WP DRYER DESIGN
WPs full sized dryers with both the heat source and exhaust in the rear are actually faster drying and more energy efficient than dryers that pull the air through the drum to the front, with light to normal sized loads. The dryers where the heat comes the back and exhausts at the front do have an advantage with very large loads but with smaller loads the hot air tends to just travel through the middle of the tumbling clothes.
Jason I know that you were talking about WP compact dryers and WP has been building these for over 40 years and I have never had a complaint about unevenness of drying or speed on these dryers. And while the full sized 27" WP built dryers are very good dryers they still have far more problems with lint in the cabinets and slow drying than thier 29" machines. The 27" dryers are almost always the ones we see packed with lint that have caught fire.
Consumer Reports did tests of efficiency on clothes dryers about 15 years ago and found the 29" WP built dryers the most efficent when drying normal sized loads compared to almost all other brands where the air travels from back to front. I have also never seen any advantage in reverse tumbling in a full sized machine. Both Philco Ford and much later Frigidare tried this and both dropped it as thier seemed to be no advantage. And it both cases it the dryer dried more slowly and caused a host of additional repair problems.
WPs full sized dryers with both the heat source and exhaust in the rear are actually faster drying and more energy efficient than dryers that pull the air through the drum to the front, with light to normal sized loads. The dryers where the heat comes the back and exhausts at the front do have an advantage with very large loads but with smaller loads the hot air tends to just travel through the middle of the tumbling clothes.
Jason I know that you were talking about WP compact dryers and WP has been building these for over 40 years and I have never had a complaint about unevenness of drying or speed on these dryers. And while the full sized 27" WP built dryers are very good dryers they still have far more problems with lint in the cabinets and slow drying than thier 29" machines. The 27" dryers are almost always the ones we see packed with lint that have caught fire.
Consumer Reports did tests of efficiency on clothes dryers about 15 years ago and found the 29" WP built dryers the most efficent when drying normal sized loads compared to almost all other brands where the air travels from back to front. I have also never seen any advantage in reverse tumbling in a full sized machine. Both Philco Ford and much later Frigidare tried this and both dropped it as thier seemed to be no advantage. And it both cases it the dryer dried more slowly and caused a host of additional repair problems.
