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This Is usually compressor protection same way as your fridge won't start for 3 minutes after being turned off or on. It's to protect the compressor.
 
The AEG's fan....

...turns on an off during the cycle I find, not at any determinable frequency -seems to be as needed. I have also wondered what the need for cupboard versus extra dry is for, I don't see why there would be a difference. Maybe the extra dry is for items that one knows are thicker/ heavier and needs some extract time as I suppose the sensors can only do that much. My bedlinen cycle (which reverses the drum to avoid "balling-up") also needs to run with the "dry +" to get things just nicely dry (not fried).

So Richard I had initial dampness hassles to but remedied that by fiddling/selecting extra options - not quite sure tho what's happening your side as you are using the exact same program - sorry :(

Also want to put this question out to you bunch of genius' :)
Apparently water hardness affects the drying efficiency , my manual states there are 3 levels to choose from (which can be selected by pressing various combos of buttons to "program" the level on the control panel ) it doesn't however state which level suits which level of water hardness - is level one for hard or soft water - as my water is very hard I'm guessing the medium/no2/middle setting is probably wrong. Any ideas? There are 3 symbols (seems to be something llke parts per million!?) next to each level in the manual but again not stated which suits which.

B
:)
 
Extra Dry...

Hi Brandon, Extra Dry is only usually used for very thick items or jeans with thick seams to make sure they are dry, using Extra on most clothing will result in over dried fabrics, unless you setting have started to give lower readings over the years being used...again some programmes have a + / - of a few degrees, the machine dry settings on the Zug tend to leave linens too damp for my liking...so the degrees of change is good..

I have seen many auto sensor condenser dryers loose their efficiency to dry to the required degree settings over a number of years when there has been build up on the sensors or fluff. lint and waxy debree on the fans and condensers.

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Hehe. I like that sort of new technology Gary :)

With my JL heat pump the drum tumbles for 15 secs before the heat pump kicks in and then it will generally run until the cool down phase. However, if I'm doing a heavy load of towels the compressor will sometimes shutdown for 10 - 15 mins which is probably when it's got too hot in the dryer. The small fan tends to kick in later in the cycle and then carries on running. The compressor will also switch off if the room temperature gets too hot to stop it overloading so I always make sure the cupboard is open when it's on.

I have 3 intensity settings on top of the dryness settings and these add on a few more minutes if you want things a bit drier. I find that drying a smaller load tends to leave things slightly damper than a proper full one. I guess it's down to the fact that items dry at different rates and when there is less the overall moisture level will be low which switches the dryer off!

Hopefully it's just a case if getting used to your new machine Richard.

S

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Well tonight I did a small load on the default cupboard dry setting consisting of towels and bath matt and couple of t shirts and a pair of trackies. Only things that came out "cupboard" dry were the trackies. Everything else was still too damp so I am not sure why the default options are not working now. Was fine the first time round.

So if you have cupboard dry and then extra dry what is the point in having a separate dryness level setting when you can use the extra dry program which seems 5 mins longer than adding the top dryness level on.

Gonna press the dry button next time hopefully that will sort it.
 
Panasonic Inverter heat pump dryer

Hows this for a heat pump dryer! I have inverter air con in my house this technology is fantastic:

http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_...or+High+Energy+Efficiency/10275301/index.html

Inverter Technology
This enables a heat pump dryer to run the drying process with optimum power. Compared to conventional dryers that can't change compressor rotation speed, an inverter model significantly reduces wasted energy consumption for efficient operation.

http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_...+with+Inverter+Technology/10287115/index.html
 
We have a siemens heat pump dryer and its pretty good albiet has a few niggles, the buttons are touch sensitive and rather fiddly in the way that they work and the other day it played up and kept telling me the box was full and it wasnt and the top and housing for the water box was soaking (but I have a feeling that fingers aka Mia pulled the water box out slightly lol)
it dries really well and the sensors are pretty spot on, would have had it for 2yrs in June :)
I have a gorenje USElogic condenser dryer in my wash house and someone plugged it into an energy meter to see how much it used compared to the siemens heat pump dryer and they both use around about the same amount of energy which shocked me lol
the gorenje is rated B and the siemens is rated A-60% but both of them are amazing bits of kit and are highly recomended :)
Tom :)
 
I have read through the panasonic heat pump manual and then again at mine and seems that I may have got the wrong items in the dryer on the cupboard dry.

I shouldnt mix towels in with t shirts etc. But I guess cos its 8kg I am trying to put it all in together which I possibly can do but need to increase the drying level so I will press the + button on the next load I do and see how I get on.

I might have been lucky first few times.
 
I have inverter air con in my house this technology is fanta

Me too, since the 90s and the thing is just amazing! You save energy and comfort is much better!
Panasonic also has inverter microwaves but with all its appliances, other than hifi and video equipment, quality is actually quite shoddy! Figures that stand by power of the last line of inverter microwaves is a whopping 31W and loads of complaints for burned inverter modules!!! The only thing I would save in the bunch are the A/C equipment, but I wouldn't trust my business on them, only for domestic use!

All in all, I wouldn't ever trust Asian manufacturers for home appliances, they look and feel of very low quality and assistance is terrifying! God spare me from ever buying Samsung or LG as an example ;) and the "classic" Panasonic quality assistance net is only for brown appliances and not home appliances! So you can't trust them neither! :O
Give me Italian made forever ;) (or at least a Beko camouflaged as low end SMEG ahhahah)
 
Lg air con and tvs

I have two lg tvs both of which are superb quality and reliable and the air con also works very well.

I wouldn't say they are too unreliable lg is one of the biggest air con manufactures. Yes they are more budget but certainly not bottom.
 
Weekly...

...towel load in the dryer using cupboard dry with "dry+" worked perfectly, this ran whilst at work so cannot say whether it ran for less time than using the extra dry setting.

Let us know how you get on :)
 
WARNING - Bosch Heatpump dryer does not reverse!

Just a word of warning, the Bosch heatpump dyers rotate in one direction only!

Our Bosch heat pump machine is a bit of a disappointment to be honest. It won't dry sheets without turning them into a complete ball.

I didn't even think to check that a dryer at that price range reverses. It's a feature I would normally take for granted.

If I were you, I'd look at a mid-range Electrolux or something like that instead.
 
Suds:

Do you separate things out for the Beko such as t shirts, jeans, shirts etc or do you mix the load up.

Seems mixing the load up ends up with some things damper than others.

However I notice the reverse tumble on the beko literally lasts about 2 seconds if that so bedding and sheets sometimes come out tangled.
 
Did a load yesterday. Mixed load of hand towels, t shirts, pair of jeans and 2 hoodies. On cupboard dry + setting and all came out fine but hoodies had damp hoods still but they would have been wearable as only hoods were damp.
 

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