Woke up to beeping Noise (2005 Duet Dryer)

[roscoe62]

Now that you've had the dryer awhile

Mark,do you find auto dry best for drying most if not all loads?

 

[mark_wpduet]

Yes

to elaborate:
I strictly use auto dry. I used to use medium heat but I'm using high heat for most everything because I read that the old medium is the new "low" and the new High is medium. Whether or not that's true, I can't say for this dryer.
I have noticed that if I turn the dial to around normal, the loads will be a little damp when done....but if I turn it beteen normal and more dry that seems about perfect. Seems like it takes about 45 to 50 minutes to dry a load, which I guess isn't that bad. Now, if the load isn't completely dry for my taste when it shuts off, which has only happened ONCE, that's when things aren't as accurate. If I turn the dryer BACK on, even though the clothes are totally bone dry, the dryer was still running trying to dry them. Overall I really like the dryer better than my Duet dryer.

 

[roscoe62]

45-50 Minutes

seems more normal for a drying time on most loads, unless it's unusually large. I have a dryer on order like the one you purchased, it reminds me of the older model Kenmore I we owned about 15 years ago, I used the auto dry and every load was bone dry when the machine shut down.
I have had three of the newer front load dryers, not one will dry everything completely dry, even set on Driest or More Dry settings, it's like a crap shoot with every load. All I want is DRIED clothes when the machine stops, HUH!!
Do you think the wrinkle shield is on auto if you don't get to dryer after it has completed the cycle?

 

[mark_wpduet]

yep

the buzzer buzzes really fast too.......sometimes it's so fast I don't even hear it, but wrinkle shield kicks in and it will buzz again. On this dryer, if you choose more dry you will have bone dry clothes when it shuts off. The only load that has taken longer than the 45-50 min range was 62 minutes but that was a huge load of heavy jeans.

 

[roscoe62]

So once the door is opened

I'm guessing the wrinkle shield shuts off.
It seems to be far more efficient at drying than the one I have, it's very pokey, but it'll be short lived here, it'll be gone, gone, gone, pretty soon. Since it's star rated I'd like to send it to the moon with a few people attached to it .
Thanks for you help Mark, appreciate it.

 

[appnut]

From my 1986 LK with its mechanical timer, when wrinkle shield had started and you opened the door to retrieve some items.  When I closed the door and pushed start button, it would resume the 5 minute periodic tumble to the end of wrinkle shield.  

 

[mark_wpduet]

You know

now that I think about it........mostly as soon as I hear the buzzer, I go and open the door and fold the clothes......clean the lint screen and vacuum up around the area and I will forget that the turn the dial to off, but it doesn't do wrinkle shield after I close the door.....the dial will just turn itself to OFF after a bit of time without coming back on....so I can only assume that the dryer knows the door has been opened and that stops wrinkle shield from coming on? I don't know HOW.....but wrinkle shield works fine UNLESS the door has been opened.....I'm thinking if you want wrinkle shield to keep going, you have to close the door and push START again or the timer will just go back to OFF on its own without coming on again.