On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 10:05:37 GMT, fred wrote:

In article , Pete C
writes

True. Another possibility for exhausting heat to the room is that by
adding a CH feed to the heat exchanger via a solenoid valve, it could
double as a kind of 'kick space' heater to heat the room when the
drier or washer/drier is not being used.

This could save on wall space for a radiator which may be at a premium
in small kitchens.

Are you're talking about it just to heat the room?

Yes, in addition to:

using a feed
from the CH loop to heat the clothes drying air - anyone tried that?

A quick look at my own drier shows the air intakes to be front & bottom.
Looks like it could be modified to take a ducted flow from a kickspace
heater, maybe siting underneath it. Obviously this would increase the
height, but ok for those who don't have theirs under a counter.

Opinions?

Sounds doable, some shower fan ducting could be used to carry the
airflow from the drier to an adjacent heater and back rather than
siting it underneath.

The best place to connect in the drier would be after the lint filter
to stop the heater getting clogged with lint, and a fairly powerful
mains duct fan connected across the drier thermostat would regulate
the heating.

Might be easier to use the element from an old kickspace heater or a
couple of car heater matrixes from a scrapyard instead of hacking into
the existing one.

As long as the external heater can provide a couple of kW from the CH
it should do a good job.

cheers,
Pete.