Brian Gaff wrote:

This design sounds a bit of an afterthought. My Panasonic has a solenoid you
can hear it quite clearly.

My first two "british" Hotpoint washer dryers had an interlock based on
the drum rotation, you could open the door the instant the drum stopped,
now my "italian" Hotpoint makes me wait a couple of minutes before I can
grab a shirt in a hurry ... progress huh?