dyson cr01

[newwave1]

Rolls_rapide,
Your zanussi's wash pattern is identical to my AEG's on the normal 2hr cycle! I do love the distribution and spin rinses, though they could do with being slightly deeper. Tell me, when you press quickwash/timesaver, does the machine do a short wash with 2 fairly deep rinses?

Darren

 

[samsungfl]

Wow!

Very intresting to hear that Zanussi also incorparated the Spin - Rinse Technology into their machines My 06' Zanussi dosnt do the spin rinsing or distribute filling rinses, though if I use Extra Quick it does a short wash, and two deep rinses like Darren mentioned

Just to compare : I tend to use the Extra Quick cottons cycles at 30,40,50,60 and 95*c When using a Cottons Wash (short cycle) it does the following:

Runs the pump for about 20 seconds

Begins to fill through the pre wash compartment for about 10seconds, then flushes down the Main Wash Compartment

Water begins to spread across the door rubber, then the Jetsystem is Activated

Starts to tumble at Cottons Wash speed and adds extra water if needed, then begins to heat

Once heated to the desired temp the pauses in between the tumbles shorten to about 1-2 seconds in between, rather than 5 or 6 as it does whilst heating

about 15 mins later, the cooldown portion starts.

Then, the wash water is drained and the machine does a few tumbles back and forth, then distributes.

1st spin is a burst up to 500, then it distributes again and starts of at 500rpm and speeds up to 900

Rinse one begins and fills to high level.

Rinse spin begins and reaches 1000rpm

Final rinse begins ( High Level )

Final spin profile : 500 rpm burst, redistributes and ramps up to 500 and increases quite quickly due to it being a short cycle. Stays at 1400 for about 2-3mins and slows, then instantly unlocks without an AntiCrease again due to Extra Quick Being selected lol

Just thought i'd compare the two, see how Zanussi's have changed over the past few years LOL

Richard

 

[rolls_rapide]

Hi Darren...

The quick/Time Save cuts the 2hr 6mins 40degree C wash, down to 1hr 3mins. This seems to give a half-hour wash, followed by two rinses; in-rinse spin-bursts appear to be omitted from the programme.

To tell you the truth, I've never noticed if the two rinses are deeper than normal. I'll try it shortly, as I've another small load to do.

When I bought the machine in the Spring of 2001, the brochures stated that it used 49 litres of water. I was pleasantly surprised to find that my machine was a later variant, that used 42 litres.

I think that it does a very good job, and I like the way the graphics, labels, etc, are under a plastic cover, preventing them from being rubbed off.

 

[rolls_rapide]

Richard...

Not at all - feel free to comment.

I'm quite interested in the wash/rinse/spin profiles of different makes of machine. (The Hoover New Wave was quite a revelation, compared to the fixed cycles of the previous Hoover Ecologics, and Hoover Electronic Deluxes, etc).

I think that if certain manufacturers took greater care in designing their machines' spin profiling, it would prevent them leaping about the floor. And the same goes for rinsing performance and wash performance.

 

[rolls_rapide]

Darren & Richard

The 40degree Cottons Quick cycle has just gone into the first rinse. Water level is no higher than normal length programme.

Second rinse coming up...

Second rinse is again, no higher than normal.

(Delicates and Woollens cycles fill substantially higher).

 

[kirri]

My ex next door neighbour had the cro1 and was very happy with it.It came with a 2 year guarantee and about a month after broke! She, of course hadn't extended the guarantee and when the Dyson engineer came, he found the machine was beyond repair.
I don't know if it was that she was heavily pregnant that he took pity on her, but he phoned the office up and within 3 days she had a brand new machine F.O.C.!! How's that for customer service!!!

 

[destroyer]

Hi rolls rapide

I always use the normal cottons cycle on my machine, normally with extra rinse selected, occasionally I do use quick, but the water level is the same if quick is selected. I do live in a soft water area, however I alter the detergent as required. I only do very small washes, because I never have enough laundry to fill the drum.

The three rinses use low agitation on my insight, it tumbles the clothes with long intervals, no distribution-type speeds.

The last rinse fills up a small amount, tumbles once or twice, then fills up to what it should be.

The water level is still very low... as I said not even up the door with nothing in so as soon as towels go in then there is hardly any water in the drum..

Speaking of the foam sensor my machine apparantly has, I have never seen any evidence to suggest it works, perhaps my machine may be faulty.?

If you could tell me how the foam sensor influences the wash, I may be able to test it

 

[jwilson00]

foam sensor

i dont know bout the insight, but when i had my bosch which had a foam sensor, it only kicked in on the first spin after the wash cycle and only if it got a suds lock.
If this happened the machine would stop the spin, add a rinse except there wouldn't be any intern spins inbetween the rinses and after all that you would probably need to run another rinse cycle cause there would still be a load of detergent left.
unfortunatley the only time there was really a lot of foam was after the first rinse cycle, it would kick in the foam sensor but the machine would not add a extra rinse but instead cut out the rest of the spin cycles, oh and you'd also get a reduced final spin. I found it to be a total waste of time. i dont know however how the logixx performed with the lazor sensors that were supposed to check how cloudy the water is during rinses.

 

[samsungfl]

Electrolux and Foam Sensors....

I've noticed on my Zanussi that if it overfoams, it seems to alter the Jetsystem and keep it on for longer to try and supress the suds, maybe that's there type of foam sensor i'm not too sure LOL! Also if there is a Sudslock during the spin after wash it'll spin for a bit, slowdown and attempt to drain some of the suds out then go again.

Hope this helps

Richard

 

[rolls_rapide]

Foam Suppression

The abundance of foam clogs the pressure vessel, preventing the pressure switch from resetting, thus resulting in a spin that may be reduced in speed; or an interrupted spin, interspersed with tumbling whilst attempting to pump out the excess suds. If no headway can be gained, the machine goes into the next rinse.

Rinse sensors are different from foam sensing. A rinse sensor uses an led light source to shine through the water, measuring the amount of light reflected and refracted (ie; not landing on the normal receiving diode). The machine can add rinses until the rinse water is clear; so a small load might be able to get away with two rinses, but heavily soiled dungarees may require all three rinses, plus extra ones.