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Default Cloths dryer vents????

According to benick :

The wife will not stand for putting the dryer in the garage, so don't offer
up those options. What I need is a convenient kit/design for pulling the air
from the outside directly into the dryer, rather than having it suck air
from the general living area.


You can always simply run an air vent to the dryer in approximately
the right place, and it will help somewhat. But, it'll probably be
a net power loss (air flow when unit off).

There are heat exchangers designed for dryers. The dryer exhaust is
sent out of the house thru something that preheats incoming air from the
exhaust heat.

These are in concept the same things as HRVs (heat recovery
ventilators) used to provide positive air circulation in a house
without dumping too much furnace heat. HOWEVER, standard HRVs can't
tolerate the lint volumes and will plug themselves in no time flat.

The ones designed for clothes dryers are somewhat more complicated
(rotating drum lint traps etc), and are very seldom appropriate for
anything short of commercial laundrymats. They're not cheap at all.
Like $3k or more.

There are methods by which you can run the exhaust of dryers
(electric ONLY!) thru a water trap to capture the lint, and meanwhile
keep the air indoors. They work, but can be more trouble
than they're worth.
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