Recent content by henene4

That's the Zeolite system fan. The fan runs during drying, pulling moist, warm air in. The Zeolite basically forces the water to condense into it, releasing heat, and the air flows back into the tub as hot dry air. Now, the mineral is damp, so it itself needs to be dried at some point...

The new lid lock might be in relation to some people having failures where lid locks failing caused whole control boards to go out. Saying that because how they make it sound (agitation with no lid lock, only lock during spin) is - and correct me if I'm wrong - different to the old way (lock...

What really baffles me is that these FLs are sold with a heater in other countries. So there are machines like this with a heater - just not for the US market. And sure it would be a certain BOM cost to include - but honestly, past the 1500$ mark, that shouldn't be the thing stopping them...

CrystalDry / Zeolite is really one of these things I think most people can't wrap their heads around until they've used it. No steam, really dry and hot dishes, and that with less energy usage. That's all off topic in this thread though.

The F11 looks like the typical issue of diagnosing that - it's a communication error between drive unit and main control. At that age really could be either or even both. If boards are even still available it's probably outrageously expensive. But there might be repair services for the boards...

It has the new wash system and many people are very happy with it. Huge capacity, pretty efficient, very quiet. Typically at least - the cycle guide for this model shows that besides the normal cycle you are always looking at 7-10gal of water usage. That makes sense for the tough cycle (9-10gal)...

If it doesn't have the lever style height adjustment, it's usually one where you have to take it out and just have two heights to set it at by a double set of rollers. Do you have the full E-number from the rating plate (usually at the top of the door, laser engraved in the door panel)? That...

From what I gather, both ComfortWash versions have a fixed cycle sequence and should just do load size sensing, not soil sensing. But every cycle on the Miele does size sensing - except for QuickPowerWash.

I know one reason Test mentioned was longer wash times. If a cycle takes twice as long, running the same number of cycles just takes longer. There's a video for a washer test done in the 90s by Test. There were a BUNCH of failures back then. But about 2500-3000h at the low end is typically...

Short answer: No, not really. Long answer? I worked in engineering at BSH in the built in cooling department. As an engineer as general, you are taught do design something as long lived as necessary, yet as safe as needed. The saying "Everybody can built a (sturdy) bridge, only an engineer...

Miele appears to have done a lot of modification of programming. My G7100SCi runs a prewash basically ALL the time on Auto - but that one doesn't have WiFi connectivity, so programming is as it was delivered close to 6 years ago. My mums MOL Siemens basically never runs a prerinse on Auto. But...

I mean - at the price point of 300$ I mentioned, you barely get a new one anyway. Getting a brand new BOL WP, Frigidaire or GE vs maybe spending 100$ less, getting 6 months of warranty (or whatever ever, many used stuff stores for appliances give at least some warranty coverage) - I think going...

So, that's a tough one. If the Mieles weren't as cheap as they are, I would just recommend the BSH DWs. But for half price, the Mieles are certainly an option. For the Mieles: They are somewhat more reliable than the BSHs - but not by a ton I would say. The G7000 design is only 6 years old or...

My mum had a slimline BSH DW for some time and there, that would happen even more frequently. There have been cases known where people go through BSH DW pumps like candy (with heaters failing every 2-4 years) and I've always suspected that sudsing/cavitation had something to do with that.

I know that's an accessibility add on - but why on earth would they not just sell a DW with this of the line? You'd catch so many customers with that feature via TikTok etc. and with floor customers.