Tumble dryer taking a while to start and not hot

longwalks1

Our tumble dryer takes a couple of minutes to get going once you turn it on, load it up, turn the dial to 60 mins (or whatever time) and its almost as though its thinking about it, before starting?


Should we be worried? We clean the filter out after every use, just wondering why its started taking an age to start up?

Aylesbury_Duck

Sounds like there’s potentially a problem with the circuit board. Or perhaps the element is packing up and the drum won’t turn until it senses it’s up to temperature?

Either way, I’d just carry on running it until it fails. If it’s the element or the circuit board, either will need replacing, they can’t be repaired.

getmore4less

Model number?

Why do people miss of essential information when asking for help.

Decent dryers have sensors you just press start and don't need to select time.

longwalks1

Sorry for the late reply, holiday and warm weather has meant the slow tumble dryer hasnt been top priority indoors. The model is:



White Knight C44AW



Its nearly 5 years old, and does get a fair bit of use

andygb

I had this problem with my tumble dryer and it was the capacitor on the way out. It was very hesitant and then one day didn't start at all. I think it cost £8 to fix.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_qEvZ7eb4o

longwalks1

Hello all, I replaced the capacitor and it now starts first time, everytime. (quite an easy fix too, and £5 for the part).


But, no heat. Put a t-shirt in there to test it and even after it'd been on for 20 minutes, I stopped it before cycle end (just this once) and the t-shirt wasnt any warmer?


Any ideas please??

BoGoF

Possibly thermostats.....easy enough to replace and plenty online videos.

Had similar a couple of years back and replacing these fixed it. Discovered that opening door mid cycle to check clothes is not good for the capacitors.

Aylesbury_Duck

Thermostat or element.

How old is the unit? It might be time to cut your losses and buy a new one.

longwalks1

Thanks people, found a video on YouTube that mentioned the thermostat, watched it to the end and he also mentioned the thermal cut out switch, so i checked that and it did need resetting, so reset it and just put the t-shirt back in


I'll give it 20 minutes and fingers crossed it was just that


Aylesbury Duck, its almost 5 yearsd old, was just a cheap White Knight one to get us out of trouble when we moved house

longwalks1

Just checked it while its still running (10 mins cooling left to go) and you can feel the warmth again, perfect.


The front clear part of the loading door is very warm/hot, never checked it before but guess thats normal?



Im not very domesticated as you may well tell..................

getmore4less

Better than many that would have just bought a new one.

For a cheap low end model well under £200 it is doing ok.

They get hot that's how they dry clothes.