Crooks101 I read your post and you mention that you will give Miele some time to resolve. I see that you are concerned about the dryer not being made in Germany although it is designed and made by Miele just not in Germany but in the Miele plant that makes commerical washers and dryers, but what is the issue you want resolved and what outcome will please you? I went with Miele products because of their lifetime design intent - the 15 to 20 years design life. which is much better than the current 5 to 7 year lifetime I keep hearing about for appliances. I don't want to replace anything every 5 or 7 years. I have other M appliances that have been trouble free for as much as 10 years. I did not go with Whirlpool even though I had a WP dryer because the build of their current models seems to be weak and not made as well as my older dryer, plus my experience with my last top of the line KitchenAid washer that had 5 repairs in 4 years and ended up to be a piece of trash, and finally I did not trust whirlpool because they now make several other brands so have no real competition. I have been thinking about the made in Germany phrase and wondering what I have been taking this to really mean. What do I want from this? It is made in Germany by pure blooded Germans? It is made in Germany so the design and quality will be good? Can it be designed and made by a German company in their factory in another country? Can it be made in Germany with imigrant workers from other countries who live and work in Germany and will it still be as good? What difference will result if it is designed in Germany but still made by the same company located in an adjacent country? So What does this really mean for me? Sunday/Monday was wash day and so far 8 or 9 loads have been completed. The heavy cotton towel load took about 45 minutes on the turbo extra dry setting. The normal without turbo setting does very well with most cottons and the t shirts that I wear as outter shirts and my polo shirts come out without wrinkles--I like this. I have a few perm press items. These came out great on the delicates setting. All loads have been completed within 20 to 25 minutes( of course the washer is still doing the next load) except the load of heavy cotton towels. Where is the lint? In my other dryer there was a lot of lint. There is some lint from this one but nothing near the amount the older one was creating. There is definitately more air moving and more air sound. My laundry is in the basement so sound is not too much of a concern but after runing a few loads it is not as noticeable when I am in the laundry area. Not sure but perhaps this large volume of air might have something to do with the ability to use lower heat and keep the clothes from wrinkleing as much. The air flucuation may be coming when the clothes fall in the path of the front vent. There was air flunction in my older unit because I could feel it outside, but of course there was also a lower volume of air moving. In any case most of my loads are cotton and nothing needs an iron to it so I am happy. I do think that you are going to hear more noise from flex metal or plastic pipe that is not fastened tightly because the volumn of air will move it. Also if your vent pipe is not following the diameter specified in the installation instructions you are going to have more of a problem. So far so good with this dryer. My next load will be items with a silk blend. I will wait a month or two and see what I think then.

I have read several Miele owner's manuals, but I don't own a Miele dryer. I don't have hands-on experience with what is normal for them. Take my suggestions with a grain of salt. That said, from what I have read it seems to me that the moisture sensors in Miele dryers probably measure the electric conductivity in damp clothing by sending an electric current on one end, and then measuring how much current reaches at the other end. (The technician or Miele-USA should be able to confirm if this is correct or not.) As the clothing gradually loses moisture it becomes harder for electricity to go through it, and the moisture sensor concludes that the clothing has reached a particular level of dryness, and as a result the dryer reduces the heat, or cuts its out altogether. According to several Miele manuals I have read, residue from fabric softener sheets can build up on the inside surfaces of the dryer, including the metal sensor probes, which I suppose will interfere with the ability of electricity to go through. When this happens the moisture sensor concludes that the laundry is closer to being dry that it really is, and it shuts off the heat prematurely. When drying very small loads (i.e. a couple of loads), the laundry load may not span the distance between the moisture sensor probes often enough (or never). In this situation there is none or almost no electricity going through (even if the surface of the sensor probes is clean), and again, the machine turns off the heat before the clothing is dry. This is why Miele recommends using the timed drying options for small loads and doing manual monitoring of the dryness level. In the timed modes the dryer bypasses the moisture sensor, so that heat is always applied for the specified time (with a cool down at the end). On a more practical side, you can try running the machine with one of the heated/warm timed drying cycles and see what it does. If you consistently get heat every time it will raise the suspicion that there are problems with the moisture sensor (or the size of the load). A more remote possibility is that the dryer could have a back up high temperature sensor that kicks in to shut off the heating elements if too much heat builds up inside the machine (which could happen if the air exhaust path gets blocked either inside or outside the machine, or if a garment catches fire). If the dryer does have a temperature sensor it could be another thing to look at. Again observe if the machine is generating normal drying heat at various stages of the timed hot/warm drying cycle. On the electrical utility side, some areas of the US use 208 Volts AC for power intensive appliances instead of 220V or 240V. I could see where a normal-low voltage on a 208V line could possibly go below the minimum tolerable voltage level of a 220V/220V appliance. You can get a voltmeter from the hardware store to measure the voltage at the outlet when you are having problems, or you can wait for the technician to chime in when he visits if you are not comfortable doing this. You could also try calling your utility to see if they will tell you if they are experiencing unusually high loads from customers next time that the machine is acting up.

Don't have the specs handy, but i'm all but sure the Miele splitters allow up to 240V/15A to each of the two outlets before an independent circuit breaker trips. Many 24" or 60cm wide electric dryers draw less than 15A or 12A even though they may be fitted with thick AWG10 wiring and plugs designed to fit common North American 240v dryer outlets. If your dryer's placard says it draws less than 12A at 240V, it should work with the spare Miele adapter outlet if the plug is properly adapted. (Some 240v/30a dryers had a low setting that doesn't draw over 15A; not sure if there are any still made that way. A large American-style (27" to 30"w ) electric dryer runs on 208/240V/30A and won't get enough juice from the Miele outlets. If you were willing to run one at a time, you could unplug the splitter panel/Miele washer and plug the dryer into the 30A wall outlet when you're done washing. Be careful with that mix of high voltage, high amperage, and ambient water though, won't ya?

Our dryer had a fragrance flacon installed. My wife is allergic to perfumes and had a violent reaction to some sleep clothes I dried in it . The smell is designed to last up to 4 weeks. I will try a washcloth impregnated with white vinegar now because the dryer and washer now both stink. But beware of the presence of the perfume, which smells like rotting laundry, and control the strength or, better, remove it, very carefully because it is designed to spill any time it is not held perfectly level, and it stunk up our hands as well. Soaking my hand in soapy water for a few minutes did not remove all the smell. A very unpleasant experience, after spending 5 grand on laundry machines. I wasn't present at the install, so I don't know whether the installer installed it, or the manufacturer. Be warned.