Clothes dryers draw in air through openings, heat it and then pass it through the tumbler where the clothes are. It picks up moisture in the process, which it expels through an exhaust duct. The process involves several key components: the heating element that heats the air, the tumbler th...
Fewer people believe that clothes dryers are a necessity vs. a few years ago. (Pew Research, 2009) Drying outside (vs. inside) is better if possible, since clothes dry faster and the sun has a sanitizing effect. Tip the Planet has an excellent article about air-drying clothes, covering...
Today’s best dryers come with a variety of features and settings that make doing laundry much quicker and easier. Check out the best dryers worth buying today.
Traditional dryers estimate the correct drying time based on the temperature of the air in the drum. Sometimes their estimates are a bit off, leaving clothes still damp or shrunk and sizzling. New models have fixed this problem with sensors in the drum that detect moisture levels in the ...
Air-drying clothes can reduce the average household’s carbon footprint by 2,400 pounds a year! You’ll lower your risk of a home fire. According to the National Fire Protection Association, clothes dryers or washing machines cause about 4 percent of house fires. In 2006, these appliances ...
Clothes dryers can add enormous amounts of moisture to the air. This may be somewhat desirable if the inside air is very dry, as in the winter months in colder climes. However, in a basement this is rarely the case. Even in well-constructed basements there is a constant struggle with ...
A domestic clothes dryer comprises a rotating drum defining a drying chamber, an air inlet upstream the drum and at least a hollow lifter mounted in the drum, wherein said hollow lifter is in communication with the air inlet for distributing air inside the drum through a plurality of openings...
Like many other electric dryers, this one is also fitted with a timer, allowing you to set the drying time up to 240 minutes. To select the desired mode you can use the LCD touch screen as well as the remote control, which works at a distance of up to 8 meters. Also, the touch ...
Drying racks are handy because they can be moved to speed up the drying process.Place them outside on a sunny (but not windy) day. Inside the house, try putting them over a vent and the heat or air conditioner will dry them faster. If you don’t have central heat or air then you...
We report a case of a 4-year-old child found dead at his home inside a domestic clothes (tumble) dryer. The child had been reported missing in the morning by his mother and found a short time later inside the dryer with the door shut. The child was pronounced dead at the scene. A...