Edit It’s 17:08 now and it still shows 3 minutes
Edit 2 It’s 17:15 now and it has been on 0 minutes for 3 full minutes…
Those aren’t minutes, they’re drying time units, which last as long as the dryer decides it wants them to last on any particular day.
Who the fuck programs these things? Why even have this measurement if the units are not a fixed length? Just put a light on it that says “done” or “not done”
I mean, I was just being sarcastic, but it seems like that.
These dryers also have a timed function that will allow to to over dry your clothes as much as you’d like. The auto modes use sensors that can detect clothes that still haven’t dried completely as they tumble about. Pretty hard to make precise unless you’re attaching sensors to every article in the dryer.
Prolly also need humidity and temp sensors outside the drum.
It’s an estimation, which I prefer over the vagueness of a done/not done light. I recognize that it’s not specific or reliable for any precision, but having a general idea of when it will be done is useful.
Imagine getting so mad at a dryer timer. If you hate it so much don’t look at it and wait until it’s done
I can’t imagine
Now I’m confused, how many drying time units are in a galactic standard week?
I can understand the confusion, drying time units is actually a measure of distance not speed.
Depends how wet the week is.
One thing I pride myself on is the ability to see through my dryer’s bullshit. I know that 30 minutes really means 45 you damn liar.
Yeah I should have known, started the thing at 12:26 (actually know this because I called my wife to check if we had 3 hours and 38 minutes before we needed to go), its 17:18 and I just got the door open…
If you haven’t already, clean the dryer vent thoroughly, including the whole exhaust vent leading outside. This should be done at least once a year. Once the vent is clear it should speed up drying, if not it might be the dryer itself and the manual might have solutions.
Here are some guides: https://www.familyhandyman.com/article/how-to-clean-a-dryer-vent/ https://home.howstuffworks.com/home-improvement/home-diy/projects/dryer-vent-cleaning.htm
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It was two minutes five minutes ago!
I can’t understand the joke. :/
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I believe it’s from the movie Snatch
I much prefer hang drying.
- Less wear on the clothes
- Basically no energy cost (technically not correct but it’s really whatever)
- Free humidifying during the dry winters
- Fairly satisfying thing to do while listening to a podcast
The primary downside is that it’s no fun to do it when it rains, neither indoors or outdoors, but as long as you time your laundry well enough, it’s all good.
Nothing like spring/summer outdoor fresh dried laundry
At home I hang most of the clothes, but we where at a short trip and we had some wet towels and swimgear, so de decided to just do one full laundry with most of our wet and dirty clothes. The first duration before I even started the cycle was that it should be done at about 16:10 it was actually done more than an hour later.
Time to clean your dryer venting.
And camera lens.
and the microphone.
just in case they couldn’t spy correctly anymore.
My washing machine over-estimates at first, it drops nearly an hour after it gets going. However, it will underestimate later on.
Also, it does this thing where it beeps that it’s starting, doesn’t do anything, then unlocks the door for a few seconds, then locks it again and actually starts. That’s been a life saver for catching that one sock that got left behind and didn’t make it into the drum.
Exactly. It is critical to learn what the machine means when not under time pressure.
The developers just put their own logic into its estimation software.
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That’s a fancy dryer.
Mines purely mechanical. Old school timer runs the dryer
This one might save power because it will only dry as long as it needs to.
Opening the door and checking will also make sure it only dries as long as it needs to.
Not really. You lose all the hot air every time you open it up and then it has to use juice to heat up again.
Right. Right. So let’s make it run even longer than it needs to. That’s a great solution.
It’s certainly more simpler than your dumbass idea that will get the company sued when some shmuck decides to fondle the vent or some bs.
I’m sorry popping open a door for one second is too much for you. You might not be clever enough for a clothes dryer.
And that’s ok. Not everyone has to be good at the very basics. Luckily there’s plenty of companies willing to sell you over priced over engineered crap.
Man i envy your bubble. You haven’t met some truly dumb people.
you guys are going in circles with this heated debate
Mate, most people are not interested of following laundry machine spin for 4 hours. Normal people put clothes in, go do something and get the clothes out when they hear a peep. Or 10 hours later whatever.
I much prefer an estimating timer that reliably dries all the clothes rather than a reliable timer that estimates the clothes are dry.
We call it “the longest minute” in my house.
My dryer has a couple different presets which all adjust the remaining time dynamically according to a predetermind dryness level. To get around this, I just use the “custom” setting and change the temperature and timer manually.
Must be a Welsh machine. I’ll be there now, in a minute.
