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I keep getting people asking about the latest Hotpoint washer dryers, which unlike all other washer dryers I know, claim to be able to dry either a full 5kg or 6Kg load instead of having to take half the wash load out before drying.
As tumble drying clothes needs bigger drums than washing them, how are Hotpoint able to claim they can tumble dry a full load when everyone else admits they can’t?
Re: How do the Hotpoint washer dryers dry full loads?
I just assumed they increased the number of minutes on the dryer timer. This is what i’ve seen with the hoover 5kg wash 5 kg dry machines.(225 minutes maximum time. Used to be 180 minutes maximum.) Same with the normal dryers 140 minutes 6kg, 160 minutes 7.5 kg.
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It doesn’t make sense, the situation has always been that clothes need space to fall through the hot air. Drums have become bigger, but they are claiming that they can tumble dry a full wash load. All washer dryers (that I know) have always needed to have some of the laundry removed to create this drying space.
If the solution was as simple as increasing the drying times they could have all done it years ago. I’m wondering why all of a sudden this is possible where it wasn’t before? Have they combined it with more powerful dryer fan I wonder – or is it just another sales gimmick that has consequenses that most customers won’t look into before buying?
Re: How do the Hotpoint washer dryers dry full loads?
More like the latter I reckon, drying like washing is a science
Re: How do the Hotpoint washer dryers dry full loads?
I’m sure the fan motor is the same on the previous 5kg wash 2.5kg dry machines as the later 5kg wash 5kg dry.
My mate has a WS130 hoover washer/dryer 5kg wash 2.5 kg dry, he has always washed and dryed a full load (5kg) even though I told him not to. He achieves this by putting the dryer on twice.Re: How do the Hotpoint washer dryers dry full loads?
Interesting. So is it as mind-numbingly simple as extending drying time? Why is that such a good idea now, when for the last 20 years it wasn’t? No one’s thought about it – or decided to do it before, yet customers have always wanted to dry the same load they just washed, and hated taking some out.
It’s hard to believe that all it needed was to extend the drying time to achieve this. It sounds similar to the A rated dryer that takes 8 hours to dry – in that machines are starting to be designed to give people what they want, even if it’s impractical or has financial implications in running costs and wear and tear that may well more than outweigh the perceived benefit.
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