Model no ZWD1470W. Dryer not working properly - although the air appears to be heating slightly, it's nothing like as hot as it should be to dry the clothes.
Any clues where to start looking great appreciated. I'm a competent BBC engineer, but don't know anything about the insides of washing machines. I guess there's likely to be a problem with either an o/c element or a thermostat?
TIA,
Steve
best place to look is outside at space for a washing line.
Or...
A fault I have seen on two washer-dryers (not your model, though) is in the condenser/filter box (not sure what it is really called) on the outlet as the outlet hose exits the case.
This box fills with lint, scale and other resudues over time. The air and water flow during drying gradually reduces. Eventually the overheat thermostat on the heater/blower operates and drying fails. If the overheat themostat is self-resetting, drying failure is intermittent.
I have had success with just cleaning the rubbish out of this box.
You might want to check this. Also maybe check if the overheat thermostat needs re-setting (or replacing); or check if the dryer heater element has gone.
"John Phillips" wrote
Thank you John, will check!
Steve
wrote
LOL - thankfully we already have that backup option!
Steve
Just as a follow-up for other people, the problem turned out to be that the plastic container/duct linking the blower on the heater manifold to the drum was clogged up with wet, compacted lint.
I had to turn the machine upside down, undo the short, thick hose from the translucent duct up the side of the machine, pop it off and then rod out the lint out using a length of plastic hose attached to my Dyson vac with gaffer tape. Took me about half an hour of trying to blindly force the hose into all the various channels inside the duct before I was convinced that I'd got most of it out. Once reconnected, all worked perefectly again.
The hose was an absolute pig to get back on, until I got the right technique - then of course it took about five seconds! These modern machines are *really* not designed to be serviced!
Steve
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