Condenser tumble dryers work by condensing warm damp air from clothes inside the drum into water, which is then deposited into a container to be emptied once drying has finished. This means they can be located almost anywhere in a house or flat, as unlike vented dryers, they don’t rely on connecting a hose to […]
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It’s impossible to be 100% certain that a tumble dryer is safe. Manufacturers wouldn’t release tumble dryers to the market unless they were confident that they were safe. Despite this, unforeseen safety issues can be discovered years after the product was first released. In 2015 a defect was discovered in tumble dryers made by Whirlpool,
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Drying clothes can be straightforward if you have the outside space and good weather conditions. However, the UK weather is often wet and cold, and people living in flats have no choice but to dry their clothes indoors. That can create a dilemma about the best way to do it. One way is to go
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In this article, you’ll learn exactly what the delay start function on your tumble dryer is and how to use it correctly. We’ll explain the setup procedure for this function and ensure you can take advantage of this feature whenever you want to dry your clothes. First, let’s look at exactly what the delay start
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If you got a new tumble dryer recently, you might have noticed the ‘air dry’ or ‘air fluff’ setting on the control panel and wondered what it is. Different companies call this setting different things, but we’re just going to refer to it as the ‘air dry’ setting in this article. Both ‘air dry’ and
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Tumble dryers are a vital appliance if you don’t have an outdoor space for drying your clothes. Condenser tumble dryers are very convenient as they don’t require venting, so they are easier to install and you have more flexibility with where you can put them. If you have limited space, you might be looking for
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So, you’ve got your nice white shirt washed in time for your big day, and it’s been in the dryer for a couple of hours so whip it out, wang on the iron and away you go. Not so fast, because what’s that on your shirt? Black marks? As Marvin Gaye was prompted to ask
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If you suspect that the heating element in your tumble dryer is broken, the question of whether to repair it or replace the whole machine may have come to mind. This is especially true if your tumble dryer is a number of years old. After all, tumble dryer technology has moved on very quickly. There
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Unlike washing machines, tumble dryer products descriptions don’t normally list the spin speed, so it takes a bit of research to find out exactly how fast they spin in revolutions per minute (rpm). Just by looking at a tumble dryer, you can see that it spins much slower than a washing machine on a spin
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When you’ve turned to your trusty friend, the tumble dryer, to help you dry your clothes quickly, only for it to fail at the first hurdle, it can be pretty frustrating. If your tumble dryer’s door isn’t closing and allowing you to put your clothes on the drying cycle, we’re sure you’d like to find
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