Drum Led Lighting Question On W3922 / W3985
Does anyone know if the LEDs remain lit when washing (providing a washing spectacular show, or unspectacular depending what's in the wash )?
- or if they only come on when loading and unloading?
and if the Silent Professional Motors of these machines are quieter for the £200+ quid step up from the W3240?
I'm confused as what to get, I think I've discounted AEG,
I thought I was going to get the W1512 for £430, then saw the 10 year guarantees on the above said models.
W3240 is £634, so £200 more but with a 10 year warranty, which makes the W1512 seem poor value.
The W3922 is about £833 so another £200 more than the W3240, but with LEDs and Silent Pro Motor and the odd bell and whistle.
- and at £400 more than the entry level W1512, but in consideration of the 10 year warranty, doesn't look 'so bad'
I like the new shape designs better than the old traditional shapes but Miele didn't apply the 10 year guarantee to those
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Miele W3922 drum light only stays on for loading/unloading; quiet running reported
- The problem
- The query was whether the drum LED on a Miele W3922/W3985 stays lit during a wash and whether the Silent Professional Motor is noticeably quiet compared with lower models.
- Likely cause
- No fault was reported. Replies consistently indicate the drum light is designed to switch off once the wash begins or the machine starts filling.
- What fixed it
- Forum replies advised that on the W3922, and similarly on other Miele models mentioned, the drum light comes on when the machine is switched on for loading/unloading and goes out when the programme starts. Users also reported the motor as very quiet in use. No repair action was needed.
- Checks to try
- Owner of a Miele W3922 reported the LED is only on during loading and unloading
- Owner of a Miele WT2670 reported the drum light goes off when the machine starts filling
- Owner of a Miele W4446 reported the drum light also goes out during the wash
- One user reported they could not hear the motor at all, only water movement
- A further reply stated filmed videos can exaggerate washing machine noise and are unreliable for judging quietness
6 Answers
Welcome Sponge - that's the funniest post so far on Washerhelp's forums
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On our 3922 the LED is only on during loading and unloading. We can't hear the motor at all, just the sound of sloshing water.
The drum lighting on my WT2670 washer dryer comes on whe you switch the machine on, is on when you load the machine but ges off when the machine starts filling up.
My W4446 is the same. I was somewhat disappointed when I discovered the LED went out. But then I realised I was watching my new machine wash my clothes, gave myself a wake-up slap and watched TV instead.
That video sounds very noisy. It can't be an accurate representation of how quiet a Miele washing machine is.
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After filming my own Miele washing machine in the course of writing a new review, I can confirm that videoing washing machines amplifies the sound and is therefore very unreliable as a guide to how quiet a washing machine is. My resulting video made the Miele sound noisy when it is in fact the quietist washing machine I've ever seen.
This is most likely due to something called automatic level control, which compresses the sounds.
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