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I've loved it until I dry sheets. They bundle up into a ball.
I've loved it until I dry sheets. They bundle up in a ball, wrinkle terribly and don't dry. What can I do? Never had this problem with my other dryers.The dryer says king size capacity. I've tried to do one set of sheets at a time, two sets at a time, one set of sheet and some extra clothes mixed in...always the same... a wrinkled up wet ball of sheets.
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Find your sensor inside the drum and get some cotton balls and a bottle of rubbing alcohol. Dampen a cotton ball and rub it across the sensor bars in the dryer. If it comes back blue, keep rubbing with new cotton balls until they come back with no color. Do this especially if you use dryer sheets. Those sheets end up coating the sensor with a film and then the sensors will not detect the moisture. Hope this helps!
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Close the door firmly. The dryer will not operate if the door is not completely closed.
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Press the "Start" button firmly or push the knob in to start the dryer.
3
Turn the dial past the "Off" position and away from "Wrinkle
Prevent." The dryer will not start in the "Off" or "Wrinkle Prevent"
position.
Long Drying Times
4
Remove the lint screen. Clean it and replace it.
5
Check the temperature of the room. The dryer will not operate properly in temperatures below 45 degrees Fahrenheit.
6
Inspect the area around the dryer. It requires at least
1-inch clearance on the front and sides of the dryer. A 5-inch clearance
is needed on the back of the dryer. Move the dryer, if needed.
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Separate large loads and do not use an air dry cycle.
Lint, Stains and Wrinkles
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Clean the lint screen before drying each load of clothes to prevent lint buildup on clothing.
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Add fabric softener sheets before starting a drying cycle.
If the sheets are added after the load has partially dried, they can
leave stains on the clothing.
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Dry small loads and remove clothing as soon as the drying cycle completes to prevent wrinkling.
Dryer is Noisy
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Check the inside of the dryer for loose change, buttons or other items. Empty the pockets on clothing before drying.
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Separate items that are knotted together and restart the
load. Knotted or balled up clothing will bounce and make the dryer
vibrate.
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Level the dryer. Turn the leveling legs on the front of the
dryer clockwise or counter-clockwise until the dryer is level. Turning
the legs clockwise will lower the dryer. Turning the legs
counter-clockwise will raise the dryer.
As you insert the clothing into the dryer make sure you open up the larger pieces fully so they do not ball up. Frequently people put large bed sheets in before opening them up and everything gets rolled inside them. If your load is too small, that might happen, also!
I would not recommend using dryer sheets at all to be honest. The best alternative, although a bit noisy, are the dryer balls. They are a little smaller than a tennis ball and are plastic with little spikes on them. Dryer sheets are terrible for your venting as they make the lint that comes off your clothes very sticky and it gets caught while trying to exhaust out of your house.
Balls don't work. The only solution is to unball the sheets every few minutes. It is the dryers fault: they way it's designed. It's not the milkman's fault.
Try not to wash large items with small items the large items like sheet will twist around the small item. causeing twisting and wrinkling. Also If you are overloading the clothes or underloading the clothes they will come out wrinkled. I would try to do some testing wash a load of only towels then wash a load of only t-shirts and other light weight items that you may have. Then do just a load of your jeans. What happens? Please let me know
I have the same problem, but I found that shaking the clothing articles out while they are wet before putting them in the dryer, releases the wrinkles before the drying cycle. They come out looking much better. You can also buy a dryer ball, they are balls with hard spikes, they take away static and also replace dryer sheets, they last up to 3 years. Buy them at any Wal-Mart or big retailer. Good Luck!
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