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I have found our Candy H-on wifi condenser tumble dryer confusing from day one in the way it works on the cycles - oh for the days when you can select 'hi/low' heat in the app you just have this efficiency guesswork of 'Max' 'high' 'medium' and 'low' - low efficiency it looks like is high heat from what i can make out.
I just want 1kw, at 'extra dry' sensor at around 1hr30 or so (I realise it will take longer than that for 1kw instead of 2kw element, and am prepared for that) but even the ECO setting (which you would think would give you 1kw) will not let you select 'extra dry' the highest sensor level it will let you have is 'Hang' - so the cottons still feel like they come out a bit damp , not extra dry.
also if I select 'delicates' or synthetics the drum and door get really hot like its on full heat - even though the app reports it dries at a low temperature.
The dryer is condenser type - our old condenser Hoover tumble drier throughout the drying cycle would reverse tumble in both directions to avoid tangles and help dry the clothes quicker and evenly .
this Candy goes one way round (clockwise) for a few minutes , stops (and then you think its going to go anticlockwise), and then a second or 2 goes clockwise again , this is all cycles (even though the phone app says some cycles have special drum action) - its always clockwise! - I had an inkling HeatPump dryers work in this way not reverse tumbling through the cycle and thats one of the reasons I avoided buying a HeatPump dryer for that reason.
I can see (although of course it will void warranty) of me having to put in some kind of 20amp wall switch in the circuit to change the element from 2kw to 1kw (if it doesnt throw up an error on the display) so that I can get my 1kw instead of 2kw but still have 'extra dry' sensor drying .
i have the dryer at the moment through an extension lead cable (yes I know you are not supposed to use tumble dryers through extension lead) so i would rather have the heater at 1kw at over an hour and 30mins rather than 2kw which i think over time can overheat plug.
I just want 1kw, at 'extra dry' sensor at around 1hr30 or so (I realise it will take longer than that for 1kw instead of 2kw element, and am prepared for that) but even the ECO setting (which you would think would give you 1kw) will not let you select 'extra dry' the highest sensor level it will let you have is 'Hang' - so the cottons still feel like they come out a bit damp , not extra dry.
also if I select 'delicates' or synthetics the drum and door get really hot like its on full heat - even though the app reports it dries at a low temperature.
The dryer is condenser type - our old condenser Hoover tumble drier throughout the drying cycle would reverse tumble in both directions to avoid tangles and help dry the clothes quicker and evenly .
this Candy goes one way round (clockwise) for a few minutes , stops (and then you think its going to go anticlockwise), and then a second or 2 goes clockwise again , this is all cycles (even though the phone app says some cycles have special drum action) - its always clockwise! - I had an inkling HeatPump dryers work in this way not reverse tumbling through the cycle and thats one of the reasons I avoided buying a HeatPump dryer for that reason.
I can see (although of course it will void warranty) of me having to put in some kind of 20amp wall switch in the circuit to change the element from 2kw to 1kw (if it doesnt throw up an error on the display) so that I can get my 1kw instead of 2kw but still have 'extra dry' sensor drying .
i have the dryer at the moment through an extension lead cable (yes I know you are not supposed to use tumble dryers through extension lead) so i would rather have the heater at 1kw at over an hour and 30mins rather than 2kw which i think over time can overheat plug.
