Dangerous Tumble Dryers

Some tumble dryers ; whirlpool/hotpoint/indesit

http://money.aol.co.uk/2017/02/23/wh...d-immediately/


https://safety.hotpoint.eu/index.jsp

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This was all on the news last night PD.
I can't remember the numbers now, but these companies have only mended a fraction of the dryers people have got, and everyone else has been told to unplug them and not use them any more.
Naturally folks are up in arms now as they are stuck with a dryer taking up room that they can't even use.

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This has been going on for 1 yr now, they came down and repaired ours a long time ago.

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I just thought it might be helpful to anyone who had not seen the news about it.

They've finally admitted that there is a problem. Rather than telling people not to leave them when operating.

Hotpoint link tells you if yours is likely to be a problem. Fortunately, mine has a round green sticker on it, so it's not one that's suspect. Modifications had already been done.

I've only had it 3 years, so if it had already been modified, this must have been a long standing issue that they have known about, not just in the last 12 months.

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I have always been cautious with tumble dryers. I never would leave it on if I was not there.

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We had one of the dangerous ones. We'd been using it for a good number of years too. I was always aware how much fluff built up on the filter after a drying cycle and would clean it thoroughly each time. Maybe I'm wrong but I felt the dryer was safe if careful about this. As said, we'd had been running it for years.

The alert on the dryer wasn't ignored though and we booked a call. When the time came, they went to the wrong address because of a mistake (by them) in our postcode.

We booked another call that would have been months away. Then we saw the offer of a replacement at a reduced price. About £80 I think it was. Having had our money's worth out of the old tumble-dryer, we went for it. The new one was delivered quickly and the old one taken away.

The new one is OK but tends not to leave the clothes not so dry. They really need putting through the drying process for a bit longer than a programmed cycle. The old one may have been dangerous but it certainly worked better.

Anyway, all resolved for us now.

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Ours was fixed last year, but I've never been one for leaving it on when I'm not here, and clean the lint filter after each cycle so I think it was fairly safe anyway.

My mils td caught fire years ago she kept it in her shed, it set fire to the shed, garage next to it and two cars in the garage, hedge and next doors shed. That was an expensive afternoon for her !

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Yes, I don't like them much either; all that being buffeted about in a confined space, I much prefer using a towel after I have had a shower.

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Don't blame you Bruce I find my hair goes dreadfully static if I use the tumble dryer rather than a towel.

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Ah! you're using it wrong. If using a tumble-dryer to dry the body, stand in front of the hot air outlet hose and dance the twist.