Having just discovered "the hard way" that you can have too much ducting on
a dryer, you might want to check the limits before you undertake this. I
extended my venting to go thru the garage and out the back of the house.
Afterwards I found the dryer worked poorly, and burnt out the heating
element. Turns out the max distance for venting is 30 feet, and each elbow
(90 degree turn) counts as ten feet...
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Marc Siegel, Charm Net, LLC. eMail: smarc@abs.net
Baltimore, MD http://www.charm.net voice: 410/361-8160
-----Original Message-----
From: shop-talk-owner@autox.team.net
[mailto:shop-talk-owner@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Elton Clark
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 1:32 PM
To: shop talk
Subject: Re: Drilling 4" hole through concrete
I hate wasting all that good heat myself but I wouldn't want to pump all
that super saturated humidity into my garage . . How about running the
heated air through a junkyard radiator as a heat-exchanger on it's way to
the outside? You could rig a small fan to come on with the dryer blower.
> With the time off that accompanies the holidays I'm looking to get a
> couple of projects done. First on my list is to properly vent my
> clothes dryer. I thinking of possibly running an additional length of
> hose and filter to my garage to help warm it a little (at least when the
> dryer is running!).
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