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Perhaps a compromise of a warm fill via a thermostatic blend valve? They’re commonly used around nursing homes etc now and aren’t as dear as they once were.
Take a couple of minutes to meter out the keypad matrix, see whether it’s just a dead button or if indeed the processor has lost it’s marbles…
Chris, after going through the same decision-making process as yourself whilst replacing an ancient (but superb, untill the drum decided to rust through…) Zanussi Washcraft machine, I plumped for the ZWD1480. It’s the same basic machine as the 1680, and if your heart desires it you can wheel one out the door of Cu**ys for £380.
the old’un was extremely quiet, but this new beast is quite remarkable. I’ve got to say I’m surprised by the efficiency of the dryer too- admittedly it has a higher spin speed, but is happily drying the clothes in around the same time as our stand-alone Zanussi TD. Recommended!
david
You might try your local NFU Mutual office, they cover trades other than farmers, and their prices were good, last I heard…
If he’s cut into it to weaken it, I’d say it’s time to go a bit deeper- dremel?, and then big hammer and drift. Might be worth trying to drive a fine tapered wedge down between outer race and housing. There’s a risk of damaging the housing I know, but if the outer *is* loctited in place for example, it might be the only way of breaking the bond…
Or just an ordinary submersible pump w/float switch (Lidl were doing one cheep a week or two back…) sitting in a small water tank/ barrel?…
Hmm. I’ve read this thread, and what little I know of thermodynamics makes me agree with Clever Dicky.
I also wonder whether going for a full heat pump setup alone is indeed too complex, and slow to get up to temperature.Maybe a *small* heating element is all that’s needed to improve matters, using the HP primarily for dehumidification?
Or even, what’s wrong with adding a Peltier device to any of todays condenser dryers, to improve the efficiency of the condenser?
I believe most houses in the US have 240v for big stuff like cookers, some heaters, garage eqpt etc.
It’s the same in my game- most of the bigger lab suppliers won’t bother sending an engineer out to sub-£500 equipment, and in the garages, power and airtools are chucked rather than repaired.
Me, I’m not choosy. A couple of quiet hours spent fixing cheap stuff is still money in the bank…
@ £145 for a motor, it might be worth looking more closely at the original- are all the throughbolts tight? Does it have any play in the shaft? If you hit the shaft a whack with a mallet axially from each end will it free off?
Me, I’d strip the motor with the idea of re-bearing it…
Or if you’ve already got a W&D vac, Goblin/ Aquavac had (not sure if it’s still available tho) an accessory carpet system. Not pumped, just gravity from a tank above the floor head; but I’ve got one, and it’s not bad at all.
You might consider a diagonal move into a similar trade? Most of my time is in labs but some garage equipment work too, industrial customers pay real money…
Yet the advice to the public on this site (recent post re. gas tumble dryer)is
“you must get this seen to by a Corgi registered repairer. Please do not be tempted to do this yourself”
“this is NOT in any way a DIY job, you must get SF in to repair it and they will, most likely, not sell you a spare if you do not have a CORGI ID to hand if the rules are still the same as they were in my day”…
Double-standards?
