Hello,
We've just bought a front-load dryer (Klarstein Jet Set 4000, 60 x 43 x 70 cm, so it's quite small), and out of stupid misunderstanding it was filled more than 3/4 of its content. The first time my husband used it, he filled the drum quite far below half for the duration of two hours, and it was really dry (of course). I thought it was not efficient, though, and told him to put as much as possible and as short as possible. I actually meant we should find an optimal point with this machine. I did not mean so much clothes that it would overwork the dryer or so short that the clothes would be ridiculously damp.
I didn't know how much he put, but he tried 1 hour. When one hour was up, he opened the door, quickly felt with his hand that the washing was still damp, and added another hour. Still it wasn't dry. I then checked and saw it was almost full with:
- two adult towels
- two baby towels
- two bed sheets of thin material (90x200)
- one baby sheet (60x120)
- lots of baby clothes.
I took out all the towels and sheets, put back the baby clothes and they were dry in 30 minutes. Next I put back the towels and sheets and they too were almost dry in 30 minutes.
The things are done now, but I'm now obsessing whether we've shortened the machine's life-span by overloading it for 2 hours. I felt so stupid and cannot stop kicking myself for ruining a brand-new machine. Maybe the belt is worn out by now? Or something else we'd only find out in a few months? There was still rooms on top of the drum but it's certainly over 3/4 and maybe slightly more than 4 kg (not sure).
Some websites say you can't break a front-load dryer and, if overload, the load of laundry will only take much longer to dry, but others say it can break and the result is not immediate. This drives me crazy. Should we return it? Any thoughts? Thank you.