Favorite Dryer

[Chetlaham]

Fascinating design choice for the drum, I like it. All the US dryers I've seen have a solid drums, and the GE drum is only perforated in the back, so this stands out for me in a good way.

I think that you can switch off one of the two heaters in your dryer is a nice feature. The DDE5300BAL lets does the same thing the low/knits setting- decreasing heat input. The DDE5300BAL regular dry cycle offers up to 130 minutes of dry time, and when coupled with a 5000+ watt heater you could dry literally anything and any size load conceivable.

 

[DADoES]

All the US dryers I've seen have a solid drums

I think that you can switch off one of the two heaters in your dryer is a nice feature. The DDE5300BAL lets does the same thing the low/knits setting- decreasing heat input.

There are/were dryers on the US market with perforated drums. Early Hamilton, Frigidaire Filtrator. And of course all combination units from early to current.

F&P SmartLoad has two elements. One operates alone for low and medium temps, both for high.

 

[Chetlaham]

There are/were dryers on the US market with perforated drums. Early Hamilton, Frigidaire Filtrator. And of course all combination units from early to current.

F&P SmartLoad has two elements. One operates alone for low and medium temps, both for high.

How did those compare, what were the advantages in having a perforated drum?


I am envious of you again DADoES! Personally, I think the best dryer is one where you can regulate the output of the heating elements in addition to what temp the exhaust stat opens at. Add to that temperature modulation or swing reduction and you've got true clothing care IMO.

 

[adam-aussie-vac]

Fascinating design choice for the drum, I like it. All the US dryers I've seen have a solid drums, and the GE drum is only perforated in the back, so this stands out for me in a good way.

I think that you can switch off one of the two heaters in your dryer is a nice feature. The DDE5300BAL lets does the same thing the low/knits setting- decreasing heat input. The DDE5300BAL regular dry cycle offers up to 130 minutes of dry time, and when coupled with a 5000+ watt heater you could dry literally anything and any size load conceivable.


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I know for a fact that the dryer does have technically three settings, hot, warm, and no heat, the first two are used on the normal Dry settings, the last one is its own timer section

 

[me]

It uses a commercial laundromat style drum which was actually the reason why I wanted to get this specific dryer so instead of the clothes tumbling through the the airflow horizontally, the airflow goes from the heating elements at the top of the drum at an 11 o’clock position down to the 5 o’clock position on the other side where there is a lint clean out before the fan and the lint trap after the fan

That looks a neat design, I haven't seen a dryer with a perforated drum before. Mind, I haven't been in a launderette for a very long time.

I did wonder why they don't make heat pump dryer with a drum with the holes in the side like that, with the heat pump evaporator below the drum, so the water can drip into a tray at the bottom, and the condenser at the top, which should allow much more room to have heat exchangers with a much larger cross sectional area even in the smaller appliance cases we have in the UK, which coupled with a bigger compressor should speed the drying time up and also make it take longer to clog up with lint, but I'd assumed it would be difficult to get a satisfactory enough seal to the rotating drum, to prevent too much air bypassing around the outside.

 

[statomatic]

That looks a neat design, I haven't seen a dryer with a perforated drum before. Mind, I haven't been in a launderette for a very long time.

I did wonder why they don't make heat pump dryer with a drum with the holes in the side like that, with the heat pump evaporator below the drum, so the water can drip into a tray at the bottom, and the condenser at the top, which should allow much more room to have heat exchangers with a much larger cross sectional area even in the smaller appliance cases we have in the UK, which coupled with a bigger compressor should speed the drying time up and also make it take longer to clog up with lint, but I'd assumed it would be difficult to get a satisfactory enough seal to the rotating drum, to prevent too much air bypassing around the outside.

Because this will be a reliable heat pump dryer and no manufacturers wants to do that nowadays...
Since I work in HVAC I see that most of the dryers are really badly designed in terms of air circulation (too much restrictions and bypass).
And for the heat pump ones it's really terrible too, most of them uses capillary tube for metering, combined to a bad air design and the impossibility to clean the evaporator, that usually ends in a dead compressor after getting liquid refrigerant (if the copper/aluminum joints weren't leaking)...

 

[Chetlaham]

I know for a fact that the dryer does have technically three settings, hot, warm, and no heat, the first two are used on the normal Dry settings, the last one is its own timer section

Not bad, that is respectable. Many use dryers today offer both timed dry and auto dry as well as two or more heat settings.