e2l-arry
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Hi Jim
I don't run everything through the spin. Just the heavy stuff like towels. But my dryer is a 220 and they have a lot more ummph than the 110's.
I had a portable set of Whirlpools in the early 80's. My first set! Small neutral drain washer that really worked well if you didn't overload it. The 110 dryer worked well too. It just took about an hour to dry a load.
How do you vent yours? My first apartment was a converted 2nd floor of a house and was vented to the outside. Then I bought a condo and there was no venting in the kitchen. Some people would use an old stocking over the exhaust to catch the lint. But I could see those clogging up to easily. Then I found this contraption at the Hardware Store. It's a small bucket you put water into. Then, the flexible dryer duct attached to the top part that has holes in it and you snapped that onto the bottom part with the water in it. The water caught the lint and the dryer air escaped through the holes in the top cover. It caught most of the lint. It was nice in the winter but you didn't want to use the dryer on a hot humid day, I was still in the Chicago area at the time, or with the A/C on. It just worked counter to the A/C.
Here's a rinse pic from the other day. I put the washed and wrung out clothes back in the washer and fill it with water with the clothes already in it. Once the water hits the line, on comes the agitator for 3 or 4 minutes and it's ready from the second wring and pump. Somewhat like a manual- automatic. Only better!
I think next summer I'll put a clothes line up in the back yard. Then it won't matter how much water is left in the towels. They can take all day to dry for all I care. Plus, with the low humidity in Colorado, most stuff dries as fast outside as it does in the dryer. Not that I'm going all "GREEN" or anything. I just like the old school ways.
Take Care,
Larry

I don't run everything through the spin. Just the heavy stuff like towels. But my dryer is a 220 and they have a lot more ummph than the 110's.
I had a portable set of Whirlpools in the early 80's. My first set! Small neutral drain washer that really worked well if you didn't overload it. The 110 dryer worked well too. It just took about an hour to dry a load.
How do you vent yours? My first apartment was a converted 2nd floor of a house and was vented to the outside. Then I bought a condo and there was no venting in the kitchen. Some people would use an old stocking over the exhaust to catch the lint. But I could see those clogging up to easily. Then I found this contraption at the Hardware Store. It's a small bucket you put water into. Then, the flexible dryer duct attached to the top part that has holes in it and you snapped that onto the bottom part with the water in it. The water caught the lint and the dryer air escaped through the holes in the top cover. It caught most of the lint. It was nice in the winter but you didn't want to use the dryer on a hot humid day, I was still in the Chicago area at the time, or with the A/C on. It just worked counter to the A/C.
Here's a rinse pic from the other day. I put the washed and wrung out clothes back in the washer and fill it with water with the clothes already in it. Once the water hits the line, on comes the agitator for 3 or 4 minutes and it's ready from the second wring and pump. Somewhat like a manual- automatic. Only better!
I think next summer I'll put a clothes line up in the back yard. Then it won't matter how much water is left in the towels. They can take all day to dry for all I care. Plus, with the low humidity in Colorado, most stuff dries as fast outside as it does in the dryer. Not that I'm going all "GREEN" or anything. I just like the old school ways.
Take Care,
Larry
