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Hi there
Please can you help 😕 – we have moved home and using a new condenser dryer AEG lavatherm.
However I have noticed that it whistles and it blows hot air through the top of the door or through the space in between the door and the top panel[im unsure].
Other than that it seems to be working OK
However it creates a lot of steam in the kitchen and today after using the dryer for one cycle all the windows were steamed.
Is this a big issue or is it just the matter of changing the sealing on the door only?
Any advice greatly appreciated.
Thanks
MargRe: AEG lavetherm conderser dryer whistling and blowing air
Please give the model number and, for AEG, the PNC code from the rating plate or we really are just generalising and taking wild guesses.
K.
Re: AEG lavetherm conderser dryer whistling and blowing air
Hi K – the exact model is AEG Lavatherm T59800
type 91BDBAB26A
many thanks in advance!
MargRe: AEG lavetherm conderser dryer whistling and blowing air
Hi Marg,
It’s the PNC that’s needed really so we are looking at the correct version.
K.
Re: AEG lavetherm conderser dryer whistling and blowing air
Hi K
The Prod No is 91609379600
Hope this is what you have asked for…. 😕 rgds MRe: AEG lavetherm conderser dryer whistling and blowing air
Yes, that’s it.
The only seal I can see is the one on the actual door itself and, barring any obvious damage, I can’t see how it would leak or be an issue.
There is an air duct in behind the door and, it is a heat pump dryer so there will be air getting moved about in there and it’s perhaps that you’re hearing. Or, maybe one of the pumps running.
If it’s working okay though I’d assume it was normal.
If the ambient temperature is low you will get some moisture in the air that will condense on the cold surfaces in the room, especially so in colder weather. I’m afraid that’s just physics in action and there’s little anyone can do about it as every self condensing dryer, regardless of make or model or even a heat pump one, will allow a degree of moisture to be expelled to some degree.
Windows are obviously the No1 place that will happen in most homes.
Opening a window to allow more airflow into the room might help but it really is dependent on the conditions, including the load being dried.
As I said somewhere else a day or so ago, the more efficient that appliances are made, the more twitchy they get about how people use them and many these days are very sensitive to how they are used.
K.
Re: AEG lavetherm conderser dryer whistling and blowing air
Hi K and thanks for your advice.
Although I appreciate there is always a bit of the moisture coming out of the dryer, the degree to which it happened to our one was definitely in excess. In addition this strong whistling noise indicated that the air was “pushed out” with a pressure through the door. This made me think that perhaps there is a blockage somewhere and it impacts the way the air flows…Thus I have opened the fluff filter again [after my husband checked it last weekend] and the heat exchanger looked very dirty to me. I have cleaned it with a bbq wooden stick and a hoover + washed the fluff filter and now all has been working perfect!
No whistling, no steam on the door/windows 😀
I guess the previous owners did not clean it at all…. 🙁
Anyway I think I have found a solution to the problem!
Thanks and a Happy New Year to you1
Marg
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