The Cold Weather Is Here!
checked the thermometer memory and it was 3.4 last night. The house was actually a little warmer than usual, I think the colder it gets outside the longer it takes for the thermostat to be satisfied so I get more stoker "on" time.
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After I wrote it I had it all figured out, and the dryer is on the other side of the wall behind the stove (of course the chimney is in the way). It could be easily done, modify the air intake on the dryer to fit a duct from a heat scavenger around the vent piping on the stove. All the controls on the dryer would function the same, instead of room air it would draw in pre-heated air. The thermistor would sense the temp. just the same, the electric element would only be energized if the air from the stove wasn't hot enough. Sounds easy enough, just a little fancy duct work involved, and my wife will surely kill me if I do it.JiminBucks wrote:Coal / wood wrote! Now if I can only figure out how to run the dryer on coal instead of electricity. Hmmmmm...there has to be a way.
Thats a good idea, use the double exhaust pipe idea with the 'Tee' and hook that up to a 'special' dryer' ,let the dryer suck the heat off the 'exhaust' and I bet you don't even have to even vent it outside, as it would be just moist warm air. Just what a dry house needs!
Oh man!! I thought I was bad!!G> (actually sounds like a good idea if you can get it to work!)Wood'nCoal wrote:After I wrote it I had it all figured out, and the dryer is on the other side of the wall behind the stove (of course the chimney is in the way). It could be easily done, modify the air intake on the dryer to fit a duct from a heat scavenger around the vent piping on the stove. All the controls on the dryer would function the same, instead of room air it would draw in pre-heated air. The thermistor would sense the temp. just the same, the electric element would only be energized if the air from the stove wasn't hot enough. Sounds easy enough, just a little fancy duct work involved, and my wife will surely kill me if I do it.JiminBucks wrote:Coal / wood wrote! Now if I can only figure out how to run the dryer on coal instead of electricity. Hmmmmm...there has to be a way.
Thats a good idea, use the double exhaust pipe idea with the 'Tee' and hook that up to a 'special' dryer' ,let the dryer suck the heat off the 'exhaust' and I bet you don't even have to even vent it outside, as it would be just moist warm air. Just what a dry house needs!
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It would work, my dryer is a Maytag, The electric element is enclosed in a cylindrical assemble that draws in air near the back of the dryer, it would be easy to fit duct work to it. The fan that draws the air through the duct and past the elements is actually on the exhaust side (outlet side) of the drum. The only problem would be if the air being drawn in becomes too hot.
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When I was a teenager, after Dad got divorced, he used to let the towels dry strung up in the living room using the kero heater. The towels used to dry out and become stiff as burap . I hated using them!
I can't imagine heated hot air getting hot enough to burn wet cloths , the sensor should shut off the dryer when the moister content drops in the exhaust I believe!
I bet that would a first for the local fire Co.
I can't imagine heated hot air getting hot enough to burn wet cloths , the sensor should shut off the dryer when the moister content drops in the exhaust I believe!
I bet that would a first for the local fire Co.
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Oh man!! I thought I was bad!!G> (actually sounds like a good idea if you can get it to work!)
Thats pretty tame! I just converted a hot tub over to "solar powered" last summer! Had the thing up to 110 degrees one day, had to put in cold water to use it!
Thats pretty tame! I just converted a hot tub over to "solar powered" last summer! Had the thing up to 110 degrees one day, had to put in cold water to use it!
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No offense intended, but you may not be familiar with the habits of a teenage girl! Hang clothes by the stove and wait for them to dry? I also heard pigs fly!gambler wrote:Wouldn't it be easier to just hang the clothes by the stove and let them dry? Probably woud not take very long.
We have 3 daughters & when they were teenagers (with the cooperation of their mother) there was a rush for the electic clothes dryer when I would leave the house!Wood'nCoal wrote:No offense intended, but you may not be familiar with the habits of a teenage girl! Hang clothes by the stove and wait for them to dry? I also heard pigs fly!gambler wrote:Wouldn't it be easier to just hang the clothes by the stove and let them dry? Probably woud not take very long.
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No rush here, the dryer runs when I'm home. What gets me is when my daughter sprays something that she has already worn with some concoction (Fabreeze?) and throws it in the dryer to "freshen it up".
That's no problem John.....just set up a low voltage wire booby trap (hooked to the dryer) so that anyone who touches it will get a bit of a shock! ( hardly painful at all)Wood'nCoal wrote:No rush here, the dryer runs when I'm home. What gets me is when my daughter sprays something that she has already worn with some concoction (Fabreeze?) and throws it in the dryer to "freshen it up".
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I'd try that, it would work, but I can imagine the surprise when one of the cats jumps up onto the dryer!Devil5052 wrote:That's no problem John.....just set up a low voltage wire booby trap (hooked to the dryer) so that anyone who touches it will get a bit of a shock! ( hardly painful at all)Wood'nCoal wrote:No rush here, the dryer runs when I'm home. What gets me is when my daughter sprays something that she has already worn with some concoction (Fabreeze?) and throws it in the dryer to "freshen it up".
I had one of those inside/outside vent boxes with the lever, that went over like a lead balloon, as soon as the windows fogged up and the first lint ball hit the floor it was never used again. I didn't like the one I had, it was plastic. I have the dryer vent set up with rigid metal vent pipe.
We just set a chair next to the forced air ducts and hang coats and mittens and stuff on them, they dry quick. I could probably dry laundry with the forced air too but it's enough work just getting the laundry done with the dryer.