Drying Times - Fisher & Paykel AD55 Service Manual

Dualcare (AD55) Dryer
The Dualcare Dryer has been designed so the
temperature inside the dryer is kept to a
minimum throughout the cycle. This means that
the clothes are dried at about the same
temperature you would wash them. Just as too
high wash temperatures can damage garments,
excessive temperatures in the dryer should be
avoided to ensure optimum clothes care.
The Dualcare Dryer offers the choice of two
cycles differentiated by the amount of energy or
heat used for drying.
•
The traditional Regular Cycle for drying
more resilient fabric or garment types, e.g.:
cotton. Here the heater remains on until the
last 13 minutes of the cycle where the dyer
goes into Cool down. During cool down the
drum tumbles and the fan blows cool air
through the clothes to remove the last bit of
moisture gently without heat. This also makes
the garments more resistant to creasing if left
in the dryer.
•
A special Delicate Cycle where the heater
pulses on and off.
energy input is
garments are dried at lower temperatures for
better care of synthetics or delicates.
Delicate Cycle consists of three drying
phases. The energy input is successively
decreased as the timer proceeds through
each phase. This means that when the
clothes are at their wettest they are subjected
to more heat than when they are dryer and
more susceptible to damage.
As with Regular, the Delicate cycle is
terminated with a 13 minute cool down period.
AD55 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
The result being the
considerably lower,
Using the Dualcare (AD55)
•
Plug dryer cord into wall socket and switch
on.
•
Load clothes in Dryer.
•
Clean lint filter.
•
Turning the knob clockwise only, select the
desired cycle and drying time.
•
Try to remove the garments from the dryer as
soon as the cycle is completed. This will help
prevent creasing.

Drying Times

With a new dryer it may take a few trials before
the customer can accurately predict the correct
drying time for each individual load. As a guide
we have included some example loads and their
drying times.
approximate figures only, based on the garments
being subjected to a high-speed spin at the end
of their wash.
so
The
10 Shirts (cotton / polyester)
5 T shirts plus 5 Towels
Flammable Solvents –
Only use the dryer to dry fabrics washed in
water. NEVER put garments soaked in dry
cleaning fluid or clothes that have been washed
with any flammable solution in the dryer. Vapour
from the inflammable solution could be ignited on
the heater element of the dryer resulting in a fire.
NEVER dry rubber articles, fibreglass, plastic
bags or film.
- 10 -
These times will, of course, be
Load Comparison
7 Towels
9 small delicates
Approximate
Drying Time
60 – 80 mins
20 – 40 mins
60 – 80 mins
20 – 30 mins