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Hotpoint and Indesit Tumble Dryers have had a serious problem for years with excessive build up of fluff in areas where fluff shouldn't be. See below a Hotpoint tumble dryer I can across recently, I don't know how this didn't catch fire! 
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Went to repair a cooker the other day only to find an extremely old cooker, I was shocked and asked the customer how long he had had this and he replied it was fitted in 1971 (50 years ago) amazingly I had the element it needed to repair it.  Bosch Dishwashers have a large plastic tank covering the whole of the left hand side of their dishwashers called the "Heat Exchange". Nothing goes wrong with this part except the very small valve on the bottom right called the "Drain Valve" but when this fails (Usually bringing up fault code E19) you have to order the whole Heat Exchange as the valve has not been made to remove nor does it come as a spare part so this means you have to throw away the plastic Heat Exchange when there is nothing wrong with it and it goes to land fill, how bad is that when the land and oceans are filling up with plastic.
I posted back in March the problems with these washing machines and its only now Whirlpool have put out a recall, better late than never
The Problem is with models manufactured between October 2014 and February 2018. These are the models Whirlpool said had the problem: XWA 81252X K UK Indesit XWA 81252X W UK Indesit XWD 71452X K UK Indesit FML 742P UK Hotpoint WMAOD 743G UK Hotpoint WMAOD 743P UK Hotpoint WMAQB 721P UK.M Hotpoint WMAQC 641P UK.M Hotpoint WMAQC 741G UK Hotpoint WMAQC 741P UK Hotpoint WMAQC 741P UK.M Hotpoint WMAQF 621G UK Hotpoint WMAQF 621P UK Hotpoint WMAQF 641 P UK.M Hotpoint WMAQF 721G UK Hotpoint WMAQF 721P UK.M Hotpoint WMAQL 621G UK Hotpoint WMBF 742G UK Hotpoint WMBF 742K UK Hotpoint WMBF 742P UK Hotpoint WMBF 742P UK.M Hotpoint WMBF 763P UK Hotpoint WMEF 722 BC UK Hotpoint WMEF 742 P UK Hotpoint WMEUF 722P UK Hotpoint WMEUF 743G UK Hotpoint WMEUF 743P UK Hotpoint WMFG 741P UK Hotpoint WMFG 741P UK.M Hotpoint WMFUG 742 P UK.M Hotpoint WMFUG 742G UK Hotpoint WMFUG 742P UK Hotpoint WMFUG 842P UK.M Hotpoint WMJLF 842P UK Hotpoint WMJLL 742P UK Hotpoint WMSAQG 621P UK Hotpoint WMXTF 742G UK Hotpoint WMXTF 742K UK Hotpoint WMXTF 742P UK Hotpoint WMXTF 742P UK.M Hotpoint WMXTF 842P UK.M Hotpoint WMYL 7151PS UK Hotpoint If you have a sensor tumble dryer that stops to early leaving your washing still wet it sometimes can be as simple as giving the sensor bar inside the tumble dryer a clean so it can detect the humidity again.  Ever use an plug adapter? I suggest you periodically check them as this seems to happen a lot especially when 2 appliances that draw a lot of current is plugged into them.  Mouldy smelly door seals on washing machines has become very common in recent years and the majority of door seals I replace is because of this problem rather than having a leak. The reason is because using only liquid, liquid tablets or any other detergents that does not contain bleach will increase the build up of bacteria in the machine and on the door seal and also the fact that everyone washes at very low temperatures nowadays. What needs to be done to keep your washing machine free from gunk, bacteria and nasty smells is to switch to a powder and to use a regular hot wash of at least 60 degrees, unfortunately if you have already got the black mouldy (bacteria) build up on your door seal you'll find that you can not remove it and you will have to replace your door seal.  Hotpoint again, This time not their tumble dryers but their washing machines. The door lock over heats and burns out and although I have not seen a fire develop from this yet its surely only a matter of time. The picture below is a door lock and its plug. In the press and on the news and programs like Watchdog you constantly hear about Tumble Dryers catching fire especially from the Whirlpool group that includes Hotpoint Creda and Indesit. This is the filter and condenser from a Hotpoint condenser tumble dryer from someone who says they clean the filters after every use.
The problem is not so much with the designs of these tumble dryer but the customers not maintaining their appliances. Should never go out leaving these appliances on.  |
