Edit It’s 17:08 now and it still shows 3 minutes

Edit 2 It’s 17:15 now and it has been on 0 minutes for 3 full minutes…

  • PapaStevesy@midwest.social
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    Those aren’t minutes, they’re drying time units, which last as long as the dryer decides it wants them to last on any particular day.

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      Who the fuck programs these things? Why even have this measurement if the units are not a fixed length? Just put a light on it that says “done” or “not done”

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        These dryers also have a timed function that will allow to to over dry your clothes as much as you’d like. The auto modes use sensors that can detect clothes that still haven’t dried completely as they tumble about. Pretty hard to make precise unless you’re attaching sensors to every article in the dryer.

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        It’s an estimation, which I prefer over the vagueness of a done/not done light. I recognize that it’s not specific or reliable for any precision, but having a general idea of when it will be done is useful.

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          its got the vague precision of a fucking sledgehammer

          says 30 minutes, could be 10, could be an hour, who knows

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            Mine typically says 2.5 hours and is done in 1.5-2h. Anyone using estimates on a minute schedule is… gonna have a bad time

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    One thing I pride myself on is the ability to see through my dryer’s bullshit. I know that 30 minutes really means 45 you damn liar.

  • GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml
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    I much prefer hang drying.

    • Less wear on the clothes
    • Basically no energy cost (technically not correct but it’s really whatever)
    • Free humidifying during the dry winters
    • Fairly satisfying thing to do while listening to a podcast

    The primary downside is that it’s no fun to do it when it rains, neither indoors or outdoors, but as long as you time your laundry well enough, it’s all good.

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      It’s -11°F where I am today, my family still lives in Jamaica and I envy their ability to hang their clothes so much.

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        It should be possible to hang your clothes indoors still, I guess. Outdoors as well I’ve been told, when it’s a bit below freezing, but I’ll admit that I’ve never actually tried that.

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      At home I hang most of the clothes, but we where at a short trip and we had some wet towels and swimgear, so de decided to just do one full laundry with most of our wet and dirty clothes. The first duration before I even started the cycle was that it should be done at about 16:10 it was actually done more than an hour later.

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      Relying on the weather to dry your clothes is a scam. You’re just going to get tricked. I have ADHD so it’s a no go

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          I can’t remember to do shit because I don’t experience the mental construct of time in the same way as neurotypicals. And even with an alarm, it’s still an extra cognitive load that makes me more likely to mess up everything else. If I forget the clothes on the line for a week, they’ll degrade in the elements and get mildew from the night dew. Inside is a better place for me to forget my clothes. I have less stuff to remember for less time, an alarm is more help to me, and I don’t have to plan for unexpected variables.

          The drying machine is a disabled person’s ally.

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            I see - remembering to bring the laundry inside is the issue.

            While there’s nothing wrong with using a dryer - I’m certainly not going to deny you the privilege - perhaps hanging the clothes inside could be a passable workaround for the memory issue? Assuming your indoor environment allows for it, that is.

  • FQQD! @lemmy.ohaa.xyz
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    How can this be an estimation, and how is it so wrong? Doesn’t the program just have a hard-coded length? Or does the time vary based on clothing weight or something? This seems so utterly strange to me.

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      Seems to be a washing machine. 1600RPM spin dry.

      The problem occurs because there are 2 conditions that need to be fulfilled.

      1. Its programmed to spin at set RPM for 6 mins.

      2. Before it can initiate a full speed spin it needs to ensure the drum is balanced. If its off balanced it will damage the spin motor and other parts of the machine in short order. (reference old machines that sound like an earthquake during spin cycles). It will keep attempting to adjust the clothes by start-stopping so clothes can fall in place. Only when the vibrations are down to acceptable levels will the machine initiate a full speed spin dry. Machine will stay stuck at set spin time until condition 2 is fulfilled.

      The way to fix this is to open up the machine, untangle balled up clothes and allow the spin dry to resume.

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        I find you get much more accurate estimates when you don’t overstuff the machine. You’re supposed to keep it 60-70% full to allow for proper agitation. Lots of people top it off.

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          If you read the instructions, on mine anyway, it says a full load is to the top of the basket without pressing down on any of the clothes. I always lay them around in a circular pattern to even out the level of clothes as I’m loading it. My fiancee used to shove as much as she could in there, and it would get off balance and wobble and shake the house. It took a lot of convincing but she finally believed me after I kept pointing out that’s probably why it was happening.

          Washing machines (mine anyway) wash by spinning back and forth in water with detergent, so if you stuff it full there’s not much room for any clothes to move and they don’t get very clean and will come out smelling like laundry detergent.

      • Camelbeard@lemmy.worldOP
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        Very good reply, just one thing to add, it’s both a washer and dryer, we did a full wash dry cycle.

    • Blackmist@lemmy.world
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      I assume it weighs it at the start and knows it’s dry when it weighs the same again.

      It doesn’t know what the material is. Some dry quicker than others.

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    Our dryer does this to us:

    Put clothes in, start it - it estimates 35 units of time. Come back in 15 minutes to check, it says 15 units left. Come back in 15 minutes, it now says 21 units left.

    I am, like all of us, unsure of the fundamental nature of time. But the dryer even more so. The units are not one standard length, and they don’t move always in the same direction.

    • noobdoomguy8658@feddit.de
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      1 年前

      Valve time; the phenomenon is often observed in software development, with some calling it the software development time.

      Jokes aside, reading this thread makes me appreciate the old junk for the washing machine I have around here much more - at least it’s accurate with time!

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    My washing machine over-estimates at first, it drops nearly an hour after it gets going. However, it will underestimate later on.

    Also, it does this thing where it beeps that it’s starting, doesn’t do anything, then unlocks the door for a few seconds, then locks it again and actually starts. That’s been a life saver for catching that one sock that got left behind and didn’t make it into the drum.

  • MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.todayBanned from community
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    OP looking down on the unwashed masses after complaining about his fancy washing machine:

  • KrokanteBamischijf@feddit.nl
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    Had the exact same experience the other day. Fuck these machines, fuck printers, fuck microwave ovens, fuck software updates and fuck time estimates in general.

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        It was a joke, since the Welsh say “I’ll do it now, straight away” for immediately, but “Now, in a minute” for I’ll do it, but have no estimate of when it will get done.

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          to go full circle, it’s a samsung eco bubble of sorts. I have one myself as a dutchy and I think it does time itself based on what’s in there so it’s just an estimation.

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            Yeah, I have the same machine. it will be saying 1 minute left on the spin cycle for 10 minutes.

  • BleakBluets@lemmy.world
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    My dryer has a couple different presets which all adjust the remaining time dynamically according to a predetermind dryness level. To get around this, I just use the “custom” setting and change the temperature and timer manually.

  • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    I see you bought a dryer that’s in Hawaiian time

    No worries, just go with the flow it’ll work out

    Fun fact though typically the last little bit of drying in the dryer is just cool down time, so just reach in there and grab those toasty boxers, you’ll be fine

  • XeroxCool@lemmy.world
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    I much prefer an estimating timer that reliably dries all the clothes rather than a reliable timer that estimates the clothes are dry.