Robert11 wrote:
Hello,

Family member has an older gas-fired clothes dryer.

Want to suggest to them that they put a vacuum hose in the duct's outlet (on
the outside of the house) to vacuum out any lint and dust. Have been
reading so much about clothes dryer duct fires !

Was wondering, though: is there any possibility that by doing so they will
snuff out the gas pilot light
on the dryer ?

Frankly, I am not even sure there is a pilot, but knowing the age of the
thing, I doubt that it has a
piezo type of igniter, which, I believe, all the newer ones now have.

So, is there much of a possibility in putting out the pilot flame ?

Or, is it in a spot that it would not even "see" the vacuum or air stream ?

Would hate for it to happen, as they would probably have to have someone
come in to re light it for them, as they couldn't do it themselves.

Thanks,
Bob


I've never seen a piezoelectric igniter on a gas dryer.
I've installed a new gas water heater that was equipped
with piezoelectric igniter to light the standing pilot
so you don't have to open the combustion chamber to get
to it. The gas dryer probably has an electronic spark
igniter that includes a flame sensor. It would help to
know the brand and model number of the dryer.

TDD