Hypothetical question: Can't 110 volt dryer vents/ fan speed be cut way down?
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Yes Nancy you gave us all a good laugh
But I think your high point in mechanical engineering was dumping rocks in the oil tank, LOL.
But I think your high point in mechanical engineering was dumping rocks in the oil tank, LOL.
harpon
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Yes- go back and talk among your Springer selves-
I've got things to learn and discuss
and self-absorbed authority to
deny.
I'll report back on whatever I do and find later
while the blowhards will just sell you the machine they stopped working on about the time the Super Bowl came along......
LOL- U pop!
I've got things to learn and discuss
and self-absorbed authority to
deny.
I'll report back on whatever I do and find later
while the blowhards will just sell you the machine they stopped working on about the time the Super Bowl came along......
LOL- U pop!
arbilab
Well-known member
I'm sorry dear, but despite the best intentions of so many people who actually know things you remain so determined to be so wrong about so many things there is nothing left to say but make sure your fire extinguisher is fully charged and your insurance is paid up.
harpon
Well-known member
It was Barbara Boxer who said: "Fear and intimidation have always been part of the Reagan/Bush administration"
Pay your higher power bill to General 240 and the ever consumer friendly Corporate Conglomerate-
And I'm sure the fire danger is more on twice the voltage
they may actually have a mind (and a percieved financial interest) to encourage,
but don't blame others for your taxes, where you at least have some return and security for your investment, and who keep alive some of those not on the payroll of w hirlpool.
If you felt the laundry in this machine after 30 minutes you logically might feel different, but YOU are the ones whose minds seem to be as closed as this dryer vent is open-
and too often the way of the internet "expert" I think
Pooh Pooh on, air trafic controllers...
Pay your higher power bill to General 240 and the ever consumer friendly Corporate Conglomerate-
And I'm sure the fire danger is more on twice the voltage
they may actually have a mind (and a percieved financial interest) to encourage,
but don't blame others for your taxes, where you at least have some return and security for your investment, and who keep alive some of those not on the payroll of w hirlpool.
If you felt the laundry in this machine after 30 minutes you logically might feel different, but YOU are the ones whose minds seem to be as closed as this dryer vent is open-
and too often the way of the internet "expert" I think
Pooh Pooh on, air trafic controllers...
harpon
Well-known member
I'm not really going to keep beating on this until I've actually done some more testing- and in fact- that may never even really happen- I do have other things in my life than worrying over improving something that some else gets paid over.
But I'm back with one more comment- I believe I lost track of time drying the first load and realized it that night after posting on it-
I was fixing dinner and watching Mr. Sell Fridge at the same time,
the drying time was actually more like an hour and fifteen minutes, not one hour.
Believe it or not, that's the way it was, and that's the guage I'll use when I compare any testing I might do.
The more data between the better I think, so I'm IN no hurry.
I really believe the drying time for the same volume of clothing could safely be cut to perhaps 45-50 minutes on 120 v power, whether I achieve it wilth this older design I wasn't paid for when I was ten years old, or not,
and then that's very more competitive with other dryers drawing arc welder 240 volt power. Don't let those 240 lines arc!
But I'm back with one more comment- I believe I lost track of time drying the first load and realized it that night after posting on it-
I was fixing dinner and watching Mr. Sell Fridge at the same time,
the drying time was actually more like an hour and fifteen minutes, not one hour.
Believe it or not, that's the way it was, and that's the guage I'll use when I compare any testing I might do.
The more data between the better I think, so I'm IN no hurry.
I really believe the drying time for the same volume of clothing could safely be cut to perhaps 45-50 minutes on 120 v power, whether I achieve it wilth this older design I wasn't paid for when I was ten years old, or not,
and then that's very more competitive with other dryers drawing arc welder 240 volt power. Don't let those 240 lines arc!
Obviously, you don't know how a dryer works. 240 volts is not power. In a normal full size 240 volt dryer, the heat is not on all the time. There is a thermostat that cycles the heat on/off to maintain proper temperature. Trying to run a full size dryer on 120 volts is going to result in the heater being on a lot longer if not always on as it's not likely to get the heat up high enough to cycle the thermostat so you may very well end up using as much power (voltage AND current) with your 120 volt jerry-rig as you would with 240 volts. Normal compact 120 volt dryers don't have to heat up as much volume and their cycling thermostat operates at a lower temperature than a full size dryer. Reading reviews of compact dryers, the consensus is that it takes 2 to 2 1/2 times as long to do a load as compared to a full size 240 volt dryer. Minimum air flow requirements are the same for compact models as they are for full size models.
