Hotpoint V3D01 manual Guide to Drying Times

Guide to Drying Times

	Please note that the Drying Times stated below and on appliance
	control panel are a GUIDE only and drying times are affected by:
The amount of	Items such as towelling retain a lot of water after spinning, also the
water remaining in	suggested wash programme for small items such as T-Shirts may
the clothes after	sometimes incorporate a low spin speed which has the same effect.
spinning
The type of fabric	Your drying load may contain the same type of fabric but of different
	thicknesses. Thinner items will take less time to dry. Some fabrics,
	such as those used for jeans are of closer texture than others and
	although light when dry will be heavy after washing and spinning.
The quantity of	Single items of clothes or small loads may take disproportionally
clothes to be dried	longer to dry. It is more energy efficient to dry larger loads.
How dry you want	As it takes longer to fully dry clothes than to have them ready for
the clothes	ironing, you may wish to remove some clothes when they are slightly
	damp, ready for ironing and then continue to dry the remainder until
	they are fully dry.
The heat setting	The label on the garment should tell you the correct heat setting to
you have selected	select. See ‘Wash Care Labels’.
The temperature	If the room in which the dryer is situated is cold, your clothes will take
of the room	longer to dry than if the room is warm.
Bulky items	Some bulky items such as padded jackets can be dried, with care,
	and we do advise that you remove these items several times, shake
	them and return them to the dryer.
	THERE ARE HOWEVER SOME ITEMS THAT WE DO NOT ADVISE
	YOU TO DRY: SEE ‘ITEMS NOT SUITABLE FOR TUMBLE
	DRYING’

Drying Guide - approximate drying time in minutes (weights specified are when dry)

COTTONS			SYNTHETICS		ACRYLICS
High Heat			High Heat		Low Heat
Drying times 1000rpm			Drying times on reduced		Drying times on
in washing machine			spin in washing machine		reduced spin in
					washing machine
	Half	Full	Half	Full	Half	Full
	load	load	load	load	load	load
1 kg	2 kg	3 kg	1 kg	2 kg	1 kg	2 kg
30 - 40	40 - 55	60 - 70	20 - 30	30 - 45	30 - 50	50 - 70

Be careful not to All fabrics contain a little natural moisture even when ‘dry’ and this

overdrynatural moisture should not be lost if the clothes are to remain soft and fluffy. Clothes that are dried for too long tend to wrinkle and will need more ironing than usual giving you extra work that the dryer was designed to remove.

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