Kitchen Large Electric Appliances - Dryer not drying
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thimblyjina
07-11-04, 04:32 PM
Hi-I have a brand new Whirlpool Electric dryer, model #LER7620LW1. No matter how high the heat setting I use ( I always use high-towels), it takes 2 50 minute cycles to dry even the smallest amount of clothes. Any ideas? Thanks/Jina
Doc Electric
07-12-04, 01:14 AM
Drying is all a matter of heat and airflow. If you are missing one or the other you can't dry anything. The fact that you can eventually dry your clothes means it has something to do with airflow. Your vent is most likely restricted or plugged up. The vent should be four inch vent all the way to the outside and the vent outside has to be big enough also. Never use flexible plastic vent on a dryer it just causes lots of problems. Use ridgid flex aluminum or ridgid four inch elbows and straight vent pipe to vent your dryer. The dryer vent should not exceed fourty feet in length. Each 90 degree elbow equals 5 foot of vent. What I see most often is flexable plastic right behind the dryer and its either to long and coiled all over or its crushed almost flat behind the dryer. Put a 4 inch elbow on the back of the dryer so the dryer can't get too close to the wall. I hope this helps. Doc E