Do I Have To Reduce Load For Drying In Washer Dryer?
I've just bought my first washer dryer and hope to get years and years of active service from it. The manual says to reduce the load by half when drying, which is fine, but a bit inconvenient….is this really necessary? Or can I simply double the recommended drying time instead? I do wonder how many people actually follow this guidance.
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Washer dryer drying load must be reduced to half load
- The problem
- A new washer dryer owner asked whether the drying load really needs to be reduced to half of the wash load, or whether a full load could be dried by simply extending the drying time.
- Likely cause
- No appliance fault was reported. The issue discussed was normal washer dryer operating limits: drying a full wash load is not suitable in a combined washer dryer.
- What fixed it
- The accepted advice was that the load must be reduced to a half load before using the drying cycle. Simply increasing the drying time was not recommended. The discussion states that overloading during drying can cause poor drying performance and may trip the thermal overload cut-outs, leaving the dryer without heat until repaired.
- Checks to try
- User manual states to reduce the drying load by half
Safety: Do not overload the drying cycle, as the discussion warns this can trip thermal overload cut-outs and stop the dryer heating.
1 Answer
No, you must reduce the load to a half load before drying in a combined washer dryer. Washing clothes and drying clothes are different jobs, and the compromise required to do them inside the same machine is that up to half of the washing often needs removing before drying.
The explanation for this is covered on Whitegoodshelp's main site Washer-dryer, or separate washing machine and dryer - which is the best?
Overloading a washer dryer by having too much laundry in on the drying section can cause the thermal overload cut-outs to trip, and the dryer would stop heating until an engineer visits to replace it. But even if that didn't happen, it would take several hours to dry the load or it would just not dry them in the middle.
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