If the dryer is getting too hot and your clothes are not drying then there is nothing wrong with your dryer. You dryer duct is most likely clogged and needs to be cleaned out.
1. A clothes dryer can catch fire. Thousands of fires are reported each year due to the dryer.
2. Save on your utility bill.
3. Replace your clothes dryer less often.
Cleaning out the lint trap is the most important thing you can do. But the duct can often be 15-50 feet long. This causes a situation that air flow is restricted and lint cannot exhaust from the termination duct. Dryer ducts in today's homes are not like the old style homes where the dryer duct was on the outside wall.
How often should my dryer vent be cleaned?
It depends on how many loads you do and what kind of things you wash. (towels and diapers are probably the worst)
How many elbows are in the dryer duct?
How long is the dryer vent?
Clean out your vent when the dryer is taking too long to dry. If you are not sure it is the dryer or the dryer vent, take the duct off the wall. If you can dry the clothes with ease, then the duct needs to be cleaned.
Do Your Clothes Take Longer than 40 minutes to dry? More than one cycle? Is the dryer hot to the touch, but the clothes are still wet? Then the problem is not your dryer, but the dryer duct needs to be cleaned.
Let's begin by looking at your dryer and the components that are inside. There are two types of ways that dryers dry clothing. Dryers either use a gas ignition system such as a gas furnace or an electric heating element similar to an electric heater. Both types of dryers produce a significant amount of heat which must be removed by an exhaust system which is called the dryer vent duct. Within the dryer there is a blower motor that helps remove heat, condensation, and lint from inside of the dryer through the dryer vent duct. When a blockage of the dryer duct occurs lint will accumulate inside of the dryer vent duct and within the dryer itself. During operation the heating element or gas ignition system will still ignite and create a substantial amount of heat. This heat in combination with the accumulation of lint may result in the lint igniting causing the dryer to catch fire.
Dryer Fire Prevention
Dryer fire prevention is probably one of the most important home maintenance tasks a homeowner can do. To properly maintain your dryer a dryer vent cleaning and inspection of the dryer vent duct, dryer vent cap, transition duct, and dryer must be done annually. It is recommended that this process be done by a professionally trained technician so that all components are checked and cleaned correctly and are working efficiently once every year. Furthermore, making sure the transition duct is made of a semi rigid material is recommended because of its fire containment properties which will help protect your home if a dryer fire should occur.
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