stop before it's dry...I almost never have an issue turning it to normal with a medium load.. When I say "medium" load it would probably be a LARGE load for a standard TL washer. I could have made those 5 loads 3 loads...but I like to break them up.. I feel like things just wash/dry better that way...plus I don't have a massive amount of clothes to fold or hang up at one time. What's funny is ever since moving to FL the dryer always finishes way before the washer...Back when I had a TL washer it was always the dryer I was waiting for. | ||
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Post# 1193848 , Reply# 11 11/18/2023 at 11:57 by rinso (Meridian Idaho) |
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DADoES, My favorite dryer of all time was my top-load F&P dryer. Even thought it was quite complex and fussy from an electronic & mechanical standpoint, I made a mistake by not including it along with the old Maytag HOH dryness sensor accuracy. | ||
| Post# 1193860 , Reply# 12 11/18/2023 at 15:55 by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
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Reply #9
That feature was the Kenmore Soft Heat dryers in gas and electric in the early to mid 1960’s. Basically how it worked is it would start out with the full heat output and as the cycle progressed, it would gradually turn the heat down right before the cool down. The Kenmore Soft Heat dryers were mostly timed drying, even timed drying on those dryers was a form of auto dry since it would throttle the heat output once the outlet exhaust temperature began to warm up when items became more dry.
If you were to throw in a small load of towels in a Kenmore Soft Heat gas dryer for 40 minutes, it would first start out with the full 37,000 btu heat output. After the outlet exhaust temperature reached 160F, it would start to throttle the burner down since the evaporation process would begin to slow down, after awhile the burner would either be outputting 5,000 btus or would be completely off since there wouldn’t be a need to add additional heat since they would be completely dried. | ||
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