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Dryer problem Chuck 11-23-2007
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Posted by Chuck on November 23, 2007, 4:46 pm
My dryer is getting hot but, the clothes are not drying as they used to.
It's up to two hours to dry a fairly small load. I have ruled out the
heating element as it gets quite hot. If the exhaust is partially
plugged up with lint, could that cause this problem. If so, what is the
best way to clear the duct? I cleaned the duct from the dryer into the
wall. It goes into the wall but I don't know where it ends up outside.
Maybe on the roof?
Can I blow it clean with a shopvac? Any ideas? TIA Chuck B.

Posted by RBM on November 23, 2007, 5:11 pm
It sounds like the exhaust must be clogged. You need to find out where it is
venting and be sure it has no more length and bends than the manufacturer
recommends. The outside discharge damper is a likely place for lint to
collect.



> My dryer is getting hot but, the clothes are not drying as they used to.
> It's up to two hours to dry a fairly small load. I have ruled out the
> heating element as it gets quite hot. If the exhaust is partially plugged
> up with lint, could that cause this problem. If so, what is the best way
> to clear the duct? I cleaned the duct from the dryer into the wall. It
> goes into the wall but I don't know where it ends up outside. Maybe on the
> roof?
> Can I blow it clean with a shopvac? Any ideas? TIA Chuck B.



Posted by Cshenk on November 23, 2007, 8:53 pm

"RBM" wrote
.
> It sounds like the exhaust must be clogged. You need to find out where it
> is venting and be sure it has no more length and bends than the
> manufacturer recommends. The outside discharge damper is a likely place
> for lint to collect.

Agreed. It may ave anything in there at the vent end, even a bird nest.

If the blockage is far enough away, it may not pose a fire hazard from the
dryer heat at least, but the dryer will be working overtime and fail soon if
not fixed.

ChuckB, the dryer i gather is in an interior room not along an exterior
wall? Have you a crawlspace or attic? The vent will be either below in the
crawlspace, or above in the Attic. If you have a not high 'attic' you might
call that a crawlspace too where you are.

We rented a place once where the dryer vented to the attic and up through
the roof. Over time, the roof 'cap' over the vent degraded and rain started
running down (horribly unsafe so we fixed it right way). Once we replaced
the cap, we got a new vent coil. We detached the old at the dryer and
attached the new one to the dryer, then 'sewed' the new one to the old one
and pulled the old one with new at the bottom up that way to the attic. It
worked for us.



Posted by HeyBub on November 23, 2007, 7:45 pm
Chuck wrote:
> My dryer is getting hot but, the clothes are not drying as they used
> to. It's up to two hours to dry a fairly small load. I have ruled out
> the heating element as it gets quite hot. If the exhaust is partially
> plugged up with lint, could that cause this problem. If so, what is
> the best way to clear the duct? I cleaned the duct from the dryer
> into the wall. It goes into the wall but I don't know where it ends
> up outside. Maybe on the roof?
> Can I blow it clean with a shopvac? Any ideas? TIA Chuck B.

After you've followed all the other advice here, especially mechanical
removal of lint, instead of using a shop-vac, consider a leaf blower to
purge the pipe.



Posted by on November 23, 2007, 9:06 pm

>My dryer is getting hot but, the clothes are not drying as they used to.
>It's up to two hours to dry a fairly small load. I have ruled out the
>heating element as it gets quite hot. If the exhaust is partially
>plugged up with lint, could that cause this problem. If so, what is the
>best way to clear the duct? I cleaned the duct from the dryer into the
>wall. It goes into the wall but I don't know where it ends up outside.
>Maybe on the roof?
>Can I blow it clean with a shopvac? Any ideas? TIA Chuck B.

If this is an old Maytag they have a blower drum that rounds out the
"D" shaped hole and spins on the shaft. It "almost" blows enough air.

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