Indesit G74V 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	suggested wash programme for small items such as T-Shirts may
in the clothes	sometimes incorporate a low spin speed which has the same effect.
after spinning
The type of	Your drying load may contain the same type of fabric but of different
fabric	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	longer to dry. It is more energy efficient to dry larger loads.
dried
How dry you	As it takes longer to fully dry clothes than to have them ready for
want the	ironing, you may wish to remove some clothes when they are slightly
clothes	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	select. See ‘Wash Care Labels’.
selected
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 (Full) Heat	High (Full) Heat	Gentle (Low) Heat
Drying times 800 - 1000rpm in	Drying times on reduced	Drying times on
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		4 kg	5 kg	6 kg	1 kg	2 kg	3 kg	1 kg	2 kg
20 - 30	35 - 45	45 - 60	60 - 70		70 - 80	80 - 100 20 - 30		35 - 45	45 - 60	25 - 40	40 - 60
Be careful not		All fabrics contain a little natural moisture even when ‘dry’ and this
to overdry		natural 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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