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[jason1970]

Just come in after seeing the above, 2 year old, condenser dryer. Usual water sprayed by the fan over the elements but looking at the pump, the impeller has virtually disintegrated? It has gone to a sticky mush. Any ideas what could have caused this? The dryer had not been used for 4-5 months and the pump has been sitting in an inch of water. Could diluted washing detergent from poorly rinsed clothes in the water cause this? Thanks for any ideas!

[iadom]

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I have had one or two instances of the polystyrene float shrinking to about 1/4 of its original size, becoming hard, like a small biscuit and useless as a float.

One was in a beauty salon so I suspected that the creams and lotions they were using could have caused it, the other one was in domestic use and I didn’t really pin down the cause but it has to be some sort of chemical reaction.

I have seen pump impellors fall off on many occasions though.

Jim.

[jason1970]

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Thanks Jim, yes! I forgot to mention the same happened to the float, shrunk and hard!! I did ask the customer if she washed unusual items 😉 or used unusual detergent but both no?
I think you’re right, though, there’s something in the water!

[iadom]

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Thinking back the second one I had was for a bloke who is a football coach, does quite a bit of keep fit but suffers from arthritis, I suspect that he may be using things like Deep Heat and other rubs which may be a cause.

I played amateur footy for many years before I took up squash 35 years ago, even to this day I can still recall the all pervading smell of Ellimans Rub in the football teams dressing rooms. 😀

Jim.

[jason1970]

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Nice when a thread takes you back down ‘memory lane’! 😉
I had a customer whose child had a skin condition which meant they had to use lots of oils on her skin. It wrecked the first washing machine door seal but, as the machine was a Bosch, I was able to order an ‘oil resistant’ door boot to replace it with. Expensive but did the trick!

[iadom]

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EPDM gaskets. 😉

Many years ago the old Hotpoint 1600’s and early 1850’s had black rubber doors seals as did the Hoover machines of the time.

If they were used in catering establishments, chip shops, bakeries etc the seal used to collapse into a sticky black goo.

We had a special (expensive ) seal at the time, think it was butyl rubber or EPDM, we used to call it the Chip Shop Seal. 😀

I have seen eczema [sp] creams wreak havoc on washer door seals as well.

[jason1970]

Re: IDC75UK

You’re going back before my time now!

I tend to replace less door seals these days due to holes and rotting, I guess that’s a result of lower water levels in machines. So many more calls to mouldy and smelly door seals though instead! Liquids and Gels seem to be the common link used with shorter lower temp washes.

“Throw away the liquid and use a powder. Try and do a few longer 60 degree washes. Can I sell you a box of washing machine degreaser and de-scaler madam?” 😉

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