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Can some one please tel me why ther is always a delay at the end of a cycle befor you can open the door? It has buged me for years as I cant see any point for it. 😡
To allow the spin to wind down, water to drain and all that malarky. Safety basically in case some youngster opens the door before all is made safe.
K.
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But everythig has stoped, no pumping, drum not moving nothing and you still have to wait anything up to 2 mins befor you can open the bloody thing 👿
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Most door locks work on a “bimetallic strip” or a “PTC” principle. Activation involves heat – at the end of the wash, you have to wait for it to cool down again.
Penguin45.
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its far cheaper to fit a machine with a heat activated door lock than one connected to the motor & water levels for safety systems, so the choice is would you pay an extra £50 fo a machine with these systems on just so you dont have to wait 1-2 mins for the door to release at the end of a programme??
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May be a pain in the butt, some years back a washing machine company had a problem with interlocks and a small boy managed to open the door when it was spinning and had his arm almost twisted off and that is why they use a time delay.
Bill Ellis :scot:
P.S. (Elephants do not forget)
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I can understand them needing to be locked when the machine is in use but as soon as that program finishes I see no need for the delay at all. If anything should have a lock its a tumble dryer. Its Just one of those things that drive the population barmy at times.
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Hi
It has been said its down to cost.
If you want a machine that unlocks as soon as drum has stopped turning, then you will be looking at some of the top end Miele range where cost isnt an issue 😀Greg
Dunno, some of the mid-range Zanussi and AEG stuff has a thermal lock with a solenoid override.
Machine faults or power goes off, you have to wait for the cooldown; but end or reset a cycle and the solenoid overrrides the heater and unlocks immediately.
Makes a nice satisfying click too…dpm wrote:Dunno, some of the mid-range Zanussi and AEG stuff has a thermal lock with a solenoid override.
Machine faults or power goes off, you have to wait for the cooldown; but end or reset a cycle and the solenoid overrrides the heater and unlocks immediately.
Makes a nice satisfying click too…Yea they have started doing that aswell 🙂
Miele does have a much nicer clunk though 😆Greg
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