View Poll Results: is it a good idea to have the clothes dryer help heat the house?
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wasted heat
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wasted heat
ok, maybe this is just plain retarded. but please dont flame. its just a quick thought/ idea, without much thought.
but why not let the clothes dryer exhaust stay in the house? put like a nylon over it or something to filter the lint.
it just seems like wasted energy.
would it be a fire hazard?
but why not let the clothes dryer exhaust stay in the house? put like a nylon over it or something to filter the lint.
it just seems like wasted energy.
would it be a fire hazard?
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Originally Posted by Custom88
If you have a gas dryer... ever hear of carbon monoxide?
and DUHH, that completely slipped my mind.
would it be burned off?
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It won't burn, and it will kill.
Pull the dryer out from the wall and put a fan behind it to circulate the radiant heat from the dryer and the duct through the house.
But leave the duct connected to the outside.
Pull the dryer out from the wall and put a fan behind it to circulate the radiant heat from the dryer and the duct through the house.
But leave the duct connected to the outside.
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The CO is a result of the burning. I've never had a gas dryer... is there a way to vent the exhaust seperately from the dryer heat?
That said, I won't use the vents in the bathroom when I'm showering in the winter. That would be sucking out all that precious warm humid air.
That said, I won't use the vents in the bathroom when I'm showering in the winter. That would be sucking out all that precious warm humid air.
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for the amount of radiant heat, it wouldn't be worth it.
i just saw the exhaust when i was checkin out the eclipse, and had a quick brainstorm.
but Carbon Monoxide=dumb idea
i just saw the exhaust when i was checkin out the eclipse, and had a quick brainstorm.
but Carbon Monoxide=dumb idea
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if you were really ambitious, you could run the exhaust vent all the way threw your house to get the radiant heat and then have it vent outside some where...
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