Most people's gripe about the Splendid all in one machines is the dryers quit drying after a period of time. We've learned some things that are worth sharing and I promise will make you like your machine again. If your gripe is doing small loads, I can't help you there. Everything is small and compact in RV living. I've been waiting till we serviced our dryer to share this with everyone. I did a post a year or so ago sharing the rinsing process that helps if you start having trouble with your dryer timing out and stopping a few minutes into the dry cycle. You know the cue, all the lights start blinking and the dryer shuts off leaving a pile of soggy clothes for you to hang up and air dry. This seems to be where people decide the machine is junk and start going to the laundry mat and hating their machine. I called Splendide's tech support the first time it happened 18 months or so ago, and they emailed me the instructions below. They say to do it three times. I have only ever done it once and got good results. He also said that once a year or so we should have a tech come out and take it apart and remove all the built up lint that stays behind. I do this every 15-20 loads, which for us is about once a month'
- Start the unit without clothes and with the dry time off on cycle # 11. When the water stops entering the unit push and hold the start button until all the lights come on then release the button. *NOTE: If the water is not at least half way up the glass repeat this step.
- Move
the cycle knob to cycle # 2 push the extra rinse button then press the start
button once (do not hold) then let it run through that complete cycle. Do
this 3 times then try the dryer.
Now, for the good part. When that process stops working you can call a tech and spend over $150.00 for the service call and time. Or, if you mechanically oriented, save your money. I took some pictures when Champ took ours apart recently to give you an idea of what you will be getting into. I"m not going to get into painful details about what tools you need and exactly how to do it. If you are the kind of person who will tackle this task you will already know what you need and how to take something apart and put it back together.
Unplugging the heating element 
Top view with element removed 
Back view cover over lint trap 
Lint that came from the cover 
Lint built up in the trap 
Back view with filter removed
The first step is to take to top cover off the machine and disconnect the heating element. It's a pretty simple plug in loom style assembly. Then you can do one of two things. You can remove the entire back cover which takes some work. Champ decided since this is going to be a regular event, he took tin snips and cut some tabs in the cabinet on the left and center, creating sort of a door to get to the area where the filter and cover are. You can see where he did this in the last picture. The white filter cover needs to come off. Under it is a screened lint trap. Rinse the white cover thoroughly inside, you'll be amazed at what is in there. Empty the filter and rinse it. I was surprised how much gunk had built up over the 2 years we've owned the machine! When you have everything cleaned up, put everything back together. The whole process took about 30 minutes. I am happy to report that the dryer works like new again and we didn't have to waste money and time waiting for a tech to come out. When the dryer quit drying and the rinse cycle process failed me, I was back up and running the same day and the repair guy was pretty cute too!
Until Next Time...
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