Clothes dryers

[dolphinrescuegirl]

I think it's time for a new dryer. I had half a load in there which included 2 pair of jean shorts. After 2 cycles they are still wet! The lint trap is clean, we cleaned out the hose that conects to the wall, and the dryer is only 2 years old!!!

This time I don't want to go cheap but not to expensive either. What brands do you recommend? We have an electric dryer so no gas. TIA!

 

[Mermaid02]

I think it's time for a new dryer. I had half a load in there which included 2 pair of jean shorts. After 2 cycles they are still wet! The lint trap is clean, we cleaned out the hose that conects to the wall, and the dryer is only 2 years old!!!

This time I don't want to go cheap but not to expensive either. What brands do you recommend? We have an electric dryer so no gas. TIA!

Only 2 years old?? ACK I know our vent (on the side of the house) was plugged once- have you checked that?

 

[Dr.Girlfriend]

Do this first: disconnect the dryer vent hose from the wall and let it just sit on the floor. Run a new dryer cycle with wet clothes in it. If they dry perfectly fine, the issue is the vent system in the wall...not the dryer.

We JUST had this same problem and we were going insane. We bought our original washer and dryer set 2 1/2 years ago. We thought that our dryer was a crap one, and even cleaned out the vent in the wall with one of those cleaning snake things. Didn't help. Got a new dryer...SAME ISSUE!! We ran the metal vent hose out the door into the garage since our laundry room is right next to it, and what do you know - the clothes dried. The first cycle. Apparently the home builders did a horrible job with the dryer vent and my husband is going to make a new one going out into the garage.

BTW, we did about 7 cycles of laundry with the hose off of the vent on the wall. All cycles dried the first time. We hooked the metal vent back up to the wall and it now takes 2-3 cycles to dry anything.

 

[dolphinrescuegirl]

Only 2 years old?? ACK I know our vent (on the side of the house) was plugged once- have you checked that?

Yes, we did that about a month ago. The dryer was acting up then so we cleaned all that out. The dryer just keeps getting worse though.

 

[dolphinrescuegirl]

Do this first: disconnect the dryer vent hose from the wall and let it just sit on the floor. Run a new dryer cycle with wet clothes in it. If they dry perfectly fine, the issue is the vent system in the wall...not the dryer.

We JUST had this same problem and we were going insane. We bought our original washer and dryer set 2 1/2 years ago. We thought that our dryer was a crap one, and even cleaned out the vent in the wall with one of those cleaning snake things. Didn't help. Got a new dryer...SAME ISSUE!! We ran the metal vent hose out the door into the garage since our laundry room is right next to it, and what do you know - the clothes dried. The first cycle. Apparently the home builders did a horrible job with the dryer vent and my husband is going to make a new one going out into the garage.

BTW, we did about 7 cycles of laundry with the hose off of the vent on the wall. All cycles dried the first time. We hooked the metal vent back up to the wall and it now takes 2-3 cycles to dry anything.

Thanks, we'll try that!

 

[Dr.Girlfriend]

Thanks, we'll try that!

Let me know if it works...I'm curious

 

[MICKEY88]

check your plug and the outlet it plugs into, i had the same problem a few years ago, it was taking several cycles to dry a load of clothes, I checked everything,

since I had 2 washers and 2 dryers, i swapped out the dryer, had the same problem..

you can check the heating element by setting the dryer on the highest heat setting then opening the door quickly and looking inside the dryer, on the back their should be holes where the element is, you should see an orange glow.....so after verifying that was working

I turned to the net for answers, that research lead me to check my plug, the plug was partially melted and so was the outlet which was a hard plastic and part ceramic, I replaced the outlet and the cord from the dryer, problem solved clothes dry in one cycle or less.

apparently the cord/outlet is the source of many dryer fires, I was lucky to find the problem when I did, otherwise a fire would surely have happened...

since these were overheating/melting the dryer wan't getting full current and thus the clothes were not drying

 

[DawnCt1]

Call an appliance repairman. Dryers aren't usually expensive to fix and you may get it running like new for less than $100. Its been my experience to go through three washing machines to one dryer.

 

[tlbwriter]

When we had this exact problem, it was a combination of a clogged vent beyond the wall, and a heating element that needed to be replaced. Much cheaper than replacing the dryer. Of course, if you just want an excuse to buy a new dryer, you should pretend you never read this...

 

[lynxstch]

Call an appliance repairman. Dryers aren't usually expensive to fix and you may get it running like new for less than $100. Its been my experience to go through three washing machines to one dryer.

we have an 8 year old Maytag..that all of a sudden stopped drying the clothes..called a repairman..it was a fuse that melted and stopped the thermostat from working..less then $100 and it runs like new!

 

[SandrA9810]

A dryer is very very simple. If it heats and it spins, then it's something outside of the dryer. If the clothes are still "hot" even though they're wet, then the dryer is doing it's job.

We had a brand new washer/dryer set installed by the company it was purchased from. Tried the throw the first load in, and it would not dry. The apartment complex tried to blame it on the dryer. Went to talk to some friends at Home Depot, who were previous repairman. That was his basic explanation, if it heats and spins, it's not the dryer. Especially since it was a new set. We wound up using an "indoor vent trap". Made the laundry room as hot and humid as could be, but the apartment people refused to clean out the vent to make it work.

 

[MICKEY88]

A dryer is very very simple. If it heats and it spins, then it's something outside of the dryer. If the clothes are still "hot" even though they're wet, then the dryer is doing it's job.

Went to talk to some friends at Home Depot, who were previous repairman. That was his basic explanation, if it heats and spins, it's not the dryer. .

not 100% accurate, as I explained in my earlier post, my dryer appeared to be working, it would spin, the heating element was glowing orange, the clothes seemed to be hot, but due to the bad plug/outlet situation the heating element wasn't getting hot enough or was cycling on and off

 

[DrCavin]

not 100% accurate, as I explained in my earlier post, my dryer appeared to be working, it would spin, the heating element was glowing orange, the clothes seemed to be hot, but due to the bad plug/outlet situation the heating element wasn't getting hot enough or was cycling on and off

Correct & you must have air movement, clogged vent will cause problems as well as fire hazard.

 

[tvguy]

Call an appliance repairman. Dryers aren't usually expensive to fix and you may get it running like new for less than $100. Its been my experience to go through three washing machines to one dryer.

Wow, that's a bargain. Just the service call here is $125.