T25WC timed drying

[PenguBob]

Hello all, I’m considering buying an ISE T25WC tumble drier. I’ve had lots of tumble driers over the years, most tend to last about 2 to 3years. I’m fed up of buying short lived products. With all the driers I’ve had I’ve come to the conclusion that “sensor drying” doesn’t work.

Can the ISE T25WC dryer be operated in timed drying mode without the auto sensor? This is suggested in the instructions but I want to confirm before I buy one.

Also, please can anyone comment on the air tightness of the drier. Does it leak any hot moist air into the room, or is it well sealed to prevent this? I would hope a drier costing this much wouldn’t leak humid air but I just wanted to ask…

Thanks

[kwatt]

Re: T25WC timed drying

Okay, kinda in reverse order….

Any condenser dryer will vent hot air into the room. There is no way around this, it draws in cool air and will vent some hot air, the room temperature will rise but not too much so long as the room is reasonably ventilated.

The only way round that is a vented dryer really that would expel the warm air outside.

Timed dry is useful but not essential and not the primary working method, it’s also not very efficient. It tends to be very wasteful in energy terms and also encourages people to open the dryer during a cycle, skipping the cool down phase to see “if it’s dry yet” and blowing stats. A firm favourite with many a tumble dryer as a fault.

If not overloaded and, that’s a key concern, a sensor dryer should work absolutely fine. Overloaded, it will not as the moisture in the centre of the load cannot be sensed, this also applies at times to drying large times that can “ball” up in any sensor dryer, they all work on the same basic principal although efficiencies will vary.

Sensor drying is like cruise control, you have to use it sensibly and trust it.

If all that makes sense.

The T25 is a great dryer but, like all, it isn’t immune to the above but then, no dryer is.

K.

[PenguBob]

Re: T25WC timed drying

Thanks for the quick reply kwatt.
I’m sorry, you didn’t answer my questions.

Can the ISE T25WC dryer be operated in timed drying mode WITHOUT the auto sensor? The specs suggest it can operate for 180mins in timed drying mode – please confirm this. I’m not interested in energy savings, I just want the dryer to dry the clothes. Every sensor dryer I’ve ever had has always left the clothes damp, which means I have to set the dryer to run again in a timed manual mode. The worst case was when the timed manual mode was only 30mins, so I had to keep restarting the machine. I was so unhappy with that machine I got the supplier to change it!

Does it leak any hot MOIST (HUMID) air into the room, or is it well sealed to prevent this? The last two dryers I’ve had have both leaked humid air into the room and have required the windows (or external door) to be opened. The current dryer puts so much moisture in to the room that it condenses on the walls and floor. I know the drier must put warm DRY air into the room, but not warm WET air into the room. Oh, I’ve checked all the seals around the condensor and the door. I’ve even checked the seals around the heater elemenent and hot air blower – the hot moist air is leaking somewhere inside the duct work, I suspect the drum seals and drum to condensor duct. Anyway, I’m fed up with the current machine and want a new, better product – hense the ISE.

Thanks

[kwatt]

Re: T25WC timed drying

Hi,

My apologies, I thought those were the points you wanted answered.

Yes there is a timed dry option from memory (I don’t have the tech where I am) it’s in 60 minute stages.

There is always some degree of moisture from a condenser dryer as well as heat, the degree will vary dependent on the room size, ambient temperature and loads being dried. Given the variables involved it’s really hard to be completely definitive for every situation.

From what you appear to want I would think the only suitable dryer type would be vented which would kill the bulk of the issues you’ve experienced if not them all.

K.

[PenguBob]

Re: T25WC timed drying

That was fast, thank you. I’d also thought a vented dryer would be a good choice, but I didn’t want to drill a hole in the wall. Please can you (or someone else) check on the “60min stages” timed drying?

Many thanks.

[kwatt]

Re: T25WC timed drying

Yes, it can indeed be set to up to 3 hours on timed with the new dryer, mine can only do 60 minutes IIRC.

That said I don’t think that, given your comments, a condenser dryer is the answer for you and I don’t think that it would solve the issues that you have with what you’ve got already. It may well be better or help as the ISE is likely more efficient but I wouldn’t like to guarantee that as it is very circumstance dependent.

K.

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