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When I first got this machine a year ago clothes dried quickly but were burning hot when the cycle finished I could hardly touch them, now it can take a couple of hours or more to get anything dried. It isn’t because there is too much stuff in there at one time as I normally split the wash load into at least 3 drying amounts depending on what has been washed. Do these machines have a lint filter as it doesn’t say anything about it in the manual & I can’t find one anywhere, my last machine had one in the door. I have checked the filter in the kickboard part & it is fine. Any help would be gratefully received .
LauraRe: Hotpoint Aquarius WDL 540 takes forever to dry?
no filter for the dryer is it getting hot properly?
Re: Hotpoint Aquarius WDL 540 takes forever to dry?
Hi, From memory only….probably reason for poor drying, given that you say you get some heat, is either the blue coloured section of the 3 way inlet valve- the one with the grey plastic hose coming from it that goes to the condenser is u/s: open circuit solenoid and so does not allow water in to the condenser unit or the condenser is blocked up- there is no user cleanable/ get at able filter unless you dismantle. It is possible that there is no heat at all(?) so could be the spiral heating element which is held on to the manifold by 2 brass nuts- that is all you will see unless you dismantle the manifold halves, or if fitted, the thermal link has gone which is one end of the heater terminal and is under a piece of heat insulated covering the other end goes to a push in connector. Power off and machine therefore unplugged when testing and you`ll need a multimeter to read the element, solenoid, and thermal link for continuity.
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