Miele T9820 Recall??!!!

[brisnat81]

I've got a Miele T4888C, it never gets cold enough here to try the Condenser dryer in the near freezing conditions however, but in summer when its raining and humid the Miele Condenser dryer stops working entirely. I had a couple of instances on hot wet days where after three hours the dryer was full of steam and wet clothes.

I've found its much easier these days just to leave the condenser unit out and let it vent to the room. Its much faster that way and the clothes don't end up with that condenser dried smell. Its in the garage which isn't a sealed or conditioned living space so the extra humidity isn't a bother.

 

[jerrod6]

Does use cooler air

After experiencing two 9xxx dryers when Miele discontinued this dryer and the 4XXX series washer it didn't take me more than a minute to know the reason. This dryer is smoother and more polished acting than the first Miele dryer, but the program problems remain. The dryer does use cooler air than the Whirlpool it replaced. Either that or there is so much air flowing in and out of it and it just feels cool. I never really tested the temp, but I remember reading the BTUs of the gas burner and they were lower than the Whirlpool.

I have my outside vent extended away from the house by 4 feet because I don't want any lint to get inside my central ac unit which is near the vent. The vent pipe was just sitting there, but when I got this dryer and used it the pipe was bobbing up and down and flopping all over the place so there is def. more air moving within and out of the dryer.

The burner on this dryer never cycles off. It runs all the time, until its time to reverse tumble, then it will shut off, do the reverse tumble then resume a few seconds after the forward tumble starts.

It has a turbo setting. Can't tell any difference in the heat...it just doesn't do any reverse tumbling. There is the thing about the room temp because I think I read that the design specs are for a room temp of 68F. My laundry area may be slightly over this in the summer, but it is way under in the fall and winter so maybe that is a factor too.

My gas usage did not increase after purchasing the dryer so I guess it just has to run longer with a smaller burner.

If I use Extra dry for all cottons everything is OK and nothing feels over baked, its just frustrating that Normal and some of the other settings don't work well and are not worth the money this dryer cost me(although I did get this one for free after the Miele first try mess I got at first). I can't say the same thing about my 1986 washer so this dryer was just not the best from Miele.

Going forward washers from Miele(little giant in mind), gas dryers from USA. My old Whirlpool wasn't fancy but it worked.

 

[launderess]

Turbo Setting

IIRC this is common on both vented and non-vented dryers from the EU market. On my Lavatherm the thing is called "Quick", but the cycle operates pretty much the same: dryer tumbles one way only until a certain point of dryness is reached, then it will commence the standard sequence of reverses.

IIRC my Lavatherm when set to "Quick" operates as a normal non-reversing dryer until "damp dry" setting is reached. Then it begins the sequence of tumble one way, reverse, etc....

Had no idea reverse tumbling could slow down the drying process, but apparently is must do something hence the "Turbo" or whatever settings.

 

[rolls_rapide]

I too find that cool ambient room temperatures speed up condenser dryers. If the room is too warm, the clothes are still damp in the machine.

I tend to open the window quite wide, to allow our lovely cold winter air to cool the condenser.

Once, during the summer months, I could not get a load of laundry to dry properly. I could even smell a "hot plastic" smell issuing from the machine - and yes, filters and condenser were thoroughly clean.

 

[jerrod6]

Reverse tumbling

on my machine causes the burner to shut off. The burner is off but the fan is running, so if the reverse tumble lasts a minute, then the regular tumble starts, but then the ignitor must be warmed up or whatever is being done to it, so it will take another 30 seconds of tumbling and fan blowing before the burner will ignite again.

Thanks for the information about Turbo because I thought it meant a higher heat setting. The manual certainly doesn't tell you what is going to happen although it says that the the items will be dried on high heat. Now I guess this is because it just keeps the burner on longer without blowing un heated air across everything.

 

[launderess]

Have never compared drying times and or results with "Quick" vs. normal (with reversal sequence) with the Lavatherm. One assumes the benefits of the reversing drum action is to keep items from balling/tangling up, but not really sure...

 

[logixx]

The link I posted gives temps during the cycles that were tested by reviewed.com

Normal, 8 lbs. load = peaked at 128F and clothes 99% dry
Normal + Gentle, 8 lbs. load = peaked at 134F and clothes 100% dry
Normal + Turbo, 4 lbs. load = peaked at 130F and clothes 95% dry

 

[launderess]

If the room is too warm, the clothes are still damp in the

Learned my lesson last summer with this Lavatherm condenser dryer that operation during warmer times of the year is not on. The thing sweats water everywhere except into the darn container! *LOL*