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| Guy Landry 2005-12-29, 12:21 am |
| Hi,
I'm having a weird problem with my dryer. I am getting most of the lint
showing up on the correct side of the lint filter, but I am also getting
some on the wrong side of the filter, almost like a 'backwash' of air is
pushing some lint back towards the dryer. This has happened since I've
moved. It's a new house so I'm assuming the duct work is clear (no long
term accumulation of lint).
Any ideas?
Guy
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| gfretwell@aol.com 2005-12-29, 3:21 am |
| On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 22:03:26 -0500, "Guy Landry"
<landryguy@videotron.ca> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm having a weird problem with my dryer. I am getting most of the lint
>showing up on the correct side of the lint filter, but I am also getting
>some on the wrong side of the filter, almost like a 'backwash' of air is
>pushing some lint back towards the dryer. This has happened since I've
>moved. It's a new house so I'm assuming the duct work is clear (no long
>term accumulation of lint).
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Guy
>
Don't assume anything. There could be anything from a crushed pipe to
an empty soda can in that duct.
How long is the pipe and can you get to all of it to see?
You could suck a ball of paper on a string through the pipe with a
vacuum to see if it is open, then pull something like a tennis ball or
softball sized wiffle ball through to be sure it is unobstructed.
Make sure you have a string attached at both ends so you can retrieve
it if it does get stuck.
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"Guy Landry" <landryguy@videotron.ca> wrote in message
news:TrIsf.131592$0p5.1595694@wagner.videotron.net...
> Hi,
>
> I'm having a weird problem with my dryer. I am getting most of the lint
> showing up on the correct side of the lint filter, but I am also getting
> some on the wrong side of the filter, almost like a 'backwash' of air is
> pushing some lint back towards the dryer. This has happened since I've
> moved. It's a new house so I'm assuming the duct work is clear (no long
> term accumulation of lint).
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Guy
Assume,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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| CDET 14 2005-12-29, 3:21 pm |
| I have seen this twice as a Certified Dryer Exhaust Technician, and
both times it was crushed duct work that created 'back pressure'.
Another sign is that your clothes will take longer than 30 minutes to
dry.
Good Luck.
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| Guy Landry 2005-12-30, 10:21 am |
| Thanks for the tip. I'm going to take a look at this more closely this
weekend.
Guy
"CDET 14" <aarcsis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1135883157.321945.110640@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>I have seen this twice as a Certified Dryer Exhaust Technician, and
> both times it was crushed duct work that created 'back pressure'.
> Another sign is that your clothes will take longer than 30 minutes to
> dry.
> Good Luck.
>
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