Bought a new heat pump drier, 3 hours still not fully dried.

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#2974304 28-Sep-2022 16:17

Thank you guys, very good stuff didn't realised that there's a lot of science and art involved here.

I would try to put the hose, yes the water container gets filled up and I make sure I empty it every cycle.

Will try different load and configurations.

"Never has been very good at drying towels and often I've had to take whatever was in it and put it in a normal dryer to finish off." - Not promising, improperly dried clothing will stink.

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#2974573 29-Sep-2022 01:22

We have only had our new Miele T1 since Friday, and it has impressed me so far. It only seems to take about 10 minutes longer than our old (very cheap) Westinghouse sensor dryer, and did get everything in the one big load we have done properly dry. The feel coming out of the dryer was that they might still be a little damp, but once out they were in fact fine. And that is without having to set "extra dry" mode as we had to with the Westinghouse. As usual, the zip area on jeans is an exception, as there are simply too many layers of thick cloth there, but that is the same as the Westinghouse and with our ancient F&P non sensor model we had before that. I will be doing a big load of towels and bathmats in the next day or so - I hope it works as well with them.

With our first big load (mixed, but mostly cotton of varying thicknesses), the T1 initially said it would take 2:38, but then it spent about 60 seconds testing the load and changed the time to 1:38, and did not change that later. The Westinghouse typically took about 1:30 for a load like that (but I never actually timed it).

Miele is usually a more expensive brand and I was very surprised that they had an "economy" model such as the T1 that is also price competitive - it looks to be similarly priced to that Haier model. We had no need of the extra features in the $3000+ Miele model - the T1 has everything we need. It is only 7 kg though, compared to 8 kg for the Haier.

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#2989537 29-Oct-2022 16:44

reven:

I have a Samsung heatpump dryer... total POS. about 5 years old, stopped working last week. Never has been very good at drying towels and often I've had to take whatever was in it and put it in a normal dryer to finish off.

I only ever wash 5 towels at a time due to washing machine size, so yeah not overloading it.

@ reven

What model of Samsung Heatpump Dryer do you have.

We are hoping their technology has improved from your model.

We currently own a F&P AquaSmart Top Loader that supposedly behaves like a front loader. It is getting on to be 15yrs old and 90% of the times tangles washing in knots, from day one I might add. Balance mechanism and Fabric Softener system has been repaired once each in the last 3 yrs.

We also own a good old 30yr Hoover Award dryer which is starting squeak, rattle & role a bit. (1.7 Kwh power bill !!)

So these items are coming up for replacement plus we are trying to lessen our running costs and carbon foot print.

We are looking at their latest model DV90T7440BT 9Kg model as they are $1899 which includes the $399 off Harvey Normal Home Show deal on this weekend Tauranga. We would be matching it up (using stackable draw $159) with the Samsung 9.5Kg Front Load Washing Machine WW95T754DBT at $1199 which includes $299 off this weekend deal.

Whilst the difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a bit longer. However, miracles you will have to wait for.

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#2989542 29-Oct-2022 17:03

Just tried this exact model for the 1st time today. I was expecting a long cycle but it finished quicker than expected. We've got a 7 front loader washing machine so our drying load would have been relatively small.

New to this gig, but @Divhon88 have you cleaned the sponge thing (the condenser filter that is tucked behind the lint filter)?

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#2989577 29-Oct-2022 18:20

Addition to above post.

I have just noticed that these Samsung dryer and washer have different diameter drainage hoses each. Dryer is 10mm and Washer is 22mm

Is there an appropriate Y connector so I can connect these two products into one 22mm drainage hose to connect to my laundry sink U bend drainage pipe ?

OR is there a laundry sink U bend that has two drainage hose connector points ?

Something like this: (picture is an overseas product)

Whilst the difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a bit longer. However, miracles you will have to wait for.

fe31nz

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#2989610 29-Oct-2022 23:17

In NZ, you need a plumber to do plumbing - so you need to ask a plumber about how to do what you want.

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#2991491 3-Nov-2022 13:20

@tanivula Yes I clean those sponge like filters everyload. I have halved the load from my usual put in max level drying and 2 hours.

Better result than my previous but now accepted the fact now that there will still be some dampness in the clothes which I hate.

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#2991506 3-Nov-2022 14:11

fe31nz:

In NZ, you need a plumber to do plumbing - so you need to ask a plumber about how to do what you want.

Sort of,

There are a bunch of historic regional exemptions for householders to do their own plumbing, (they have no logical background)

I know its legal in Wellington and Rodney and a few other places,

https://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/1992/0021/4.0/whole.html#DLM151927

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#3011331 17-Dec-2022 14:46

FineWine:

We currently own a F&P AquaSmart Top Loader that supposedly behaves like a front loader. It is getting on to be 15yrs old and 90% of the times tangles washing in knots, from day one I might add. Balance mechanism and Fabric Softener system has been repaired once each in the last 3 yrs.

We also own a good old 30yr Hoover Award dryer which is starting squeak, rattle & role a bit. (1.7 Kwh power bill !!)

So these items are coming up for replacement plus we are trying to lessen our running costs and carbon foot print.

We are looking at their latest model DV90T7440BT 9Kg model as they are $1899 which includes the $399 off Harvey Normal Home Show deal on this weekend Tauranga. We would be matching it up (using stackable draw $159) with the Samsung 9.5Kg Front Load Washing Machine WW95T754DBT at $1199 which includes $299 off this weekend deal.

Well ditched the F&P AquaSmart Top Loader and good old 30yr Hoover Award dryer, got $150 & $50, respectively on Trademe.

Now the very happy owners of Samsung 9.5Kg Front Load Washing Machine WW95T754DBT and Samsung 9.0Kg Heat Pump Dryer model DV90T7440BT.

We love these two machines. Hooked up to the house home network and they can be controlled via SmartThings app. They also talk to each other. e.g. the dryer knows what the washer load was in type and weight and automatically sets for that washer load.

AND yes the whites are whiter and colours brighter. No tangling any more. The Heat Pump Dryer is great. As we can measure our kWh usage via our solar power app it uses less than 1kWh.

So overall very happy. Now we just wait for longevity.

Whilst the difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a bit longer. However, miracles you will have to wait for.

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#3011343 17-Dec-2022 15:16

From my experience, they are all rubbish to be honest. They take longer than simply hanging the washing out on the line. Ours gets very little use these days.

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#3011345 17-Dec-2022 15:27

I wanted a heat pump drier to replace my ageing F&P normal one which vented through the door and made the laundry quite damp.

I couldn't bear the thought of spending $1500+ so in the end bought this unit.

https://www.mideashop.co.nz/collections/dryer/products/midea-8kg-heat-pump-tumble-dryer-mdc80-ch03-b06e-au7-p2?variant=41791736578245

Since there is no Midea shop in Wellington I had it shipped for $99.

So far (after a few months) it's gone well. Normal laundry comes out dry after about an hour (I use the shirt setting) and towels and linen take about 2 hours.

It uses 800W according to the manual so cost to run is now high (especially if I run offpeak at 14/kWh).

Really surprised in how much water collects in the tank which is the moisture that was previously going into the house :-(

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#3011350 17-Dec-2022 15:54

Wombat1:

From my experience, they are all rubbish to be honest. They take longer than simply hanging the washing out on the line. Ours gets very little use these days.

I was surprised how well the miele heat pump dryer worked. But not everyone has a ability to put clothes out to dry, and on damp cold days the dryer is definitely faster.

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#3011440 17-Dec-2022 20:49

mattwnz:

Wombat1:

From my experience, they are all rubbish to be honest. They take longer than simply hanging the washing out on the line. Ours gets very little use these days.

I was surprised how well the miele heat pump dryer worked. But not everyone has a ability to put clothes out to dry, and on damp cold days the dryer is definitely faster.

Just took out a load from my Midea that was a combination of shirts and smalls. A 8 kg load. After one hour they are all dry so count me as a believer.

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#3011446 17-Dec-2022 21:43

I have a Samsung Heatpump dryer, 2 months old, model DV90T8440SB, (and just got the matching 12kg washer, to be installed tomorrow).

I have found the dryer to be fantastic, it dries towels from wet (either from the machine, or from the washing line with all the rain we are having!), in around 2 hours (on the AI setting). I have also tried dying other items (t-shirts, etc.) and even used the Hygiene feature all work well (except the Hygiene feature gets things HOT, but in hindsight that's probably to be expected). Biggest load I have done is 6 towels as that's what my old washing machine always took.

I can easily fill the water tank in 2 loads (the machine isn't plumbed in).

FYI I also use Smartthings, and the machine and dryer can be linked in the app, so the washing machine tells the dryer the correct cycle based on what was washed. I can also set a timer in the app so start the dryer at 9pm, which is my Hour Of Free Power. Even cooler is that when a load has finished I get a message pop up on my TV :-)

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#3011934 19-Dec-2022 11:28

I have the top AEG heat pump dryer, which is very slow. Even more so lately. It's about 3 years old. 3-4 super large Bath Sheets (bigger than a normal towel) tho. Did see a simple trick been meaning to try which is to extra spin cycle for towels and then dry. Maybe give that a go.

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