MAke up air for your clothes dryer
same question- seems a clothers dryer that runs for an hour per load blows a lot of inside air to the outside.
How can you get it to run on outside air?
same question- seems a clothers dryer that runs for an hour per load blows a lot of inside air to the outside.
How can you get it to run on outside air?
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Run it on the porch.
Ba dump.
No room
washer and refrig are already there
What, no freezer?
I have a diverter that I use in the cold dry winter. They aren't for everybody.
Doh, Mark...I just saw your post
sorry
Ed,
I recently heard of European dryers that are ventless.
Soon to be offered by some American companies.
I was just down in Washington DC to see the solar house competition and they had a washer/dryer combo (it's one machine not two) in one of the houses that has no vent and it is made by LG. Check it out on LG's website, they retail for about 1300 dollars. Not sure, but I think it doesn't use hot air to dry the clothes its some other method. Pretty cool - especiallly not having to vent any hot air and it's two machines in one.
I had one of theese European dryers that was ventless for 8 years.
it was a pain -- you have to pull out a dryer box at least once a quarter and it should be done monthly if you do a lot of drying or have a dog that sheds.
It was too much work and it kept tripping the unit's safety circuit if you did not do it soon enough. When it died, we bought a vented one and have not looked back.
If our ventless one was at floor level instead of on a raised platfom you would be down on your hands and knees a lot or more than ususal --
Dry clothes on the solar dryer in the summer, in winter need the inside moisture anyway, so vent it to the inside of the house thru a couple of furnace filters.
Hopefully we're not talking about a gas dryer here!
ah, that's why the co2 detector goes off alla da time <G>
in winter need the inside moisture anyway
Junkhound,
I am glad you mentioned this...sometimes the moisture is a good thing.
A seasonal diversion of flow could be a wise thing. Retaining warm humid air at the appropriate time.
junkhound
that will work on electric driers but on gas ones it will induce carbon monoxiced
>>it will induce carbon monoxicedCould: The dryers I've tested produce little CO. If the exhaust is kept in a small, enclosed room (not uncommon) then as the CO2 levels build, the CO levels can quickly and dangerously rise as CO2 displaces available O2Aside from CO issues, interior venting of dryer exhaust needs to be carefully done, if done at all.Dumping high levels of humidity in one "concentrated area of the house is asking for mold problemsNot to mention the lint introduced into the house air.And, if you use certain laundry chemicals (e.g., clothes softeners) AND your combustion devices *(dryer, furnace, water heater) use that air for combustion, there could easily be significant corrosion issues.Bottom line: it really isn't a good idea.If you need humidity, use a device intended to add it properly
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Simple. (relatively speaking). Install and balance an HRV.
This thread seems to have taken a turn to exhaust air rather than the original question: deilvering makeup air from the outside to feed the beast.
This is an interesting issue. My wood stove has an opening in it's base that I attached a 5" duct to. The stove draws combustion air freely from the outside. It's a mildly controversial issue, for reasons that are not relevant here. But you might be able to make it work with a dryer... you'd have to determine how much negative pressure the machine creates and where to deliver the air. A hole saw and some good quality duct tape and ducting would work.
You would also need to think about the intake air temp and how this would affect the machine's ability to raise air to drying temperature. You've also got another projection through the envelope of your house. Think about vapor barrier, insulation and siding issues.
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Just put a make up air line into the laundry room like we do. http://www.chandlerdesignbuild.com/files/ventingStandardsComplete.pdf We use the sock dampers that don't make any noise when they open and close and a washable range hood filter on the intake to keep the bugs out. Just dump the air somewhere near the dryer.
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