On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:47:23 -0800 (PST), adder1969
wrote:


p.s. I just spoke to the spares place I got my tumble dryer parts from
.. *£317.99 for a new motor ...


On mine, I managed to find the same motor but for a different model
and had to swap over the belt pulleys. Otherwise I think mine was
more like £120.

Sfunny, I was just wandering around ebay and you can buy a new motor
for other brands for about 60 quid and that got me wondering ...

Assuming most of these motors are similar (stator, brush / rotor,
tacho wires) and most seem to have the poly-V belt drive spindle it's
possibly just down to the mounting bracketry (nothing that couldn't be
re-fabricated with a bit of ingenuity)?

What' sooo frustrating for me is this motor sits and works happily
(and very quietly) on the floor ... so near yet .... :-(

I've been looking around at replacement machines and it seems, like
the toaster, you have to spend a lot of money to get to the build and
running quality of our existing machine. Like, something that I'd not
considered was the running noise. Many reviews state that the newer
(cheaper) ranges of machines can be noisier (especially with the
higher spin speeds) and I can't say I've EVER walked past our AEG when
it's at any part of the cycle and considered the noise levels
(suggesting it's pretty quiet)?

One site suggested that to find the build quality / sound levels /
expected lifetime of our existing machine we would now have to go to a
Miele (top level AEG being just under a 'std' Miele?).

All the best ..

T i m