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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 18 December 2006 |
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Clothes dryer fires are normally the result of lint caught up on the
inside of your clothes dryer. Your clothes dryer can contain an element
and power source that is very similiar to your kitchen stove. Here in
British Columbia a clothes dryer is normally a 220 volt appliance.
Lint is very flamable and can build around the rotating drum. There are many
different makers of clothes dryers. Many have there element mounted around the back of the rotating drum. We often see lint building up in
this area.  Lint Plugging Dryer Air Louvers
We would suggest that you have your clothes dryer
cleaned on the inside by an appliance service company. This service
will usually require a person with experience with clothes dryer's.
Cleaning the lint from the rotating drum may require more than just the
removal of the back panel of your clothes dryer.
In Canada it is recommended that all North American style clothes dryers be cleaned on
the inside by a qualified appliance technician. The Government of Ontario recommends that this service be done every 2 to 3 years as needed to remove lint from the rotating drum. The lint will build in other areas also. It is also true that a loose wire could cause a spark inside the clothes dryer. The time frame for this service would depend on many factors. The main factor is the style of dryer ducting you have. If your dryer duct is not 4 inches round, the lint may not flow as well as it should.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 02 June 2007 )
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 18 December 2006 |
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Lint is the deterioration of your clothing, sheets, towels etc. Lint is mainly cotton. We normally wash our clothes in the washing machine first. This machine will agitate the material and also cause some wear. When moved to the clothes dryer small particules of 'Lint' will start to break away from the clothes or off the material being dried. Any cloth item will break down over a period of time from being tumbled in your washer and dryer appliance. The washer does it's job and the clothes dryer catches the particles in the from of what we call lint, in the lint trap.
The lint will build at the lint trap. Clothes dryer lint traps should be cleaned at least after every load of laundry you are drying. You may even want to stop the clothes dryer and check the lint trap halfway through a load of laundry. The cleaner the lint trap, the better the air flow. Better air flow equals faster drying times, which may save you electricity. Lint Behind Dryer - Wrong type of Hose
As the lint trap screen becomes covered in a layer of lint the air flow is reduced. Reduced air flow means the water from your clothing has a hard time making it outside. A longer drying time will start as the lint trap becomes covered. If the water or steam can not get out of your home or condo fast enough, it may turn back to water.
Your clothes dryer dries your clothes by turning the water, in the clothes, into steam. This steam or water vapor, travels through your dryer ducting to the outside of your home.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 09 September 2007 )
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