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Old 15th February 2016, 14:23   #11
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I wonder if this would work??
If your drier is in a shed or garage, how about standing a plastic bucket full of water on top of it
Might work
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Seeing that a few members have been affected by this and it must have been a frightening experience for them I think we need to take this a little more seriously
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Old 15th February 2016, 14:27   #12
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Seeing that a few members have been affected by this and it must have been a frightening experience for them I think we need to take this a little more seriously
And a woman died in her house a few weeks ago so maybe Ken could have a re-think.

I enjoy a laugh but some things need taking more seriously.
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Old 15th February 2016, 15:07   #13
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Registered our indesit in October 2015 got a letter last week incating an engineer may call "Sometime" .. luckily my wife keeps the fluff in hand !! err under control .. errm !

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Old 15th February 2016, 20:12   #14
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We have a two year old Indesit Tumble Dryer which works well - it is the vented type having previously had a condenser type that was absolutely useless .

ONE THING I WOULD RECOMMEND IS REGULAR REMOVAL OF THE FLUFF BUILD-UP IN THE FILTER.

With ours you simply pull out a basket thing that sits on the bottom of the open door hatch. Then you can peel off the "blanket" of fluff that has been caught.

From what I understand it is when this fluff filter gets overloaded and the motor overheats and then sets this fluff alight.

I am staggered at how much fluff is collected even after one use.

I sometimes wonder how i possibly have any clothes left.

(Good heads up George - just seen your post of 12:41)
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Old 15th February 2016, 20:36   #15
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We have a two year old Indesit Tumble Dryer which works well - it is the vented type having previously had a condenser type that was absolutely useless .

ONE THING I WOULD RECOMMEND IS REGULAR REMOVAL OF THE FLUFF BUILD-UP IN THE FILTER.

With ours you simply pull out a basket thing that sits on the bottom of the open door hatch. Then you can peel off the "blanket" of fluff that has been caught.

From what I understand it is when this fluff filter gets overloaded and the motor overheats and then sets this fluff alight.

I am staggered at how much fluff is collected even after one use.

I sometimes wonder how i possibly have any clothes left.

(Good heads up George - just seen your post of 12:41)
i think this is the problem .

Users think the lint collector just inside the door is the only filter ..

The big one is at the bottom.
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Old 15th February 2016, 22:55   #16
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I had an engineer out to fix a related problem.

He said it's down to these stupid efficiency ratings. If the machines used a little more water to flush the system, and stop the fluff etc building up, this problem would be less likely to occur.

Obviously better that it saves 7 pence of water a day, than it is safe and reliable.
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Old 15th February 2016, 23:00   #17
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...however as this thread may well save lives, please may it be made a "sticky"?
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Old 15th February 2016, 23:11   #18
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I had an engineer out to fix a related problem.

He said it's down to these stupid efficiency ratings. If the machines used a little more water to flush the system, and stop the fluff etc building up, this problem would be less likely to occur.

Obviously better that it saves 7 pence of water a day, than it is safe and reliable.
Tumble dryers don't use water, well mine doesn't! .
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Old 16th February 2016, 06:13   #19
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Seeing that a few members have been affected by this and it must have been a frightening experience for them I think we need to take this a little more seriously
I was being serious Jef.
The idea was , if you think about it.....the fire would melt the bucket and hopefully the spilled water would put out any fire.
I put the icon as it was a daft idea that might just work.
Please don`t assume I am making fun of this kind of thing, I am not at all.
A friend of mine had this happen and I would not take the p-iss out of him.
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Old 16th February 2016, 06:34   #20
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Morning Ken
No offence taken

I think the issue is water and electricity don't mix although it would be a good idea for some kind of powder/co2 system to be introduced into the system.
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