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[ohme_ohmy]

So I realize that owning a dryer in Korea is a novelty and not common at all. It just so turns out that my apartment comes equipped with a dryer (which is the same unit as the washer).

This question is for anyone who ALSO has their own dryer in their apartments. The first 1 or 2 times I used the dryer, it worked like a charm. My clothes came out piping hot, but regardless they were relatively dry. However, the last few times I've used it, it finishes its dry cycle and when I open the door, the clothes are SOPPING wet with a pool of water in the bottom of the basin. What am I suddenly doing so wrong?! I can't seem to figure it out. So any help is very much appreciated.

For those of you wanting to leave smarta** comments saying "Koreans don't use dryers, so why should you?" etc. etc. please reserve them. I only aim to use the dryer for things like towels and bedsheets because those things take the longest to air dry and are the most immediately needed.

[blackjack]

you probably have got too much in there. Those combo driers are not very efficient

[ohme_ohmy]

You think that's it? Where on earth does all that water come from though? I know it uses a tiny bit of water to dry it, and the clothes aren't nearly as wet as they are when the dry cycle finishes.

[roadballmint]

You may need to empty a reservoir/basin. Some dryers don't drain automatically and the water from your clothes collects in a little basin that you need to empty yourself. If such a thing exists on your dryer and it's full, the dryer water has nowhere to go. Try pulling on the top, bottom or sides and see if something pops out.

I realize this is a combo washer, so it wouldn't make much sense for the washer water to drain but not the dryer water. But that's my best guess Also, is it possible you pressed a wrong button or accidentally changed the settings?

[miiooan]

what's the make of the machine? typically there are service centers that will send people out for free/cheap (compared to in the US, where it's REALLY expensive.)
if you can't find a service center on your own, ask the people at Seoul Global Center. They're pretty good at connecting people.
http://global.seoul.go.kr/

[pkang0202]

Make sure your clothes are going through the spin cycle.

I'm thinking maybe its washing, skipping the spin cycle, and jsut going to the drying cycle. If it IS going through the Spin cycle, there should be no reason for a pool of water ANYWHERE since the Spin cycle will drain most of the water out.

After a spin, the clothes should be wet, but it shouldn't be so damp that a pool of water will form.


Try running a load of laundry without the Dryin cycle. Do you still get a pool of water? If you do, then there's a problem with the Wash cycle, not the dryer.

[contacts]

Not in Korea yet, is it common to have washers and dryers in the apartment complex? In the apartment yourself?

[blackjack]

[contacts]

[mayorgc]

convection

[red_devil]

[Easter Clark]

[Drew345]

My dryer (combo) here in Korea flushes the water down a hose and into a drain in the corner of the laundry closet. Does your machine have that hose? Probably it does since it is a washer too. Make sure that hose is draining. Every few minutes in the drying cycle it shoots water through that hose.
If your water is going into a reservoir, instead of down the hose, then find that reservoir and empty it after every load. I had a machine like that in Thailand and the reservoir was in the upper right or the front of the machine.

Incidentally, my Korean "dryer" is more of a clothes "baker" than a dryer. If I use more than 30 minutes it will burn holes in the clothes, but never gets them totally dry. With no hot air exhaust system, all they can really do is bake the clothes. I use it for 30 minutes to get them hot and then hang them.

[lifeinkorea]

I am no expert, but there seems to be 2 essential modes. If I just push some buttons on the right I don't get it to dry. If I press a button on the right to start it up (on button?), then press another button in a red section on the left (dry button?), and then a third button on the right (start button), it will wash and dry in 1.5 hours.

[blackjack]