The dryer is taking two or three cycles to completely dry a load.
Brian from Hamilton, MI
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I have been using my dryer to heat the house. Now it seems it takes longer to dry the clothes and the house gets humid. Is my dryer bad?
By joy
My dryer started taking longer to dry clothes, but it was still getting hot (I could reach in and I'd have damp, hot clothes). I had my husband get a brush-thing to use on the dryer, then he got a brush/auger to use on the vent that goes out the house. Here is a link to what we got, but I think he got ours from Home Depot or Lowe's.
My machine was fine. But I had a massive, damp clog of lint in my vent. He said it was so damp, he couldn't imagine it ever catching on fire, but I know that clogged vents can be big fire hazards. After he removed the lint clog, the dryer performance went back to normal.
I don't know how you'd heat your house with the clothes dryer. Maybe instead of venting it out, you just have it blowing into the house? But you'd get lint everywhere, and that can't be good. I don't know how it would adversely affect your machine. If the machine still seems to heat up, maybe head to the hardware store and pick up one of the brushes to clean out your dryer. Other than that, I don't know.
Clean the vents first; if you want your clothes to dry faster simply put in a large thick dry cotton towel with them; it absorbs the water faster! (And cuts down on utility bills!)
Usually if the clothes are taking longer to dry it usually is lint clogging the exhaust piping somewhere. Also, you should never vent the dyer into the house or attic.
Where do you think the moisture goes? It goes into the air. Venting your dryer into the house is downright dangerous if it is a gas dryer. If it is electric, it will make the air very damp and can cause mold to grow on the walls.
My Whirlpool Cabrio Platinum dryer, model number WED8500BW0 is not drying. It won't heat up period. I can't afford to pay a repair man so I will be doing it myself. I've flipped the breaker, cleaned the lint trap, and that never helped.
Can someone help me? I don't believe it's the heating element either. Any advice would be helpful.It could be the thermal fuse. Have you tested the heating element yet?
It is nice that you found your own answer but my question would be - do you have correct voltage available? This must be a new house/apartment or a "new" dryer if you are just finding out about this problem.
I have a Whirlpool Cabrio dryer that is a couple years old. It gets good and hot, but does not seem to be removing the moisture from clothes as it should. It takes several cycles to get the clothes dry. Any ideas what is wrong? Thanks for any information.
By Brenda
Your lint filter/dryer vent is probably clogged. You need to clean it out.
Sounds like nobody has been cleaning out the vent line - this could also cause a fire under the right conditions. Go to the back of the dryer unbolt the vent line. Vacuum out the inside of the vent line and then inside of the back of the dryer. Go outside and vacuum out the vent line there too. After you put it back together try drying something in it.
If all is now well then pull out the lint trap that you should be cleaning after each load of clothes. It's found inside the drum where you put your clothes to dry them. If you use fabric softeners there will be an invisible film of softener on the screen of the lint trap which can be seen when you run the lint trap under water. Take an old tooth brush and scrub the screen clean. I had a girlfriend who had a fire because of the buildup in the lint screen.
The first thing I would check would be for lint build-up in your venting. If the air can't circulate properly it will not work as efficiently.
I have a propane (natural gas) dryer. I have cleaned inside the "box" and got a lot of lint out, cleaned the vent hose, and cleaned the vent. It isn't heating to dry the clothes.
I did call them and they said to do all of the things that I did. It was working fine before I put the hose back in the wall to the vent outside. Now it isn't working, I have just this morning taken it back out and it still doesn't heat up to dry the clothes. Help, any ideas?
By Dahart from SW CO
All gas dryers have an ignition element that ignites the gas, and it's probably worn out and needs to be replaced.
Check out these two websites.
www.acmehowto.com/
www.ehow.com/
Yep, your heating element is dead. You need a new one, even if one heats clothes to WARM, it's supposed to be HOT, so sounds like yours needs to be replaced. The ideas they gave you were quick fixes if your element isn't dead.
I have a Maytag 3000 dryer and it is not drying the clothes. We never used the dryer till today and it gave us a f 23 warning. Can anyone help out?
By Frank
You can check your product manual that came with the machine for the error code, contact the store where purchased or contact the manufacturer for help.
This is the code for exhaust thermometer failure. The part will have to be replaced before the code goes away.
I am asking this question for my mom. She has an Admiral gas dryer model number LNC8750A71 and the clothes are warm, but they are not getting dry. She cleaned out all of the lint catchers and the lint under the dryer was all wet.
It runs thru a cycle and turns off when it is done. The drum is turning around. The buttons on top to select the setting no longer work. She was told by someone that the heating element was bad and then someone else told her that she needed to check the thermal fuse. Can someone help us figure out what is wrong and if so how to fix it and can we fix it ourselves? Thank you for your time.
By Kim L.
Difficult to provide a definitive answer from afar. You may find that it will cost more to fix than replace with a good used or new dryer.
My Cabrio dryer is not drying. I have brand new solid ducting about 20 ft long to the outside.
By BC from Virginia Beach, VA
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My dryer is taking three times as long to dry my clothes as it used to. It still gets very warm (though not hot), so I don't see how it can be the heating element.
