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*DISCLAIMER: This should only be done with an electric dryer. A gas dryer will release toxic carbon monoxide into your home.
The humidity level in your home should be 55 to 60 percent. If your humidity in the winter months is lower then that then the lint bucket will help to bring that humidity level up. If where you live the humidity is already higher then 60 percent in the winter months then this bucket will not work for you.
There has never been any MOLD issue since people have been using this type of lint bucket since the 1980's.
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If you add a tablespoon full of a Lemon dish soap, it will break the surface tension of the water, have better lint absorption, and the air will smell nice. If you notice the smell isn’t as lemony, then it’s probably time for a water change. This also helps chase off mosquitoes.
Added benefit: a cold house motivates me to do my laundry now. Thanks for posting.
This is on my bucket list
That's a good one
Ha I get the pun bucket list lmao
*uses buckets as drums*
[[Buh dum TISS]
Haha
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I've always HATED wasting all that hot air going outside from my dryer in the winter!! You've SOLD me on this idea! and the venting the air from my attic to dry the clothes in the summer is a gotta do too. Not only does it dry the clothes more efficiently but it moves the air around that gets stale in my attic :) I can smell it after a while, the hot beams and such. KUDOS!! sharing!
I appreciate all the effort you put into these informative, and educational videos. Many people owe you a huge debt of gratitude.
Thank you and your welcome.
When dumping out the wet lint, dry it out cut it up and use it for fire starter 🤗
Twisted fire starter?
What would Steven King say about that?
Works better if you mix it with wax from old candles
It's not funny how I was TALKING about my dryer not drying clothes all the way two days ago without ever researching anything online and now this video shows up on my CZcams feed.
Most fabrics are synthetic now so that would be like burning straight plastic. Of course when you know 100% of the loads were natural fibers...
I love when ppl are so simple and str8 to the point!
Thank you!
Good video, with explanations for those who may not understand. I have done this before and it works great, especially with an inner floating tube mod as mentioned in comments. One important thing to note, is that you only want to use this in the WINTER when your air is very dry. Not spring or fall when it’s damp and rainy outside
Thanks Keith. Good info.
This is a crafty man after my own heart. Nice creation sir. I'll definitely be trying this. UPDATE: I followed this tutorial step by step and I love the end result. I even designed my own shoe dryer using the warm air from the bucket. Thank you for a no nonsense, easy to understand instruction. 😀✔️
I usually cut my power bill in half with a pair of scissors.
Lmao
Spade and neuter your pets
+Crazy Funny Cats *spay
+Crazy Funny Cats Thank you but it's 'spay' as in "I had my cat 'spayed' not 'spaded'". You're welcome... :)
that boxcutter featured in the video would cut a bill in half also!
Excellent how to video, well done. I have the tiny store bought indoor dryer kit and was thinking about using a 5 gal pail so I don't have to add water all the time.......... then I saw your video which is perfect. You demonstrate and speak so clearly with no loud music like so many others on youtube. Good that you explained why it can't be used with gas dryers. carbon monoxide. You also showed me how to make those lids easier to open thanks.
6 years later this is still coming in handy - thank you! I have a dehumidifier in that area anyway so this sounds like a great idea.
Thanks for watching!
Do you mean humidifier. This in the video will add moister to a room, so if you're already having moister problems, then this idea would add to that issue justababsy.
So much for saving on the electric bill then? 😂
Thank you for this video! Instead of the orange lid, I went with the removable black lid so I wouldn't have to cut off tabs. Also, instead of self-tapping screws, I went with 10-32 flat head screws with nuts on the other side to tighten. I discovered the dryer dock you show in the video isn't available at Home Depot; they have a cheap one that bends when you tighten the clip on it, and it doesn't snap firmly into place. I ordered the one you have in this video from Amazon. Another thing I did differently is I cut a piece of aluminum window screen material and closed it inside the lid, to catch any wayward lint that might not make it down to the water. I fill the bucket about 3/4 full with water, rather than half. I think the closer it is to the top, the less likely any floating lint can escape it. One final tip: ask a donut shop for a bucket. They have empty buckets they might give you.
u should really put thison CZcams for us all to see plz
Great tips, thanks
Duly noted. Looking forward to testing this in the winter!
Flat head screws suck
That cheap ass donut shop i went to wanted two dollars a bucket lol
Thanks Jeff , I wish that I would have found this five years ago when you first posted it , better late than never ! Thanks again !
Thank you for watching!
After watching this video, I ran to Lowes and got the materials I needed to build this. This is just what I needed for my situation. I loved the added benefit of free heat. Thanks for posting this!!
You can put a nylon, or some breathable filter material on the inside of the lid, and then just snap it shut.
Thanks for watching!
This is also work very well; no, extremely well for growing large amounts of black mold. My wife and I suffered from good health until we installed this red neck heater, but mow between the headaches and Namonia, it's totally worth the investment. Next I think I'm going to install a wood stove seeing as how the tire shop down the road has an endless supply of tires for me to burn. The btu rating is 10x that of regular firewood. Love sticking it to the man. Thanks for the helpful informative video!
Thanks for the making of this video and idea on the cutting my electric bill ! I'm gonna give it a try and see how good it works . Thanks again !
That's a pretty good idea, I've never thought about how much heat is being wasted to the outside.
That is why there are building codes...to protect you.
I followed your steps to the best of my ability and am amazed at what I was able to do! This tip is superb 👏👌👍! Thank you 😊
Thanks for watching!
Nice video Jeff! I appreciated the focus on content, vs. pitching your channel, etc. The other benefit to your idea that I didn't notice mentioned in the comments here, is that you can avoid using the flap valve on the outside of your house wall where the dryer duct normally discharges. In theory those things close when there is no air pressure from the dryer hose when the dryer is running, but in practice, they are leaky and let some cold winter air backflow into your house whenever the dryer is not running (which is typically 98% of the time). Cold air flows back through the dryer exhaust duct and the dryer itself. Of course you'd have to make sure the flap valve was closed and plugged or sealed in a way that could be reversed for summer use, but packing a wad of insulation and duct taping it up against the outside of the flap valve seems like it should do it.
Great video, Jeff! Thank you so much!! Neat Idea!! South Dakota winters sure made the house dry from lack of humidity. This will go a long way in keeping the air moist!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.
I have actually done something similar for alot of my customers that live in trailers. Most of them have issues with freezing pipes during winter months so I install a T valve and send one end out of the house for summer and the other through the floor for winter. The humidity and heat helps to keep the underside of the trailer warm and prevents freezing. The ventilation from the skirting helps prevent water buildup on insulation and structural materials so no mold or rust damage done. The excess heat also helps to heat the flooring of the trailer which keeps the furnace from running as often. Thank you for the video. Definately something to keep in mind for customers with much larger homes.
That's a smart idea. I will pass that along. Thanks Jeremy
this is genius I live in mobile home. great idea especially for the floors.
Looks like a really good idea for the folks who have a dryer sitting in the middle of a room. The pot-bellied stove of the 2000s.
Thank you, very helpful. I was about to waste a ton of money on amazon on a lint trap. I happen to have one of these buckets laying around, its definitely going to be put to good use!!
I was in the appliance repair business for a long time, that's why i came up with this vent bucket 25 years ago, it works. Been using it ever since. Never any mold or mildew at all. Most of the moist air goes out into the house not back into the dryer.
+MissouriWindandSolar
Cool idea, I'm gonna give it a try. You're right, those vent screens are useless!
...and this catches all the lint with no filters aye? Just from blowing on the water?
That is correct.
sweet
The Rainbow vacuum cleaner uses water for there filter and have been doing so since the 1970's i believe. Works beautifully.
Vehicles use to use a oil bath air filter before paper filters came along. The dirt was trapped in the oil.
I followed your instructions. The trap works well! Thanks!
Genius idea! Thank you - It worked great for me!!
I live in Virginia. I’m also a hvac tech I tried this in January which is our coldest/driest month. Within 30 minutes my windows were dripping wet and the drywall had water running down all over. Just get a steam humidifier and use distilled water. Way less trouble
Not to mention all the lint that ends up all over the furnace filter, all thru the ductwork. Both supply and return.
There is a reason it's recommended to vent ALL dryers to the outside. Anyone with ANY kind of respitory condition will suffer the worst.
If your furnace can draw in chlorides from laundry for it’s combustion air it will void your warranty.
Just one more reason to follow manufacturers requirement to vent the dryer exhaust to the outside.
Not on the same wall as the furnace combustion air intake.
I got a good laugh from your comment
This is a really great video. A couple of additional notes to keep in mind: Any VENTED dryer air that's exhausted from your home in the winter is replaced by air LEAKAGE into your house, which you subsequently have to heat to home temperature. Hence a conventional dryer with no heat recovery makes you lose energy in 2 ways, making it even more of an energy sucker (wallet drainer). Secondly, dryer efficiency decreases with more humidity in the air (its intake is in the same room), so it really IS much better to locate the bucket in another room or adjacent hallway (laundry room door closed), so you're not trying to dry clothes with air that already has high humidity. If you MUST have it in the same room, then as a minimum, leave the laundry room door open, and perhaps consider a small fan to help to circulate the warm, humid air out of the room and into the rest of your home :)
I just wanted you to know my husband and I just made this bucket sytem from your video. Not only do we think its going to work great, we also discovered the vent from the stove exhaust was broken so both vents are now fixed! No more drafts and hopefully not as dry an environment. Thank you for the video!
+C Hawk Your welcome. It should last you maybe 50 years,lol. Your going to like it.
I already do! LOL! I also just put bubble wrap over the laundry room window! One room-winterized! Good thing its been tshirt weather here until now lol!
+C Hawk Ok... I wish I could put a picture on here. Its worked great! No mold, no mildew! And with all of the changes made in our house (new roof, switched to LEDS, this bucket, put everything else on plug strips so we can turn things OFF, finding drafts and fixing them) our electric bill has dropped! I couldn't believe how much our usage has dropped compared to last year!!!!! And its turned nasty cold too!! Thank you!!
C Hawk
C Hawk .
I like how easy it was to do and I watched it all the way through. Great savings, wish I did not have a gas dryer. Thank you for the informative video.
Perfect personality for no bs explanations! Great, simple ideas, too.
I like this simple explaination, concise, well delivered video, Jeff is a perfect teacher!
He's in no rush.
That's because je planned out his video, and cut where needed to save time.
You are a terrific teacher Jeff ❗
Thank you for the tutorial ,next one please. I'm on a very strict budget !
@@philisbramlett6890 a bit slow
I used the nylon stocking trick back in the 80's.
I clamped it down at the very edge of the open end of the stocking instead of near the foot end.
It just blew the stocking upward like one of those air-filled waving guys :)
Never had any problems with clogging either but I did check it every load or two cleaning it as needed.
The way the lint collects in the water is the same way dirt is trapped in the Rainbow vacuum cleaner, which is a very high end vacuum. Works extremely well to trap the dirt and is great for those who suffer from respiratory problems. Awesome!!! Heat and clean air too.
Susan Rogers I know about the Rainbow vacs, good idea, no filter to clean or replace ever. I had an old pickup truck with an oil bath air filter on it. Used motor oil in it instead of a paper filter. Worked the best i thought over paper.
That air is pumped through the water not just at it.
Thanks so much really works great, so much more moisture in my house now. No more static at my house great tutorial thanks so much.
Just did one for me today!! So happy I could do it all by myself, too!!
how dis it work pls tell me
@@mamisomorales4474 she died from inhaling all the lint
mold
Thanks so much for the video. I live in an apartment run by the town housing authority and they wanted me to get rid of the dryer because I was venting it into a a/c filter but it was also venting out through the apt. My back problem will not allow me to hang clothes on the clothes line without severe pain. This is an awesome idea and I can't thank you enough. Now I got to keep my dryer!
Thank you So much!! I really needed this video, and it solves a huge problem for me. Bless, Sheila
+Sheila6325 Your welcome Sheila.
That is an excellent idea, thank you for sharing. ..i intend to build the dryer bucket this weekend!
As given, this blows a lot of lint into the laundry room, and we couldn't remember to check the water level. To fix these issues, I made a couple of mods:
I conveniently put the bucket near the HVAC return vent to induct the warmth & humidity to the rest of the house.
I hooked a toilet float to red&white striped stick thru one of the vent holes to indicate the low water level with a glance. I extended the vent hose to a Styrofoam ring float with a tall half-gallon plastic bag with the bottom cut off and glued to the ring, so all the air must go down to the surface of the water, losing more of its lint.
Another convenience is a piece of hose from the deep sink to another of the vent holes, for quick refill and occasional rinse-out.
You have too much time on your hands 🤗 reminds me of my Dad, always fixing things like that!
Forcing the air into the water is going to increase the air flow pressure. Not good.
The Rainbow vacuum cleaner uses water for there filter and have been doing so since the 1970's i believe. Works beautifully.
Vehicles use to use a oil bath air filter before paper filters came along. The dirt was trapped in the oil.
My Ma had a Rexair (Rainbow?) and it looked like R2D2 squatting on a pot. It worked great.
My wife has a rainbow.....it does work great and it's unreal the amount of dirt they filter out. Before they were Rainbow they were Rexair starting in the 1920's. They were used as air filters, however,they were not HEPA. They are now but not in the beginning. Only problems with these is how they are sold and the price. You're not going to find these at a retail outlet, that is you can't go to Wal-mart or any other major retailer and buy one. Some online retailers but usually they sell from a sales-person that will come to your home. A new one is pretty expensive over $800 but used ones can be had for much less. The problem with buying used is that they may be missing attachments.
A few thoughts on using these. I feel that having water in the machine really concerns me. I'm afraid that during operation or cleaning out the water basin after vacuuming that the water will spill out causing a huge mess. Never store with water and we don't store with water basin in the vac. We find if you don't do this the water basin gets stuck in the machine and then it will be a mess removing it.
HEPA filters are over rated and something the vacuum cleaner industry has decided to put on there vacs for return business. They ALWAYS have to be changed.
HEPA filters were only used in hospitals to keep them sterile, they were never meant to use in your home, not necessary.
+allen pangborn a rainbow does exactly what a big bong does.
MissouriWindandSolar, hepa filters are great in kids rooms who have allergies. Indoor air is usually dirty, hepa filters work great for some.
I removed the dirty expensive hepa filter from my vacuum and replaced it with cheap filter material just to catch some of the dust.
I did a similar thing a few years ago in my garage. The washer and dryer are both in there. I found that moisture is NOT something you want in your garage.
It sure did help everything rust faster.
Chris Smith crack the garage open boom
Yeah, you will get moisture anywhere that you are exiting the bucket. Plus getting rid of the built-up smooze in the bucket is a little dodgy. Think of dumping that for a few years in the same place. That's a pile of wet lint! I think if you wish to put to use the heat that is heading down the pipe you need to think heat exchanger. Recover the heat and not the lint.
lol same. all the popcorn plaster fell off my ceiling.
ItsAlright - It did you a favor I’d its asbestos-based! ... Unless you inhaled it..... 😳😷
Thats actually good thinking, man!! Awesome idea, Jeff!
Thanks Jeff. Will do. Have a great day!
what neat idea, makes sense to use the wasted energy.
This is on my bucket list.
You're a very wise man, just the video am looking for, you deserve a reward, Thank you so much.
Glad I could help. Thanks for watching!
Thanks, Jeff. We've used your video to create our own lint colector/humidifier. It works great. Sure appreciate your sharing.
With all of the criticism this video often gets (mold and lint will be a problem), we're glad to hear it is working for you. Keep us updated!
Dude.. love the idea, ordering parts for it now. Very glad to have found this... and knew someone had an answer for the problem I was looking for. I have to modify the design a bit... but very awesome!
Thank you!
Pretty cool idea!
Thanks
I am from Qatar and that just blows me away.. well done 👍 I will implement your idea because I struggled with all air and dust that come out from the dryer
I did this in my basement in new hampshire.. Helps a lot
I wish you could make a CD so I could use it as needed to remember all this. It is great !!!
By the end of the video we became friends and he kept talking about his personal life and family. It was great
Electricity and water ugh
That really is a handy knife. I've had one in my back pocket since becoming an electrician 7 years ago.
Fantastic idea! Thanks. I'm making one today.
This actually works great! This is my 2nd year using this. It has helped my allergies so much! I add essential oils to the water and it has been a game changer! ❤❤❤
Thanks for the great idea! To be sure, I calculated the area of a 4" hole to be about 12.5 square inches, and the area of a hole from a 15/16" bit to be a meager 0.7 square inches. So you'd need 12.5 / 0.7 = about 18 (15/16") holes to pass the volume of air of that center 4" hole. He's not kidding when he says to make Lots of Holes. I'm gonna make one of these for sure.
Thank you for this! I thought about trying to do the math myself - you just saved me several hours of work.
I counted 15 holes he drilled, so he was pretty close!
Pretty good idea. I'm glad that he stressed that this is for electric dryers ONLY. Well done video sir
I'll be implementing this directly!! Thank you sir!!
do the world a favor - take another large bucket, put a fine wire mesh screen over it, slowly pour lint water into mesh screen to catch the lint so you can reuse the water. Let the lint dry and voila(!), easy fire starter material (lint).
Riyt
+The Answer ever been divorced?
+The Answer Mr Answer - You certainly had a reason to chime in (not chyme - the pulpy acidic fluid that passes from the stomach to the small intestines).
"Do the world a favor. .." certainly did not convey my intention, which was to promote the importance of our planet's most valuable resource; water. In retrospect, it could have been worded much better. I appreciate that there was a strong reaction to my comment for that reason. I will think more next time about the verbiage.
+The Answer I'm not sure, by "sync", if you mean something akin to coincidence?If so, then I'm not surprised, as that sort of thing happens frequently in my life, even if it is in my interaction with you. Thanks for sharing that. Have a great day. Chaz
+The Answer By the way, I am interested in what you find out. Unfortunately, I am not able to take on topic right now as I am too busy researching material for my traffic court case. If you want, I would like to hear what you come up with. Thanks.
The humidity level in your home should be 55 to 60 percent. If your humidity in the winter months is lower then that then the lint bucket will help to bring that humidity level up. If where you live the humidity is already higher then 60 percent in the winter months then this bucket will not work for you.
There has never been any MOLD issue since people have been using this type of lint bucket since the 1980's.
Ok
Lint from a gas dryer won't work ?
NO! DO NOT Use this Method If You have a Gas Dryer !!! Gas Dryers Emit CO2 in the Ventilation Process. This Method Should ONLY Be Used if You have an Electric Dryer.
If You have a Gas Dryer, Make Absolutely sure all Venting Connections are Secure, Sealed, and are Properly Venting Outside. If You are Concerned, Contact Your Gas Company. Most will Do a CO2 & Gas Leak Check for Free.
CO (Carbon Monoxide) not CO2 (Carbon Dioxide). You will not find anyone to do a free CO2 test for you because it is already all around you.
Didn't you even listen to the video? He pretty much said no to gas dryers like 5 times.
Great idea too - I'd love it if you showed this running. Also the one about cooling your home.
Nice idea. We used to live in a house with the washer/dryer in the garage. Our exhaust vent hole was too high up on the wall. So we just angled the vent hose out the back door on the ground. Then picked up the lint. I think that the hole in the wall for the vent was clogged.
Our apartment has a place in the kitchen for our washer/ dryer. We kept having problems with the dryer. So the handyman cleaned it out. There must have been lint in the wall for years. It works so much better. Then our washer water would spill out onto the floor. So the handyman had to connect pvc pipe behind the washer-refrigerator-oven- to a pipe joined to the kitchen sink. It is so much better. It's the simple things in life that are really exciting when an appliance problem gets fixed.
Back in the 70s I created a simple invention that cut my gas bill in half. I could not give it away. Nobody was interested. Perhaps today some will run with it.
Back then the electronics were quite crude. It had two thermostats, one set normally and one set cool with some electronics to switch between them. Today all this could all be integrated on one circuit board.
I used crude burglar alarms. If one were triggered, it would use the warm thermostat for 20 minutes. If there were no more triggers, it would revert to the cold thermostat.
The effect is, the thermostat turns down the heat if people go out or go to sleep. It works no matter how chaotic the schedule.
My dog Sheldon learned to jump through an infrared beam of one of the burglar alarms when he was feeling chilly.
Yeah we are past 49 year old tech lol. .
may have been a good idea then but application has changed
That's pretty funny!
+Roedy Green Its called nest.com/
+Roedy Green That technology has been integrated into the smart thermostats available now.
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Easy dryer vent bucket to build
MissouriWindandSolar if you install a dryer dock in the wall where the dryer normally exhausts outside, it takes a few seconds to swap it for winter and summer. Perfect time to clean lint out of the dryer and the duct work to the outside as well. The spare part of the second dryer duct can be made into a cap for the duct work in the winter time to keep critters out and keep cold air from coming in.
+MissouriWindandSolar Excellent video :) by the way loved you in " THE BAD NEWS BEARS " Mr Haley
Good show .
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Awesome! I will be doing this today after work, thanks so much for the video.
Thanks for watching!
Very cool. Made one tonight. Works well. Thanks for idea.
I don't know what this guy is talking about, I just did this for my grandmother and she has a gas dryer. Wish me luck
Simple, if you are burning natural gas or propane in your clothes dryer or any other appliance, you are producing carbon monoxide (a colorless, odorless, and poisonous gas) hence the reason for exhausting to the outside of your home.
Hope your G-ma is still with us.
Please be joking. That’s not safe.
Neat idea. Been using the dryer a lot this winter the vent goes out side. So I will give this a go, I wonder if you can place a clothes horse around the bucket for a kind of second FREE airing.
Probably but what the heck is a clothes horse ? If your taking about a horse wearing clothes that was stuck out in the rain for some reason i guess he could come in the house and stand over the bucket and dry out a little. There clumsy when they come inside so get the liqueur bottles off the counter, a swishing tail could cause disaster.
MissouriWindandSolar Jeff your in the wrong business, Hollywood is crying out for that kind of humour. Its what the old folks used to hang their wet clothes on. Sort of a frame was made from wood today metal and powder coated, They used to put them in front of the fire. Mind you back then I think they also put the tin bath there too. Did bring a real horse into the house once to see the reaction of a sleeping friend as he awoke from one to many. Don't think he ever to drank again.
Would not recommend it very messy from the rear end.
Oh, never mind?
ian57812 What i meant to say was oh, that's what a clothes horse is. My mother use to have one and it was made out of wood.
When i was 18 my wife and i lived in an upstairs apartment and we didn't have a clothes dryer, she had one of those drying racks in the kitchen. That was my first wife and i divorced her. Molly was my second wife. I kept Molly.
MissouriWindandSolar Are your cool Jeff. That's the only problem with the interweb it cant read ones thoughts. Yes keep Molly.
I have just found your videos on CZcams and thinking of going off grid there in southern Missouri I really enjoy the videos I seen so far keep them coming lol
His voice can put u too sleep relaxing
Great idea! Running some numbers here (I'm not an engineer), but I assume the total area of the small vent holes should be equal to or just greater than the total area of the 4" hole (12.5 square inches).
1-inch holes will require 16 holes. Ironically, I just unpaused and watched your calculation again and 16 holes at 15/16 is spot on.
1.5-inch holes will require 8 holes
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
🤷 sounds about right
So you recommend roughly 7.5” exhaust ( 16 x 15/16” ) for 4” of input? Are all fans in dryers putting out the same cfm?
Hi Jeff, thanks for this. What do you think about covering those vent holes with screen? I've never used an interior vent that actually traps ALL the lint and was thinking some screen over those vent holes might help. It's only 25 cents per foot and could just be cut in a ring or in small circles and stapled underneath. Do you think that would impede the venting too much?
Are you still waiting on an answer Teresa?
Thank You Jeff for sharing the knowledge.
very usefull information , i have already applied the videos ive watched so far. now that iam retired keeps me something to do.thanks keep up the good work.
The bucket collector is a good idea but one thing that should be taken into consideration is that at a minimum you must have enough holes that the area of the small holes is equal to or greater than the incoming duct, 4" in this case. Based on my math you would need over 18 15/16" holes. A small mode such as a the dust collector cyclones used on shop vac may work better.
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Nylon like a panty hose leg IS the best way to go! I've done it for years!
Just like the dryer lent screen it needs to be cleaned from time to time, not every use like the screen but it does need cleaned. Also use a long length of panty hose leg not just a short section that just covers the hose end, that does not restrict airflow or moisture when using a full leg or 1/2 the leg.
Also for some of us that use wood heat and run hot fires at times, put a dryer near the wood burner and modify the air intake to suck hot air from beside the wood burner. No control of heat this way but does not really matter, clothes dry great and do not over heat, just disconnect the wires from the dryer heating coils if electric or do not connect the gas if gas dryer! Only electric used is then for the 110v motor to spin the drum and blow air.
I did this years ago when I bought a gas dryer for $35 used and have no gas to run it LOL
I set up the extra wood heat dryer when heating season comes.
. All electric house other than stove which was ran on a small tank.
Wood heat and panty hose for dryer saves me allot on electric and the moisture reduces the static shocks that occur with dry air.!
Den
"No control of heat this way but does not really matter"
Your clothes will start to smoke at around 150 degrees F. and can and will combust.
Turbo Encabulator
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I made one... It REALLY does work it heat up my apt by 5 degrees with just one load... Thank you!!
Nice work! Thanks for the feedback.
Excellent idea! Thank you.
Thank you! I’ll definitely add this to my bucket list.
That was funny
I also did that in the 80's and ended up with a (very large) utility room full of black mold
Yes if room is locked guess you would. But my home is 3000sqft my central air unit sucks all air to it recirculates to house. And I love the smell electric dry puts out clean clothing.
Your not supposed to constantly run it in small spaces.
A Great job Jeff , thanks for sharing it with us .
Your welcome
Thank you for being so awesome Jeff
Thank you!
if you cant vent outside, this would do the trick?
Great video thanks!
First and foremost THANK YOU. As a first time home owner of a 60yr old house with no vent. This video was excellent, super detailed and really well paced. Thank you 🙏 again
you are excellent at explaining...thanks a lot for the information
Assuming that 4" vent hose is required for proper air flow. You'd need about 18x 15/16" holes to vent keeping the same amount of open area. That said ensuring that the holes are clean and smooth will also help reduce restrictions. You just have to adjust your number of holes based on the size of holes that you drill in the lid.
Yup. That is why I used an inch.
I'm no expert by any means, but wouldn't the amount of holes he used work? if you think about the size of a standard opening of the exterior dryer vent on a house. 4 inches? surely all those holes in the lid he made would be greater (in total) than the hole in the house.
@@THAT_ASMR_GUY - It never hurts to do the math. A little bit of difference in diameter can mean a big difference in area and therefore the volume of the air that flows through that hole. For example, in firefighting, switching from using 1-1/2" hose to a 1-3/4" hose can (almost) double the amount of water you spray on the fire.
Ingenious! I own a gas dryer; however, I will pas the info to others. Thanks for sharing YOUR outstanding idea.
Your welcome Rosa
brilliant , never seen this before. thank you...
Thank a lot, I will do this with my dryer. Thanks again.
Thanks for watching!
im subscribing just because of this video....
+cazador1022 That's great. I am glad i have something of value to share with everyone.
Yep, cool idea. I have done this for years. But I added something to help keep from having to move the dryer out in summer to replace vent duct. I used a T and a 4 inch shut off valve. This way in summer I simply reach to the back of my dryer and turn for air in or out. LOL works just a little idea i added to the fix. :-)
That's an excellent idea, i hadn't thought of that.
John, you're a genius! Building on other's good ideas, the mark of a genius!
Wouldn't you need two valves? they're around $80 ea
How's the mold in your walls?
@@hiddenmanafantasy3791 you don't get mold when the relative humidity is 8%. Do you ask the same question to people who have humidifiers?
....dumbass
From Leo: I have used a similar bucket for years. In addition, I cut a disk of a furnace filter with the big hole in the middle that filters the lint out of the discharge. That keeps the house a lot less dusty. I also keep a couple gallons of water in the bucket and no longer have need for a humidifier. A small fan in the laundry room door pushes the warm moist air out into the kitchen where normal Furnace cycling distributes it. I would not use it with a gas dryer, only electric.
This is genius. Thank you for your help!
Frank Zappa reincarnated with the voice of Ben Stein!! Whoa, thats pretty heavy dude!
Sprinkled with a little bit of Tom Petty...
Did not realize until you mentioned it
I made the 5 gal bucket hat air filter about 10 years ago and it works great
We have one of the tiny buckets from the hardware store connected to our dryer. It's not ideal but was necessary because the outside vent is too far away from the dryer, and it took hours to dry one load.