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CLOTHES CARE
Sorting –
In most cases the clothes will go straight from the
washer into the dryer, so it is just not practical to
resort the laundry after it ahs been washed.
Generally, articles that have been washed
together can be dried together. But it can make
things easier if, when sorting laundry for the
washer, you bear in mind the best clothes mix for
the dryer.
In order to achieve both optimum drying
performance and efficiency, clothes should be
sorted for the dryer according to how long they
take to dry. The simplest way to do this is to sort
the wash into two categories:
1. The heavier garments that take longer to dry,
e.g.: towels, t-shirts, flannelette sheets.
2. The light garment s that dry quickly e.g.:
cotton/polyester shirts, sheets etc, synthetics.
By sorting the clothes in this way, you are:
•
Separating lint givers from lint collectors.
•
Ensuring against uneven drying by
collectively treating garments that take
similar times to dry.
•
Minimising drying times because you aren’t
overdrying some items while others are still
damp.
This is perhaps the simplest way to organise the
washing; however, there are other ways:
•
You may wish to separate your delicates
and synthetics to take advantage of the low
temperature cycles, e.g.: Delicate on the
Dualcare dryer.
Many people enjoy the benefits of utilising a dryer
to dramatically decrease their ironing. This is
achieved by laundering all permanent press
articles separately. The tumbling action and heat
of a dryer removes the wrinkles from these
garments, so if they are hung on a clothes hanger
as soon as the dryer cycle is completed, they
require little or no ironing.
Loading –
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Clothes for tumble drying should be spun at
the highest spin speed the autowasher will
allow for the load type. The more water you
remove in the wash the less you have to
remove in the dryer. Never put dripping wet
garments in the dryer.
•
By closing zippers, hooks and eyes etc, you
can prevent clothes from being snagged or
tangled.
•
To ensure clothes are dried evenly, shake
them out and load them individually.
•
For optimum efficiency load the dryer to
allow enough room for the clothes to tumble
freely. This will ensure adequate airflow
and minimise creasing.
Drying Small Loads – Electronic
models.
When very small loads i.e. 1 or 2 shirts are placed
I the ED55/56, the control system may stop the
dryer before the garments are correctly dried.
This is due to the exhaust air not passing through
the load fully, hence the temperature of the
exhaust air is much the same as any empty or dry
load. The control system will therefore stop
prematurely.
Rather than drying single garments, it is
recommended that a number of additional
garments are loaded in as well. All garments will
then come out correctly dried.