The White Knight 37 AW is a base model dryer, and is from their budget range. Costs vary when new, and mine was bought for £79.
As a machine, it is very simple, and easy to repair when things go wrong, which is quite important for this apparatus!
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Advantages: Repairable, cheap, simple, British Disadvantages: Drive belt breaks a lot
The White Knight 37 AW is a base model dryer, and is from their budget range. Costs vary when new, and mine was bought for £79.
As a machine, it is very simple, and easy to repair when things go wrong, which is quite important for this apparatus!
The front side of the machine is extremely simple, It has a timer - which doubles as a on / off switch and a temperature switch, with Hi / Lo settings. You can also find the ... ...putting your laundry in!
User access to the inside through the door allows removal of the fluff filter.
The rear of the machine has the exhaust output which can be directed via a pipe or to a condenser box.
Its power input is at 240V, but it doesnt require that ammount, and will work sufficiently well on 24V (Will drain the source quickly).
The machine is designed to hold a 3 Kg load, which ... more
The White Knight 37 AW is a base model dryer, and is from their budget range. Costs vary when new, and mine was bought for £79.
As a machine, it is very simple, and easy to repair when things go wrong, which is quite important for this apparatus!
The front side of the machine is extremely simple, It has a timer - which doubles as a on / off switch and a temperature switch, with Hi / Lo settings. You can also find the load / unload door on the front of course, for putting your laundry in!
User access to the inside through the door allows removal of the fluff filter.
The rear of the machine has the exhaust output which can be directed via a pipe or to a condenser box.
Its power input is at 240V, but it doesnt require that ammount, and will work sufficiently well on 24V (Will drain the source quickly).
The machine is designed to hold a 3 Kg load, which isnt a great deal, certainly, if its overloaded, the drive belt will snap, this will also occur if the device is being used on a regular basis, and as an estimate, a belt change is required every 6 months for a normal family of 4.
The motor is extremely powerful, and much stronger than it needs to be. The motor serves 2 functions, 1) as the driving power to the drum and 2) as the driving power for the circulation fan, situated at the rear
When the device fails, it is almost always due to a belt breakage, So long as you can hear the motor turning (Now at Mach 4) and you can feel the rear of the machine getting warm, then its safe to assume the belt has gone!
BELT CHANGING DISCLAIMER Never fiddle when plugged in, dont do it if youre not up to it, this is advice based on experience and I am not an employee, expert or anything of the kind with machines, and do not endorse any repairs of any kind. If you injure yourself dont blame me. Its not my fault.
To perform a belt change can be a bit fiddly, and annoying due the millions of screws all over the machine. But the first point of call is the top cover. 4 screws removed, and it slides backwards and off.
This exposes the top of the drying drum, and you should be able to see a thin black rubberised drive belt going around it (Unless its snapped - It is far too small for the job)
Technically, to fit a new cable, you should be able to turn the machine upside down, and unscrew the access port on the base, however, this makes life much harder, and you\'ll probably loose a finger in the process.
Its much easier to remove the fan and air flow cover, and then the rear machine cover (In total, about 40 screws)
The fan doesnt detach so easy, and if it does come off, it wont go back on, due to a one way lock nut, so its best to leave it connected, and deal with the consequences of the blades bending (Its cheap tin metal, so when reassembling the device, a pair of plyers can be used to bend everything back to shape!)
When you remove the back cover, the drum comes loose and can be lifted out.
At this point, take the moment to do a bit of servicing! Where the drum turns you will find a huge build up of fluff, remove it, and use a damp cloth around the heat resistent fibres.
Slide the new belt around the drum (It will be a mega tight fit) and place the drum back into the machine, reassemble the whole lot bar the top cover (Dont worry about putting the belt around the motor just yet)
When its all back together (Bar the top cover) plug in and switch on (To make sure the fan blades are bent into the correct shape) If you hear a loud knocking, then take the air flow plate off the back again and bend the blades inwards.
Now slide the belt to the rear of the drum, so it is as inline with the motor drive plate as possible.
Now turn the machine upsidedown, and with both hands if you can, grab the drive belt through the rear opening, and pull with every inch of strength in your body (It shouldnt break when new), lift the belt over the motor drive plate, remove hands, and curse a few times for the complete agony you will now be in!
Replace the rear access plate, and top cover, plug back in, and hey presto, the machine will live again!
SUMMARY Its an excellent machine great value for money, and doesnt need to be thrown out when things go wrong, and above all, its MADE IN BRITAIN !
