Questions pertaining to clothes dryers
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Why is my dryer taking longer to dry clothes?
I know nothing of dryers... but my dryer is taking longer and longer to dry clothes. I've heard this is very common among dryers and I was wondering what it might mean. Is there a specific part I ...
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What is the best way to clean your clothes dryer exhaust?
My dryer exhaust goes out of my laundry room, into my attic, and runs for about 15 feet before it gets outside. Over time the lent has built up quite a bit. What is the best way to clean this? The ...
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Why would there be a 50 amp plug on a 30 amp appliance?
I have an old conveyor dryer, which my office purchased used some time ago, just sitting in storage. The dryer is for silk screen t-shirts and has a large heating element and a variable speed conveyor ...
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Is there a better solution than a lint trap for venting a clothes dryer indoors?
My condo association does not allow installing a dryer vent to outdoors, so I am forced to vent my dryer into a lint trap. Unfortunately the trap I have does not catch all the dust, and the rooms ...
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How can I catch more lint in my dryer?
In the 3 story townhouse I'm currently in, the contractor originally built the (stackable) dryer vent to go straight up from it's location (top floor), then when it gets above the ceiling, it angles ...
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Can a dryer be vented through the roof?
In my home the dryer vent is set up to vent out into an enclosed back porch. The problem is that all sorts of lint (and heat) get pumped out into that enclosed area and makes a mess.
Directly above ...
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Can an electric dryer be next to the gas furnace?
I intend to relocate my washing machine and electric dryer within the basement. The dryer will then be about 2 feet from the furnace. Is that OK?
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Can I vent my dryer into the crawl space without creating mold and moisture problems?
We have a crawl space with a combination of sandy and clay soil in it. The crawl space is about 3' deep. To eliminate a long dryer vent run, I'd like to vent the dryer directly into the crawl space. ...
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Insufficient voltage to dryer receptacle; what next?
I just moved into a home and I am hooking up a used dryer (which I'm told works). The dryer spins, but I get no heat.
I bought a multimeter, and it tells me that the receptacle provides insufficient ...
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My dryer heating element broke in two: Can I just wrap the ends together?
I have a Whirlpool Estate dryer that recently quit drying. I narrowed the problem down to the heating element, then removed the element assembly and found a clean break in the coil at one end. A ...
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Is it possible to use a dryer vent as a heat source in the winter?
Is it possible to attach a diverter to an electric clothes dryer vent so it can help heat my house in the winter? Seems like such a waste to blow it all outside. I imagine you'd need some sort of ...
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What should I consider when cutting a dryer vent hole?
Our dryer has been taking forever to dry loads so, this morning, I disassembled the vent pipe and scrubbed out all the lint. However, before reassembling the vent, I had an idea.
The current vent run ...
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Is it safe to install a three pronged wire into a four pronged dryer?
I just moved into an old home that has a three pronged wall jack as shown below:
I have a newer dryer that has a four pronged wire. Please see the back of the dryer, I've removed the four pronged ...
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What is causing the SUPER loud noise from my dryer
I have a maytag gas dryer. It is about 20 years old. Model number DG7500
It sounds like an jet engine taking off. I've noticed that it starts off quiet than builds up to a very lour roar.
I googled ...
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Why does my dryer duct have such a long vertical portion?
My dryer duct follows this path:
Flex duct leaving the dryer
Four feet of vertical rigid steel duct down into crawlspace
Eight feet of horizontal rigid steel duct, immediately below the floor
Outlet ...
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Can I attach a kitchen vent and a dryer vent to the same exhaust?
I currently have a dryer attached to an exhaust vent with flexible tubing; this flexible tubing is in severe need of repair. That is (I hope) easy enough, and is not the crux of my question.
The ...
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What would cause a clothes dryers thermal cutoff to keep tripping?
I have Kenmore dryer model 110.96588210. For about 10 years it worked flawlessly.
Then, its thermal cutoff started blowing in an unreasonable frequency. Since the hi-limit thermostat must be replaced ...
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Why does it take my dryer 3 hours to dry a load of clothes?
I have a Maytag model LD69806AAE clothes dryer. Since our tenants in our town home have moved in July 2012. They have pointed out that the dryer takes about 3 hours to dry a load of clothes. The dryer ...
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How can I vent this dryer?
I am installing a mini washer/dryer into a second story bathroom. I want it to be the safest and easiest installation that I can do myself. I understand the basics: minimum 4" diameter tube. Use ...
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Can a washer and dryer be next to a water heater?
I have a GE gas dryer (DSXH47GGWW) that is currently next to an exterior basement wall. I'd like to move it to the opposite wall (shared with the crawl space) right next to the water heater next to ...
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How do I connect a dryer with a four prong plug to a three prong socket?
I've just moved house and my clothes dryer has a four prong plug but on the wall there's a three prong socket. Do adapters exist for this? Or do I need to get a new cord for my dryer? Or is there ...
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Should I drill a large hole through a double paned window?
I have a laundry room in the basement. There is no exhaust vent for the dryer. Currently we just open the window when drying, but this is not the greatest solution. There is a window and it is ...
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Why is my 3-prong dryer outlet showing 240V between hot and neutral/ground 'L' prong?
I'm trying to tell what might be wired wrong with our dryer outlet. Using a Fluke 75 set to AC, I read 238V between the hot leads, 118V from one lead to ground, and 238V between the other lead to ...
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Clothes dryer exhaust duct touching PVC pipe
I'm running exhaust duct for a new electric dryer. There's 10cm(4in) space between a 5cm PVC drain pipe and the wall where I wanna run the rigid duct. My concern is that the heat from the dryer might ...
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What is required to move a washer/dryer from one room to another?
How hard is it to move washer/dryer from an upstairs room to the basement? What hookups would we need, etc?
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Broken dryer duct
I noticed it was very humid in my laundry room. Mostly worried about ruining my wife's $400 duvet (don't get me started) I turned off the dryer. I noticed there was also a fair amount of lint kind of ...
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What could cause clothes to come out of the dryer with tiny burn or scorch marks?
I have a fairly standard Hotpoint vented electric tumble dryer, which normally works as you would expect, drying clothes, venting the humid air out the side wall, and with a lint trap I empty every ...
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How should I attach laminate foil dryer transition duct?
I've got a laminate foil dryer duct coming up from the crawlspace. I need to attach my dryer transition duct to the exhaust duct, but these really don't like to go inside one another since they're ...
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Why won't my gas dryer stay lit?
My Amana gas clothes dryer is not heating properly. The gas ignites when the dryer is first started, but after the gas turns off the igniter glows and then turns off, without relighting the gas.
Many ...
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How should I go about fixing a holey laundry room?
When I removed some old elevated cabinetry in my laundry room, I discovered two holes in the wall. The first I documented here,
How do I close and seal an old external vent?
and the second can be ...
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My house is nearing 20 years, what will break soon?
Okay, I recently learned that most appliances/things start breaking once the house reaches around 20 years. I'm running 19 now.
From what I have heard, roof (although mine is apparently a 30 year ...
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What can be done about this unattractive dryer vent?
The house I bought has dryer vent that runs from the dryer into the ceiling. Besides being an eyesore it is also loose/flimsy.
I'm redoing the laundry room and would like to make this more ...
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What is the proper wiring for a NEMA 14-30 240v receptacle?
We moved into a resale home, the previous owners had a Gas Dryer, we have an Electric.
The laundry room has a NEMA 14-30 receptacle installed. I hooked up our brand new dryer and it didn't get power.
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Is it safe to use a former furnace flue to vent my dryer through the roof?
Our dryer is located in the center of our house. The current vent situation has tubing that makes several bends between the dryer and the crawl space before hitting metal duct that takes it about 25' ...
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Why I feel stuffy when my dryer is running?
In the house we rent, when the dryer is running, I feel the house is stuffy.
The Washer Dryer Combo's brand is Kenmore with model number 417.93702201. I wonder if the dryer is using gas or ...
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Two dryers connected to the same exhaust via a “Y”. Backdraft problems?
I have two dryers (one gas, one electric) and their exhaust pipes are merged with a "Y" to a common exterior exhaust. I'd like to keep it that way to minimize cuts through the wall (and eventually I ...
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Where are the fuses in my Kenmore dryer, and how do I access them?
I have a Kenmore HE3 electric clothe dryer. The problem is that it has no heat even its drum is turning. (I set the temperature at high).
The owner manual says it may have a fuse blown.
Is the fuse ...
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Can I Use 4" CPVC Pipe for a Dryer vent?
Can I use 4" CPVC pipe to extend a dryer vent in my garage?
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How can I access the lint duct assembly of a Maytag Centennial dryer?
We have a Maytag Centennial dryer (Model # MGDC700VW0) that has had its lint filter neglected too many times in-between runs. When the lint filter is over-full, pulling it out actually lets lint ...
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Broken Dryer - won't start
So this morning I went to put my wash into the dryer, and it didn't start. First I checked the door switch, and it clicked on and off when pushed, so that seems to be ok. Next I checked the breaker ...
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What can I do about a hole for a dryer vent that was cut too big?
Our basement dryer vent was cut too big. There's a gap of approximately 2" all the way around. We want to fill it (crickets, and cold air in winter come in). I bought a can of spray insulation but am ...
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OHM reading for dryer element? Bad thermal cutoff fuse indication of element overheating?
So I've read that I should get about 10-50 ohm reading on my dryer element. I do get a reading of around 10(jumps around alot) on my element, but this is with the multimeter set to 200(the lowest ...
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Moving my washer and dryer will mean I'll need to move my dryer exhaust vent. How should I go about this?
I live in a two-story condo/townhouse. My dryer is downstairs in the kitchen and I'd like to move it upstairs. Right now, the exhaust vent runs up through the wall and under the upstairs bedroom ...
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Why did my dryer shut off in the middle of drying a load?
My 14-year old Kenmore Laundry Center Dryer, Model #417.98702891, shut off in mid-load the other day. Internet research led me to believe it could be the thermal fuse. I first checked the vent lines ...
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Should I repair or replace a dryer heating element and housing connector?
I have a Samsung dryer that has a burnt out heating element. I purchased a new one and removed the old one from the dryer. I have no problem with any of this.
My problem is that the element ...
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Can I clean my under-the-floor dryer vent?
Our laundry nook is smack in the middle of our house. The dryer vent goes into an interior wall, turns 90° downward, soon turns 90° back the way it came, and goes straight for four or five meters ...
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How do I connect a dryer to a dryer vent?
I just moved my dryer (gas) a couple feet to a better location in the basement. It is actually now closer to the existing dryer vent to the outside of the house. The previous owner has it connected ...
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How can I modify this dryer vent cap to keep lint from getting trapped?
As mentioned in this question I installed this dryer vent cap on my roof
As you can see, there is a gap between the flashing and the cap, presumably to let water out if it gets in. This is ...
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How can I quiet down a clothes dryer?
Our clothes dryer is currently working; it gets up to and maintains heat, no shuddering, dries clothes, etc. However, it is louder than it used to be. It is an older unit (Whirlpool Dryer LER4624DQ0), ...
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How do I locate a dryer exhaust vent?
I live in an older duplex. I just recently attempted to clean out the dryer vent/duct for the downstairs unit and failed because I could not find where my dryer vent is outside. Is it possible that my ...
