On 10/1/2015 6:44 PM, Mimi wrote:
Is my dryer safe to use after the dryer vent flooded with water. We
removed the water with sa shop vac, but now the dryer smells very musty.

That depends on what actually got wet!

E.g., growing up, our dryer was in the basement with the vent above grade.
Had the vent "flooded with water", the dryer itself would have been
*swamped* with water -- ensuring that most of the mechanism. heating coils,
etc. were wetted in that action.

Here, our vent is up through the roof so a similar problem would
present.

My neighbor's vent directly out the side wall so there is less of
an issue. Though the vent is still "above" the level of the dryer
mechanism.

What sort of dryer -- gas or electric?

How did you "remove the water"? Just that which *surrounded* the dryer?
Or, did you disassemble the dryer and verify that there was no water
within?