Bosch WVT1260- Increased Drying Time?

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Hi,

Just a bit of advice required. We’ve moved house and taken our Bosch WVT1260 washer dryer with us. At our previous address in North Manchester we had good drying times from the Bosch. Now we’ve moved (to Maidenhead SL6) the dryer seems to take forever to dry. The drum gets hot but the water doesn’t seem to leave the material as quickly.

Previously the washer was located in an coolish open kitchen, with a good pressure cold supply. Now due to it being in an apartment it’s located in a small vented cupboard (which gets quite warm during operation). The cold water pressure is no where near as good as previous, and it’s is a few degrees warmer. Could this be affecting the condenser operation?

Is there anything wrong or is it just the enviromentals that are causing the poor performance?

I have checked the pump drain and all is cleaning. Washing is fine.

Thanks in advance

[Penguin45]

Re: Bosch WVT1260- Increased Drying Time?

I’m afraid this is one of those slightly nebulous questions…….. I can give you some maybes.

1/ The valve should supply a trickle of water to condense the steam in the housing. This is typically about a pint a minute. The flow is reduced by a restrictor on the outlet for the individual solenoid involved. There is often a rubber pressure washer on the restrictor on the inlet side of the valve, which is supposed to be pressure sensitive. If the pressure is significantly lower than before, removing the mesh filter, then the rubber washer, may increase the overall flow. Be sure to re-fit the mesh filter.

2/ These machines are shockers for breaking the wiring to the thermostats on the top of the blower housing. If the wiring to the high temperature stat has broken, you’ll only get low heat = extended drying times.

3/ Ambient temperature is a red herring. The dryer uses air in a closed loop system and, even at low temperature, runs at about 110c. A few degrees difference in the ambient will make no difference whatsoever.

4/ The axial flow fan is a so and so for filling up with fluff and reducing the air flow.

5/ The other possibility is that the condenser housing is choked with fluff. Moving the machine can dislodge the years of fluff and lint coating the condenser housing and effectively block the housing. This is a really nasty one to try and sort, so keep your fingers crossed that one of the above applies.

Power off if delving into the machine yourself.

Penguin45.

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