MACHINES BEHAVING BADLY*

[jestersong]

At least, that seems to be this month's theme.
Do we have any washing-machine diagnosticians in the house?  
Our chamine has a dial plus handle, with which to set it to the desired programme.   The handle then travels round the dial until it reaches the end point for that cycle (thus telling the cognescenti that it's time to empty the tumble dryer

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[femsc]

Handle?? What handle? (trots out to check) Aha! It's more of a rotating knob with a sticky-out bit, that you rotate until it's in the right position. Sorry if I'm being over pedantic, but 'handle' conjured up visions of the sort of lever you'd find on a door.