Venting clothes dryer inside house
Thread Starter
|
Lead Driver
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 8,465
Likes: 725
From: Calgary Canada
it's been below zero F for over two weeks here in Calgary. At those temperatures, the air can't hold much moisture. When that dry air is heated up by your central furnace, the relative humidity drops to near Zero. that's why why want extra moisture in our houses.
Spend a few weeks up north and you'll know what we are talking about.
I've been venting my dryer inside for a month now, no issues. And for the last week I've been running a portable humidifier 24 hours a day. I'm still under 20% relative humidity.
Spend a few weeks up north and you'll know what we are talking about.
I've been venting my dryer inside for a month now, no issues. And for the last week I've been running a portable humidifier 24 hours a day. I'm still under 20% relative humidity.
pedant
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 23,576
Likes: 39
From: EXTREME southwest CT
You're from coastal Washington??
Probably have moss growing on you..
Try moving to an alkaline desert, the lines on your hands will rip right open.
Probably have moss growing on you..
Try moving to an alkaline desert, the lines on your hands will rip right open.
Elder User
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 699
Likes: 0
From: northern Michigan
The only issue with the electric dryers is you will have a dust problem from the lint coming out of the dryer. I have seen nylon stockings used as a filter. I would want to rig some kind of high effeciency filter on this to keep the wife happy.
New User
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 20
Likes: 0
I'd be careful with venting inside , you just may end up with a moisture issue, causing mold in unseen areas.
By venting into the same space as where the dryer is, you will be adding moisture to the supply air by way of the exhaust air that is coming out of the dryer @ 100% RH already, thus adding to the Relative Humidity being put into your dryer, making for longer dry times and affecting efficiency, and potentially destroying your house with an abundance of moisture.
IMHO, any gains of heat recovery from venting inside are offset by the potential damages and the decrease in dryer efficiency, that can be created as a result of indoor venting. If there was a real benefit from venting indoors, I'd assume everybody would be doing it. What is needed to make this feasible is the use of a heat exchanger, to recovery the heat before it goes outside and get rid of the moisture during the exchange, by way of a Condensate drain.
There is a unit designed just for this situation, it is called an HRV (heat recovery ventilator) system...
By venting into the same space as where the dryer is, you will be adding moisture to the supply air by way of the exhaust air that is coming out of the dryer @ 100% RH already, thus adding to the Relative Humidity being put into your dryer, making for longer dry times and affecting efficiency, and potentially destroying your house with an abundance of moisture.
IMHO, any gains of heat recovery from venting inside are offset by the potential damages and the decrease in dryer efficiency, that can be created as a result of indoor venting. If there was a real benefit from venting indoors, I'd assume everybody would be doing it. What is needed to make this feasible is the use of a heat exchanger, to recovery the heat before it goes outside and get rid of the moisture during the exchange, by way of a Condensate drain.
There is a unit designed just for this situation, it is called an HRV (heat recovery ventilator) system...
If the air and steam going out of the dryer is allowed to cool by a heat exchanger and the steam condenses, all the lint will collect in the water. In no time it will be plugged up solid with lint. It could be done, but you would have to regularly clean the system out. Since it would be a huge pain in the *** having to deal with that every time I'd look for another way.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
sierraben
General NON-Automotive Conversation
14
Apr 16, 2006 07:59 AM
150ford
General NON-Automotive Conversation
52
Jan 17, 2005 10:37 PM
