On Wed, 17 Jul 2013 22:55:55 +0100, Theo Markettos wrote:

SteveW wrote:
Yes. Vented dryers draw in dry air from the room heat it, use it and
exhaust the warm, humid air outside the house. Condenser dryers
recirculate and dry their air, leaving the water in a waste tank to be
emptied once in a while, but they will require cooling air to be drawn
from and returned to the room.

If you're buying a new one (eg redoing a kitchen, where making a hole in
the wall isn't impossible) are there any pros and cons of each type?

The open vented ones are supposed to use more energy (the condensing ones
recapture the heat). Open vents also cause cold draughts in winter if you
leave the dryer door open!

Stale water in a waste tank sounds like a bad plan - if it's next to the
washing machine (as many are) do they not have a means of plumbing into
the washer waste?

Ours (a high end Bosch) doesn't. Not an issue though. The tank is long
and thin and fits along the top LH edge of the machine; the front looks
for all the world like a washing machine soap drawer, and just slides
out. Youre meant to empty it after each drying run, at the same time you
clean the fluff filter. Takes all of 15 seconds or so. Do that and there
*is* no stale water.

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