Dryer venting questions and confusions keep coming up in emails and in the Samurai Appliance Repair Forum. Lots of disinformation out there about dryer vents, too. How Dryers Work A dryer’s job is pretty simple: heat the clothes so that the water in the fabrics evaporates. Then get rid of all that water vapor (humidity) […]
If the inside of your dryer vent looks like this… … then you have what we professional appliantologists call Venterialsclorosis. This disease is caused by lint accumulating on the inside walls of the dryer vent. As it progresses, it reduces the effective area of the dryer vent resulting in longer drying times. The end result […]
MESSAGE SENT THROUGH YOUR WEBSITE name = Greg email = *********@yahoo.com country = USA comments = You have given me a TON of info about my dryer vent, and I appreciate it. Can you help me with the one problem that is driving me mad? I can’t get my vent to stay attached to the […]
I reckon dryers are trickier than I thought for most folks. People seem to have a hard time understanding that the dryer vent is absotootly, posilootly critical to the safe and efficient operation of your dryer! Period. Folks, if your dryer vent sux, then your dryer’s performance and safety will suck, too. It’s just that […]
Angi wrote: Hi, Thanks for you timely response. I you have a well vented crawl space under your house, why can’t you vent your dryer underneath your house. Oh, but you can! If you don’t mind mold, mildew, rotted floor joists, caved in floors, and chronic illnesses from all the gookus in dryer exhaust. Also, […]
Mike wrote: Hi – Is it okay to vent my electric dryer into my unheated/uninsulated garage? Right now it vents into the crawl space, and that is not “up to code”. Thank you! Venting into a garage is fine as long you’re willing to put with lint coating your vehicles– they’re gonna get messy. But […]
Question: We are building a new house. Want to put in stackable washer and dryer. Can we vent dryer through ceiling into attic or does it need to go out side wall? _______________________________ The above message was sent when you were offline, via your Timpani site. Message sent from IP: 4.131.127.104 Ahh, this reminds me […]
Your Name: Corey Type of Appliance: Dryer Brand: Roper Model Number: RGS7646KQ2 Your Precious Words: s/n MM2102599 8yr old gas dryer that tenants say slowly stopped drying the clothes until now they don’t dry at all, still turns, no flame thru peep hole and I don’t hear any clicking where it would be trying to […]
Most folks know that their dryer vent should be cleaned out periodically for safety and to help keep the dryer running at peak efficiency. But not everyone is familiar enough with their dryer or venting to know how to clean their dryer vent. Here are some things that’ll help you do it yourself and save […]
Peter wrote: We have a GE dryer model DDG7280SBLWW, S/N GL315788G. The problem is the dryer does not stay hot though the entire cycle for any of the cyles (automatic of timed). When the dryer is turned on for any cycle it initially gets hot and comes up to temperatur, vent pipe hot to touch […]
Stacy wrote: I have a Maytag PYE2200AYW electric dryer. We had problems a few weeks ago and discovered that the blower wheel was cracked, so we replaced it (part # 31001317). Then a couple days later it just stops and won’t turn back on until it cools off. We figured it was the Thermostat and […]
Kelley wrote: Whirlpool Duet Dryer (WED9200SQ1) keeps blowing thermal fuse. I replaced Themistor and Thermal Fuse and ran one load fine. Trying to start a 2nd load and thermal fuse blew again. All lights come on but it won’t run. I then replaced the Theramal Cut-off and High Limit Thermostat and Thermal Fuse and ran […]
The number one cause for this is poor dryer venting. We professional appliantologists are always telling people this but they never believe us. As Sublime Master kdog so wisely observed, “We get to explain poor dryer venting situations to non-believing consumers on a daily basis.” http://applianceguru.com/forum2/27937-2.html#ixzz12xe1tMnD I’ve got a dozen or so posts on this […]
Virtually all catastrophic dryer fires start in the dryer vent, not inside the dryer itself. This is because most vents are poorly constructed and get filled with flammable dryer lint resulting in a disease we professional appliantologists call, venterialsclorosis. See this post for more on that: http://fixitnow.com/wp/2006/12/26/dryer-venting-diseases-venterialsclorosis/ If the dryer vent is made using that […]
dmurry wrote: I have the DPGT750EC1PL, 6 yrs old, and it stopped blowing (and therefore, drying). I ran the diags and it said low blower RPM and I poked around on the internet and figured I needed a blower motor. So I replaced that and it worked and we’ve run a few loads thru no […]