Inedsit IS70C Dryer Water in heater housing

[johnnyhoz]

Hi
going to above dryer tomorrow
tripping continuously, customer removed heater housing and water gushed out.
How could water get into this area,? I’ve never seen this before any ideas please

John

[cessna]

Re: Inedsit IS70C Dryer Water in heater housing

Take the condensor out and put your hand in to the back and there are channels that drain the water down the duct into the sump.
Usually the channels and the drain hole to the sump get blocked with fluff causing the water to back up.
Take the cover off the pump housing too and pull the pump out and clean up the sump.Stick a large cable tie up the drainage hole too.

[iadom]

Re: Inedsit IS70C Dryer Water in heater housing

johnnyhoz wrote: customer removed heater housing and water gushed out.
How could water get into this area,? I’ve never seen this before

Its a very common, well documented fault on all Hotpoint/Creda/Indesit T/dryers of this design. 😥

The advice from cessna is spot on, give the elements and stats a good blast with a hairdryer and they should be fine, also make sure the condensor is being cleaned regularly.

Jim.

[johnnyhoz]

Re: Inedsit IS70C Dryer Water in heater housing

Cheers thanks for the help

John

[hotpnt]

Re: Inedsit IS70C Dryer Water in heater housing

or, if no hairdryer to hand, run on high heat for 10 mins with earth disconnected, (you can put a test meter between removed earth & an earthed point to see when the voltage drops to a safe level)

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