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Gas Dryer Heat Exchanger?
Original Message   Aug 17, 2005 8:17 am
Might be a little off-topic, but here goes:

With Winter fast approaching (got to get that extra snoblower put back together), I got to thinking about how much I am heating the backyard with my dryer. 

Has anyone put together a heat exchanger for capturing some of this heat before it goes outside?  I know I can't just vent the dryer inside (humid air, dust, and combustion gases), but someone must have done this before. 

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hirschallan


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Re: Gas Dryer Heat Exchanger?
Reply #5   Sep 3, 2005 10:07 pm
Ralph, My home awawy from home is Homedepot. I do remember seeing in the vent section(plumbing) a gismo that lets you capture the heat from your dryer vent without letting all the lint in. Its out there at least two years.Lots of luck. Allan

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There's a reason for more than one snowblower.
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197? Ariens ST270 SnoThro
1988 Ariens ST824 SnoThro
196? REO Snowblower
1960 Ariens SnoThro
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Re: Gas Dryer Heat Exchanger?
Reply #6   Sep 5, 2005 9:01 am
Thanks for the replies. 

I had one of those things from HomeDepot on my ELECTRIC dryer in my old house.  Worked fine.  Gas dryer manufacturers state NOT to use these types of things on their gas dryers.  I can't imagine any combustion gases getting into the dryer part, but maybe they are just on the safe side. 

Regardless, my gas dryer is in my basement, where I don't need any additional humidity.  The dehumidifier works just about non-stop Winter and Summer. 

With two teenage girls, we are doing about 10 loads of laundry per week.   I don't know why you need a new towel after every shower, but maybe that's just me. 

Any other suggestions?  Maybe a heat exchanger on the dryer flue? 

Thanks again,

Ralph

hirschallan


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Re: Gas Dryer Heat Exchanger?
Reply #7   Sep 6, 2005 7:33 pm
Ralph, I hear you loud and clear.About towels don't even go there,SAME HERE!!

On another note about the humidity I also had the humidifier running day and night and still had some so I went the Humidex Atlantic way and that seems to work very well.I mean I made my own for $150.00 instead of $1200.00 or close to it.Gets the job done at a fraction of the cost.That's what realy counts.

HIRSCHALLAN@hotmail.com

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