my tumble dryer runs but does not get hot . Defy autodry ?

Defy autodry 45 .
I discover the heating timer has fallen apart and need another one but where will I get one. And how much it will cost?

Stavros Simos
June 2015

Where does the water go to?' It's not got a condenser drawer of a water vent at the back?'

Andi
June 2013

Hi Natascha,
This is maybe too late but mine was a blown heating element R90 at a spares dealer.
Unplug machine.
Remove the black cover at the back (one screw) and remmove the fan drive belt (elstic)
Remove back cover. mark the 3 wires running to the main machine with numbers on tape on either side of the connector then unscrew the connector block.
near the motor, Remove the big spring holding the main drive belt in tension. Note the place the spring reconects!
Remove the drive belt.
Lift out the stainless stell drum.
Remove the 4 nuts holding the big metal disc with the element (nuts on a circle around the door hole +- 40cm diamter) and lift out the disc with the element, removing the blue & brown element wires.
Put a resistance meter on the old element spade connections
resistance similar to a kettle +- 9 ohms
If the element is broken, there will be no connection between the spade connectors of the element.
Mine was broken inside one of the holding clips, not visable till the element was removed.
Lever the 5 or 6 clips holding the element in place to open up slightly. uncrew the clamp plate near the spade connectors.
Replace the element with a new one if broken.
Reassemble in reverse, starting with the 2 element wires.
Make sure they dont touch any body part when the element metal disc has been reattached.
When reconnecting the main drive belt (non elastic), get somebody to hold in place halfway around the drum, double the end, thread through the tensioner poulley wheel hole and put the loop over the end of the motor shaft.
put the tensioner legs into the 2 slits above the motor.
Reattach the spring.
Turn the drum by hand slowly to get the belt running straight, and help it into place if needed.
Reattach the wires to the cover, checking they are out of the way of the motor pulley when the cover is reattached.
The job takes about 40 mins.

Roger Burdett
May 2008

This is probably too late for you, but it might help others. Mine did the same, and I've fixed it. It works like the day I bought it, and I was about to buy a new one.

The clothes are dried by a combination of heat and air-flow. The Defy produces fluff like a 2 day old chicken - and it blocks the air vents at the back. I have always cleared the front ones but I didn't realise that there were more vents at the back.

Look at the bottom right corner of the back of the machine. Use a vacuum cleaner to clear that vent - it is 50% of the problem. Then undo the 8 screws holding on the back (after pulling the plug out!) and vacuum the inside. Replace the back panel and voila!

Dianne
January 2008