Comments on: One Beer Projects: Fixing Simple Problems With Your Dryer http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/17/one-beer-projects-fixing-simple-problems-with-your-dryer/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:31:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: RevRagnarok http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/17/one-beer-projects-fixing-simple-problems-with-your-dryer/#comment-121348 RevRagnarok Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:10:31 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/17/one-beer-projects-fixing-simple-problems-with-your-dryer/#comment-121348 For the heater element on the dryer, I actually found mine on eBay, not somewhere you'd normally look for parts like that... ;) For the heater element on the dryer, I actually found mine on eBay, not somewhere you’d normally look for parts like that… ;)

]]> By: William http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/17/one-beer-projects-fixing-simple-problems-with-your-dryer/#comment-106213 William Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:19:00 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/17/one-beer-projects-fixing-simple-problems-with-your-dryer/#comment-106213 My dad's a plumber and one day a lady ask him if he had any ideas why her dryer wasn't working too well. He asked her if she cleans the lint trap every time she replied "Clean What?". She had never cleaned the lint trap, my dad had to use a knife to pry the years of compacted lint out of the trap. My dad’s a plumber and one day a lady ask him if he had any ideas why her dryer wasn’t working too well. He asked her if she cleans the lint trap every time she replied “Clean What?”. She had never cleaned the lint trap, my dad had to use a knife to pry the years of compacted lint out of the trap.

]]> By: Rick http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/17/one-beer-projects-fixing-simple-problems-with-your-dryer/#comment-106187 Rick Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:16:08 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/17/one-beer-projects-fixing-simple-problems-with-your-dryer/#comment-106187 Oh yeah, and that's a common reason why the heating element burns out prematurely.. you can extend the life of the elements and/or dryer by keeping that lint screen clean. Oh yeah, and that’s a common reason why the heating element burns out prematurely.. you can extend the life of the elements and/or dryer by keeping that lint screen clean.

]]> By: Rick http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/17/one-beer-projects-fixing-simple-problems-with-your-dryer/#comment-106186 Rick Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:14:29 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/17/one-beer-projects-fixing-simple-problems-with-your-dryer/#comment-106186 One other thing you didn't mention was that if the efficiency of your dryer seems to suffer. If it's taking longer and longer for the dryer to dry to the level of dryness you desire AND you use dryer sheets - then it's very likely that the lint screen is clogged. Try this, take the lint screen out of the dryer the next time you go to do a load, and put some water on the screen (after you remove the lint) If the water drains very slowly through the screen, or not at all, then it's likely that the crud in the dryer sheets has slowly built up on the screen and plugged the individual holes of the screen. Take some hot water, soap and a toothbrush (or other similar scrub brush) and clean the screen. Then repeat that cleaning once a month or so to keep it operating efficiently. One other thing you didn’t mention was that if the efficiency of your dryer seems to suffer. If it’s taking longer and longer for the dryer to dry to the level of dryness you desire AND you use dryer sheets - then it’s very likely that the lint screen is clogged. Try this, take the lint screen out of the dryer the next time you go to do a load, and put some water on the screen (after you remove the lint) If the water drains very slowly through the screen, or not at all, then it’s likely that the crud in the dryer sheets has slowly built up on the screen and plugged the individual holes of the screen.

Take some hot water, soap and a toothbrush (or other similar scrub brush) and clean the screen. Then repeat that cleaning once a month or so to keep it operating efficiently.

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