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02-29-2008, 10:14 PM | #1 |
Spoilin' Tilly & Jack Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Indiana
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| Drying clothes We had a really old dryer and it took FOREVER to dry our clothes. It took about 3 1/2 hours to dry a load of towels and about 2 hours to dry regular shirts and pants. I know it isn't suppose to take that long so we bought a newer used dryer and it's on it's second time through the heavy cycle. Is this normal? Maybe I'm impatient but I hate waiting between loads. I'd have my laundry done so much faster with a faster dryer.
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02-29-2008, 10:18 PM | #2 |
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| I know it's a pain in the a**, but I'd just put in smaller loads. It takes our dryer about 90 minutes to get pants dry. So if I put one less pair in, I can get them done in just over an hour. Just depends on how much a hurry you are in...
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02-29-2008, 10:22 PM | #3 |
Spoilin' Tilly & Jack Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Indiana
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| Our old dryer was just getting worse and worse. LOL I hope this "new" dyer does a little better for us. I don't think it could be much worse.
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02-29-2008, 10:23 PM | #4 |
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| Is the vent thing clean? I clean mine after every load of two.
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02-29-2008, 10:24 PM | #5 |
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| I'm trying to think when Mom replaced out dryer.. maybe 5-6 yrs ago. Anyway, I can throw 10-15 shirts in it, a couple PJpants, and a couple jeans and everything is dry in less than an hour! On our dryer a load of towels usually takes right at 60 mins (unless someone forgot to clean the lint trap!)
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02-29-2008, 10:25 PM | #6 |
Spoilin' Tilly & Jack Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Indiana
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| Yeah, I'm constantly cleaning it. My mom always got after me when I lived at home about checking it. It was just super old. I'd love to have a front loader but they are expensive.
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02-29-2008, 10:25 PM | #7 | |
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02-29-2008, 10:29 PM | #8 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member | My husband is always hearing little tips to better my life , on the radio while he's driving to substations during work. So his "tip of the day" last week was, "when drying clothes, throw in a clean dry towel with the load and it will cut the drying time in half". You might want to try it, although I haven't yet.
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02-29-2008, 10:31 PM | #9 |
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| That actually does work. Tilly'smom we have a kenmore.
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02-29-2008, 10:32 PM | #10 | |
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02-29-2008, 10:34 PM | #11 |
Spoilin' Tilly & Jack Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Indiana
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| Our washer is a Kenmore and our dryer now is Kitchenaid. The really old slow one was a Whirlpool.
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02-29-2008, 10:38 PM | #12 | |
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02-29-2008, 10:58 PM | #13 |
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| That's an excellent tip!
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02-29-2008, 11:21 PM | #14 |
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| Even if the lint trap is clean, when a dryer is more than a few years old, you need to clear the ENTIRE PATH between the lint trap and the outdoors (or wherever your dryer vents) To do that you actually have to take the back off the dryer and you will findthe "shoot" that is connected to the dryer vent hose. That "shoot has a cover on it held in place with screws... some you need to take the entire shoot out and clear all the debris. You will be surprized AT what gets past the lint trap. I found pretty close to $25 dollars in bills and change doing this one time. Your dyer will work much better after cleaning it out Sonya
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03-01-2008, 12:14 AM | #15 | |
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Also, wash the lint trap. The chemicals from dryer sheets cause a film that blocks the air.
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