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  • Re: Bosch Tumble Dryer Woes

    From #Paul@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 8 15:57:27 2025
    Way back in 2024, #Paul wrote:
    Thomas Prufer <prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invalid> wrote:
    On Thu, 14 Nov 2024 20:01:53 +0000, (#Paul) wrote:

    This to me hints at some kind of sensor issue as a possibility, although >>>I don't know where that sensor might be located, or even if it would be >>>accessible for scrubbing if I did know.

    From cleaning a random dryer with such a sensor (it did fix the problem):
    in my case it was one of the vanes in the stainless steel drum, the
    stainless vane mounted on a plastic base, right in the drum and easily
    accessible. Hard scrub with white vinegar and it worked again...

    I finally remembered to check, and unfortunately for me there is no visible >sensor (or even a thing which might perhaps be one) inside the drum. I might >try running it with a double load of the cleaner product, or just up the >frequency to see if I can make progess on it.

    FWIW, a few extra run throughs, one after the other, with the cleaner product seems to have fixed the problem with my JL washer dryer. After a bit of intermittent working, tumble drying now seems reliable. A couple of chunks of solidified detergent/scale also appeared in the filter, so perhaps this was obstructing the sensor, but has now fallen off, helped by the extra cleaning cycles.

    #Paul

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  • From Thomas Prufer@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 9 14:29:10 2025
    On Wed, 08 Jan 2025 15:57:27 +0000, news20k.noreply@threeformcow.myzen.co.uk (#Paul) wrote:


    Way back in 2024, #Paul wrote:
    Thomas Prufer <prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invalid> wrote:
    On Thu, 14 Nov 2024 20:01:53 +0000, (#Paul) wrote:

    This to me hints at some kind of sensor issue as a possibility, although >>>>I don't know where that sensor might be located, or even if it would be >>>>accessible for scrubbing if I did know.

    From cleaning a random dryer with such a sensor (it did fix the problem): >>> in my case it was one of the vanes in the stainless steel drum, the
    stainless vane mounted on a plastic base, right in the drum and easily
    accessible. Hard scrub with white vinegar and it worked again...

    I finally remembered to check, and unfortunately for me there is no visible >>sensor (or even a thing which might perhaps be one) inside the drum. I might >>try running it with a double load of the cleaner product, or just up the >>frequency to see if I can make progess on it.

    FWIW, a few extra run throughs, one after the other, with the cleaner product >seems to have fixed the problem with my JL washer dryer. After a bit of >intermittent working, tumble drying now seems reliable. A couple of chunks of >solidified detergent/scale also appeared in the filter, so perhaps this was >obstructing the sensor, but has now fallen off, helped by the extra cleaning >cycles.

    #Paul

    Nice. And good to know that using the cleaner actually worked!

    I *like* using valve seat cleaners, STP, Magic Mystery Oil Additive (reportedly sewing machine oil with some wintergreen oil scent), fuel stabilizer, make-dishwasher-sparkly-clean-stuff, washing machine refresher, etc.---but usually feel remorse for wasting money on a likely placebo.

    Thomas Prufer

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@21:1/5 to Thomas Prufer on Thu Jan 9 18:14:23 2025
    On 09/01/2025 13:29, Thomas Prufer wrote:
    Nice. And good to know that using the cleaner actually worked!

    I*like* using valve seat cleaners, STP, Magic Mystery Oil Additive (reportedly
    sewing machine oil with some wintergreen oil scent), fuel stabilizer, make-dishwasher-sparkly-clean-stuff, washing machine refresher, etc.---but usually feel remorse for wasting money on a likely placebo.

    Most of these products do *something*. I swear by Waitrose daily shower
    shine spray that keeps lime off everything even when the water softener doesn't, I've had injector cleaner run through my engine and all slight roughness disappeared...
    ..adding fuel oil additives to my AGA kerosene has reduce the 6 week
    decoke period to over a year now...
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    conspirators see right wing conspiracies everywhere"

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  • From alan_m@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 9 21:17:54 2025
    On 08/01/2025 15:57, #Paul wrote:


    FWIW, a few extra run throughs, one after the other, with the cleaner product seems to have fixed the problem with my JL washer dryer. After a bit of intermittent working, tumble drying now seems reliable. A couple of chunks of solidified detergent/scale also appeared in the filter, so perhaps this was obstructing the sensor, but has now fallen off, helped by the extra cleaning cycles.

    An occasional maximum hot wash with a cup full of soda crystals will
    remove the build up of detergent and limescale as well as removing any
    nasty smells from the machine.

    https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/258133332

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