Whirlpool 240 volt Combo announced

[tomturbomatic]

The leading edge of a fan blade cuts into the air and at least some of whatever is in that air gets pushed onto the blade or fin of the fan. As the fan spins through moisture and lint dust-laden air, more and more deposits build up on the blades or fins. You don't even need that much moisture to make particulate matter stick to a fan blade. Have you ever seen the fan in a dirty-fan vacuum? I remember when Hoover would hold repair clinics at department stores. The fans in the machines that were in the stream of air before it went into the bag, the old "convertibles" or dirty-fan machines would get caked with dirt to the point where the Hoover rep would have to use the blade of a screwdriver to scrape off the dirt to get down to the metal of the fan blade to clean it. We would see the condition of the machines some people would bring in and figure that they had no shame and must have had filthy houses. Some of those vacuums should have been put in plastic garbage bags before being taken out in public, just like some people's children.

 

[logixx]

Another LG. Cleaning starts at 3:30. Reminds me of the inside of other dryers where humid air and lint passes through.

 

[henene4]

Sure there is residue on that blade.

Our Whirlpool dryer back home has its fan at the front and sure there is residue on there.

"Clogged" is most certainly something else.

 

[mrboilwash]

All the cleaning we see in the LG video is kind of pointless IMO because it`s the condenser chamber where most of the lint collects, at least if hard water has been involved. I don`t think the small amount of lint build up we see there on the fan and in the heating chamber would do much harm.
Of course it`s a lot more work to take the condenser duct out for proper cleaning than poking and flushing a little bit from the top.

 

[combo52]

Clogged Fans In European Combos

Hi Henrik, You can sit in front of your computer all day and come up with all kinds of theories as to how you think things will work, but the reality is the squirrel cage fans in combos not only get heavy lint build-ups but they clog completely to the point where no air circulates and the thermal cut-outs on the heaters trip.

 

We have seen it many times on many of the Italian built combos that made it here, as well as the Askos etc.

 

We also see regular clothes dryers with heavily clogged fans every week, also anyone that works on vacuum cleaners can also tell you just how dirty and clogged the fan-impellers can get, the fact that the fan is spinning at 1000-3000 RPMs makes difference.

 

John