Is there a white goods engineer in the house?

[swee'pea99]

Thanks everyone. My sis has medical issues that make a dryer a good idea, so that's that. She's pretty clued up on things like iffy plugs, and she's gone through all the filter-cleaning and other diagnostics suggested in the manual. So, no simple solutions sadly. I'm more & more thinking a second hand replacement is likely the sensible way to go. 'A man' will almost certainly cost £100, give or take, and for that she could probably get a decent (ie, German) much newer machine off ebay. It's a shame. Goes against the grain to throw away a machine that's probably in truth relatively easily fixable. But pragmatically, it's looking more & more like the way to go.

 

[classic33]

What's the actual problem she's seeing, and do you know make & model?

 

[swee'pea99]

What's the actual problem she's seeing, and do you know make & model?

Thanks for sticking with it!

Ok, here's the full version:

"I did a load of washing on Saturday knowing full well it was going to rain all day but I thought, no matter, I'll just stick it in the TD. It was while I was hanging stuff in the bathroom when, with no warning, I lost all electricity. That was the first hint that something was wrong.

I won't go through all the narrowing down I did but it is most definitely the TD. Now, I'm pretty good about day-to-day looking after it. As it is a condenser model, I always empty any water and I always empty the fluff that's easily accessible (it was the the CLEAN AIRWAYS red light that had come up) but then I decided I'd do a more in depth clean on Sunday which I did. I de-fluffed every part I could reach, I rinsed the door filters with hot water and I removed and cleaned the condenser unit, also with hot water as per the problem solving pages of the manual. I left everything to dry out thoroughly and re-fitted them and I felt quite heartened, thinking that my actions would cure the problem. If only.

So what exactly happens? Standing by the machine, I can tell you that whether on the 20 minute programme or the full dry programme the same thing happens. It starts off quite happily and does perhaps a dozen rotations, then it stops and tries to do reverse revolutions and as soon as it starts to do the reverse revolutions, it trips the electrics.

One other thing:- the door is a bit iffy about shutting. You have to either get lucky and hit it in the place it is happy to engage or you have to keep the closing action until it catches. Whilst undoubtedly this is far from ideal but it's the way it has always behaved since day one when I got it and as the machine is quite happy to start up as I have described I think it is unlikely to have any bearing on why the TD now cuts out."

Oh, one other thing, it's a Miele, don't know the model, that she's had for about ten years, but she bought it off ebay so I don't know how old it actually is.

 

[classic33]

Have you tried running it with the vent fully open? Does the machine warm up.

Any error code being displayed when you turn the electric back on.