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Re: Tumble dryer energy rating
So energy rating is not the full story; doesn’t surprise me!
Picking one model from the John Lewis web site, the Siemens WT46W566GB A-rated dryer has energy consumption of 1.9KWh/cycle. If the ISE dryer only uses 1.41KWh/cycle on average that justifies the very small extra purchase price even before taking build quality and lifespan into account. A lot less fancy technology to go wrong too 😀
Thanks for your help
IanRe: ISE 1607W
quickwash wrote:Hi guys,
I live in a hard water area and i am only using 55ml of powder with superb results, the recommended amount is 135ml!
So if you live in a soft water area you can reduce the amount even further, down to 25ml in Brighouse, West Yorkshire apparently 😀
I would presume yours machines are suffering over-foaming if you are using the recommended dosage by the manufacturers, if i, in my hard water area, can reduce my powder so much and still have excellent results 😀
HTH
Best wishes to all,
quickwash :plug:
I’m in a very hard water area. Started with 120ml, reduced to 100ml, then 80ml. Sounds like 60ml should be the next step. At this rate the 6.4kg bargain box of Ariel will last for years!
kwatt wrote:Hi guys,
It could also be to much foam confusing the pressure sensor. To stop that happening just reduce the detergent dose a bit.
K.
I wonder if that could have been the case then. Had the machine for less than a month so I’m still experimenting with detergent doses, but now down to half the recommended amount and still seeing a lot of foam. When the machine got stuck in the wash cycle there was more foam than I’ve ever seen in the drum!
Certainly not complaining – will save a fortune on detergent costs over the lifetime of the machine 😀
Re: ISE 1607W
Mine did exactly the same yesterday!
It was still in the wash cycle, as the water was clearly very soapy. Like you, I stopped the machine and started a rinse and spin cycle. Not sure that completed correctly as it added the rinse water to what was already in the drum, then drained, then went straight into spin. Ran a second rinse as the washing was still full of detergent.
Could be something to do with overloading. It was a full load of towels, although there was still room to fit my hand between them and the top of the drum. Ran another couple of loads through later in the day and all seems back to normal.
Ian
Re: Question for folks with an ISE 10 / 1607
The access to my kitchen is between two kitchen units at right angles. My old ~standard width Ariston left OK, just, but the new ~standard width ISE 10 was too wide by about 10mm.
Solved by temporarily unscrewing the cupboard doors from the units on each side but was a nervous couple of minutes – an ISE is way too heavy for the delivery men to lift over kitchen worktop height!
IanRe: Wash performance: Impressed
Martin wrote:
neilsukwg wrote:
I fear you may unwittingly have set in motion the very thing you feared!That point hadn’t entirely escaped my mind though I’m certain the ISE machine can cope with the consequences.:wink:
Don’t know about anyone else’s, but I take a very dim view of anything apart from clothes, water, and washing powder being put in my washing machine after hearing some of my uncle’s stories in the past (he’s an ex-repairman).
Re: Wash performance: Impressed
Martin wrote:
Oooops!….Now what is the golden rule when it comes to any and all makes of washing machines? :rolls:
Well, I knew that :D, but got used to the fact that with my old washer then after the first couple of washes no more dye would bleed out and I could mix things in the same wash with no unwanted consequences.
Still impressed that the ISE can wring some dye out of a duvet cover that’s been washed every couple of weeks for 3 and a half years.
Just about got away with the pink pyjamas thing. She saw the funny side, but think it might be wise to buy her a new pair this weekend!
Ian
