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Update: Dryer issues-Very little lint on lint screen and dryer not expelling moisture well
Posted on 11/3/20 at 8:55 am
Posted on 11/3/20 at 8:55 am
Old, white, reliable whirlpool unit but last month or so really isn't drying clothes well. Lint screen barely getting anything and moisture not leaving dryer.
It gets plenty hot but doesn't dry well.
Assuming there is a ventilation blockage? Anyone know if this is easy to fix myself?
PAGING NAPOLEON
It gets plenty hot but doesn't dry well.
Assuming there is a ventilation blockage? Anyone know if this is easy to fix myself?
PAGING NAPOLEON
This post was edited on 11/3/20 at 5:24 pm
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Posted on 11/3/20 at 9:05 am to CatfishJohn
Take the vent hose off the wall and make sure it’s blowing well, then run a load without it attached to see how it does. That will tell you if the issue is the vent or the dryer. The venting inside the dryer can also fill with lint. Best to vacuum it all out to make sure it’s not clogged also.
Posted on 11/3/20 at 9:29 am to baldona
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Take the vent hose off the wall and make sure it’s blowing well, then run a load without it attached to see how it does. That will tell you if the issue is the vent or the dryer. The venting inside the dryer can also fill with lint. Best to vacuum it all out to make sure it’s not clogged also.
Good call.
I'll do this and if it's not blowing well and I can't clear it I'm just calling someone.
I refuse to get rid of old glory. She's a monster and has been for a decade.
Posted on 11/3/20 at 9:52 am to CatfishJohn
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I refuse to get rid of old glory. She's a monster and has been for a decade.
take the damn thing apart & get rid of the 10 years' worth of lint build up.
Posted on 11/3/20 at 10:42 am to CatfishJohn
There is a belt that spins a blower motor that expels air out of the drum. I have had this belt come off, or more specifically the gear come loose off the shaft and cause the belt to come off. It stops the blower from working, causing air to not evacuate. Dryer actually gets hotter than normal because of it, but everything is damp. Ours would actually start to leak want to the floor.
Just open the dryer up and check under the drum to make sure it is still attached.
Just open the dryer up and check under the drum to make sure it is still attached.
Posted on 11/3/20 at 11:04 am to CAD703X
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take the damn thing apart & get rid of the 10 years' worth of lint build up.
Yep, and get one of those brush kits you can attach to your drill and clear out the line to where it exits the house. Mine has like 3 or 4 extensions. Start at the wall where the dryer connects and go as far as you can. It will bust up any compacted lint. My vent line is the basement and exposed, so I was able to take a piece apart there, and it pushed a good amount from the wall out to where I had it apart. A few handfuls at least. Then I finished it off by going from there to where it exits the house. I do this every year or so now. Just loosen a clamp in the basement and it takes 10-15 minutes tops, and then I run my shop-vac hose as far as I can to get any loose pieces that remain.
But yeah, definitely remove it from the wall and try to clean out the inside of the dryer. Some models are easier to do this on than others. A good shop vac and a wand type extension works great for cleaning out in the trap area and underneath.
Posted on 11/3/20 at 12:47 pm to CAD703X
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take the damn thing apart & get rid of the 10 years' worth of lint build up.
TBH, I don't know how to do that and feel like I'm going to frick it up.
I'm fairly handy, but have essentially no experience with dryers besides attached the vents to the wall.
I'm going to do a couple things:
1. Detach vent in the back and see if it's blowing out.
2a. If it is, then I know it's the ventilation in the wall that is clogging things and I'll buy an extender brush for my drill to clean it out.
2b. If is not, then I know it's the dryer itself and I'll try to vacuum out anything I can and potentially take off the back panel to "look around".
3. If I can't figure it out without disassembling everything, I'm calling someone. Rather pay $150 to fix it correctly than $600 for a new Speed Queen (which I would buy when this eventually bites the dust).
ETA:
But simply due to the fact the lint trap is not collecting much lint, I think the dryer has some internal blockages or issues and I'll likely have to call someone.
This post was edited on 11/3/20 at 12:48 pm
Posted on 11/3/20 at 1:12 pm to CatfishJohn
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I think the dryer has some internal blockages
you can run that shop vac up the exit on the dryer that connects to the external vent pipe and see if it finds a big wad of stuck lint without taking the dryer apart.
what kind of dryer? mine has like 2 bolts on the front that come out then i can pretty much access anything.
there's nothing much to a dryer; a drum and a heater coil, a fan and a vent.
This post was edited on 11/3/20 at 1:13 pm
Posted on 11/3/20 at 1:35 pm to TU Rob
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Yep, and get one of those brush kits you can attach to your drill and clear out the line to where it exits the house. Mine has like 3 or 4 extensions. Start at the wall where the dryer connects and go as far as you can. It will bust up any compacted lint. My vent line is the basement and exposed, so I was able to take a piece apart there, and it pushed a good amount from the wall out to where I had it apart. A few handfuls at least. Then I finished it off by going from there to where it exits the house. I do this every year or so now. Just loosen a clamp in the basement and it takes 10-15 minutes tops, and then I run my shop-vac hose as far as I can to get any loose pieces that remain.
But yeah, definitely remove it from the wall and try to clean out the inside of the dryer. Some models are easier to do this on than others. A good shop vac and a wand type extension works great for cleaning out in the trap area and underneath.
I do this about once a year at my house just for peace of mind. I bought a new house in May and my wife said the dryer was throwing a code that came back to restricted ventilation. Good God at the amount of lint I cleaned out of the line. A good hack is to get a box big enough/tall enough to go over the exit of the vent pipe on the exterior of your home. Then cut a hole in both sides of the box parallel to each other so that you can run the extensions through the box. As you pull out all of the lint will be contained to the box and will make clean up a breeze instead of lint all over the yard. Also only go forward gear not reverse with your drill. reverse can cause the extensions to unscrew and then you are stuck with them in the vent pipe with no easy way to get them out.
Posted on 11/3/20 at 2:03 pm to CAD703X
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you can run that shop vac
Waiting for Black Friday!
I gotta dry a lot of clothes before then
Posted on 11/3/20 at 3:42 pm to CatfishJohn
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But simply due to the fact the lint trap is not collecting much lint, I think the dryer has some internal blockages or issues and I'll likely have to call someone.
Not necessarily. An external blockage would keep air from moving through the filter as well.
Ive found that will restricted airflow, usually the inside and outside both need to be cleaned.
Learning to clean the lint from inside and outside the dryer is a skill every homeowner that is at least a little handy should learn. As Cad said, dryers are simple devices.
Posted on 11/3/20 at 4:55 pm to TigerFanatic99
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There is a belt that spins a blower motor that expels air out of the drum. I have had this belt come off, or more specifically the gear come loose off the shaft and cause the belt to come off. It stops the blower from working, causing air to not evacuate. Dryer actually gets hotter than normal because of it, but everything is damp. Ours would actually start to leak want to the floor. Just open the dryer up and check under the drum to make sure it is still attached.
True two possibilities are the blocked vent or the fan.
Blower fan is not hard to get to - front of dryer comes off with a few screws. Anyone can do it with help if YouTube.
I have had a golf tee lodge in the fan blades and stop it from spinning. The plastic hub also wallows out and so the shaft can’t turn the fan.
I’ve also had a plugged vent - small tear in vent filter let lint through.
Posted on 11/3/20 at 5:22 pm to ChEgrad
Update:
I rigged a pipe cleaner using a flexible plastic rod I had for running tv wires behind dry wall and duct taped a toilet brush head to the end
Hit a blockage then put a hanger on the end of tool. Pulled out some sort of critter’s nest that had plugged it about 8 feet from the outside vent hole. It by itself would’ve likely been fine, but lint had accrued behind it and plugged it all up.
Had to be a bird, it’s about 10 ft off the ground (laundry room upstairs)
ETA:
Running some test cycles now so we’ll see if that was it.
I rigged a pipe cleaner using a flexible plastic rod I had for running tv wires behind dry wall and duct taped a toilet brush head to the end
Hit a blockage then put a hanger on the end of tool. Pulled out some sort of critter’s nest that had plugged it about 8 feet from the outside vent hole. It by itself would’ve likely been fine, but lint had accrued behind it and plugged it all up.
Had to be a bird, it’s about 10 ft off the ground (laundry room upstairs)
ETA:
Running some test cycles now so we’ll see if that was it.
This post was edited on 11/3/20 at 5:26 pm
Posted on 11/3/20 at 5:26 pm to CatfishJohn
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Hit a blockage then put a hanger on the end of tool. Pulled out some sort of critter’s nest that had plugged it about 8 feet from the outside vent hole. It by itself would’ve been fine, but lint had accrued behind it and plugged it all up.
we called it baw
Posted on 11/3/20 at 5:31 pm to CAD703X
It came out of no where. I’m guessing something moved in recently as the weather cooled.
Posted on 11/3/20 at 7:38 pm to CatfishJohn
quote:
But simply due to the fact the lint trap is not collecting much lint, I think the dryer has some internal blockages or issues and I'll likely have to call someone
If the clothes are not dry, they will not produce a lot of lint. The lint really starts to fly at the end of the cycle when everything is drier and has less weight to get airborne. Just because you are not seeing lint on your screen does not mean you have a blockage inside the dryer.
Posted on 11/4/20 at 7:20 am to CatfishJohn
Vent blockage. Go to home depot and get the lint brush with rods that attaches to a drill.
It's like $20 and you can clean the whole system.
If it don't go up you can also take a leaf blower and blow it out.
Either way it's a blocked vent.
It's like $20 and you can clean the whole system.
If it don't go up you can also take a leaf blower and blow it out.
Either way it's a blocked vent.
Posted on 11/4/20 at 7:21 am to skidry
The easiest test i show people is the dollar bill text.
With your door open and you holding the switch down, start the dryer on air dry.
Put a dollar against the air outlet vent. If it don't stick to the vent you have a blockage.
With your door open and you holding the switch down, start the dryer on air dry.
Put a dollar against the air outlet vent. If it don't stick to the vent you have a blockage.
Posted on 11/4/20 at 7:23 am to Perrydawg
This is smart to do. Dryer fires are common.
Posted on 11/4/20 at 10:01 am to CatfishJohn
Depends on how it is vented, but generally a dry shop vac inserted into the line will take out the lent clog depending on how long the line and how long your hose is. Mine is unfortunately vented through our roof, so I periodically have to go on the roof with a shop vac, remove the vent cover, turn it on and insert it into the vent until it stops at the clog. Then just move it around until it sucks all the clogged lent out. Turn the dryer on and you will know if you got the clog instantly. I have had to do it twice in 30 years.
This is also a good fix for a clogged up air condition line. A wet vac placed at the end of the line with a wet rag rapped around it to create suction will clean the line out quickly.
This is also a good fix for a clogged up air condition line. A wet vac placed at the end of the line with a wet rag rapped around it to create suction will clean the line out quickly.
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