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Sixsystems
My dryer has a warning to check it every time and wont start unless you do.
imyourrealdad
Is the secret lint trap your belly button?
BlueDsc
I can't find the pictures cause it was a few years ago now, but a friend of mine is a repairman and frequently tells me about the stuff he's come across during visits. One thing he sent me was from a call he got about a dryer that wasn't drying. It was a picture of a lint trap completely caked with lint, and a picture of the insert for it also completely filled with lint. He said it was a miracle that the customer hadn't burned their house down with just how clogged the whole thing was.
Rendova
That's the laundromats duty.
OdinYggd
Way too many places don't ever check it, leaving the machines perpetually choked to the point where you'll run multiple cycles and still have wet clothes. I get especially annoyed when its obvious where the screen is but they locked the drawer and I can't pull it out and take care of it.
Cause if its left accessible not only will I clear the machine i'm using, but every machine in the room that isn't already running.
Chaapai
I have a special bag in the little laundry closet. I empty my lint trap every time and save it. I then use it as charcoal starter in my charcoal chimneys during bbq season.
CarlBassett
Balls of lint are excellent firestarters when you go camping, as long as you keep them dry of course.,
Canofminus
I have two german shepherds, I have to set it a time for 1/2 way through the cycle to stop, clean out the full lint trap, and start the cycle back up, and then empty a full lint trap again.
mrpink83
Three cats here... same thing.
thedarklord187
Two lint traps? What dryer has two lint traps and what do they look like ?
sendMeToLordDevNull
My heat pump tumble dryer has two: one in the door and another one before the heat exchanger. The one before the heat exchanger should be cleaned once a month or so.
thebonesofmyancestors
Some Asian and European dryers have them. Dryers in North America are designed to have access to the outside world via a substantial tube connecting to the outside of your home/apartment, which also helps dump heat for the heat pump. A number of places in Europe and Asia do not have that and need the extra lint trap as they dump the heated air inside and you don't want flying lint everywhere.
InconspicuousLampshade
My wife asked me to clean out the vent behind the dryer. Not excited about it but it sounded like a good idea. When I pulled off the hose, I was so disappointed that there was almost nothing in there. I guess we're good at cleaning the filter every time.
WhatTheFrench
Same. I cleaned mine about a year ago after not doing it for longer than I care to admit. The hose was almost completely empty.
TorvusBull
I don't clean it every time, but I do check it every time.
JustAbledus
I assumed the Hobbit was created based off Tolkien's experiences in WW1
bubblestarmetallica
About 50% of the people in my apartment comple actually throw away the lint and we did actually have a fire a few months ago
ArcaneFocus
If you don't like cleaning lint traps there's this neat hack called "living with an ever-increasing risk of catastrophic fire"
dbox
¹ you can get a kit to clean out your vent, probably best to use with a vac on the other end.
I need to do mine next weekend.
dbox
²I bought a used dryer, and spent a couple hours cleaning it.
It's time for me to do that again.
NeighborhoodCatDad
The real question I want people to ask is how often you clean your dish washer filter.
adiving
Absolutely never! ... The thing has been broken since I got this apartment so I use it as a drying rack due to lack of space for a real drying rack..
Columbus43219
When my wife says, the dishes aren't getting clean.
Zuanartha
I understand this is isn't meant to be mean in this case, but in general you shouldn't call out, embarrass, attack, or degrade your spouse in public. Discuss and tackle differences together as a team in private, without creating "teams".
elvisdumbledore
This is the best description of life. Never be too proud, you're probably wrong too.
daychilde
Wrong.
Just kidding :)
ShadeMeadowsArt
I've never even seen a dryer in real life yet
ImgursLibertarian
Europe?
ShadeMeadowsArt
Brazil!
We have it, but not on my region, we dry usin' the wind 🤣
BestJackalope
I am the only one who cleans the lint trap. And takes the trash out. I swear the rest of the house is oblivious to how these two things actually work.
OdinYggd
Ask them if they have ever had their car's oil changed. Or when the last time anyone flushed the hot water heater, there's a drain valve on it to dump out the muddy scale that accumulates in the bottom.
Swedishbouldering
We have had 3 dryers so far and all 3 turned off when the lint traps are full. Didn't think they made machines that didn't have that function.
OdinYggd
That sounds like a new and rather obnoxious feature, but is implemented out of necessity because of people who don't know they have to check it.
I especially hate laundromat machines that have the tray with the screen locked so that you can't clean it. Because the maintainers never check them so they are always choked and won't dry clothes properly.
Baconlovesyoutoo
Unfun fact: In the US there are 14K house fires every year caused by unmaintained dryers.
laternamagicalux
"Voluntary" feels related.
Coltaine
Yes the quick start guide would have mentioned both one assumes.
laternamagicalux
While I do love manuals and read all for anything I buy I have never in my life seen a manual for a dryer.
todaytomorrowwillbeyesterday
So the *quick start guide* had to be invented for the lack of reading the FULL instructions, we lazy people refuse to succumb too..... Ah, consumerism......
IHaveGreatKittenRecipes
Lookit mister fancypants over here buying shit new enough to come with a manual, jeeze. The 'corner market' where I get my appliances (crackhead behind the bus shelter who probably stole them but shit it's a damn good deal) doesn't bother with that kind of bougie nonsense.
Coltaine
They are usually readily available online. Also most used stuff I've bought had the instructions plastic bag thing taped to the back
daychilde
Oh, the thing that nobody reads? :)
Coltaine
I do, well, skim it anyway. I prefer the real user manual.
kiraki
cdlong
I hope you made that just for this comment
LeoGrun19401
Every appliance I bought has such generic manuals and start guides that try to cover three or more models and don't really make it clear to which model what information applies.
Coltaine
Ymmw, I find the more "budget" an appliance is the worse the manual is.
LeoGrun19401
I've bought some that weren't really even budget... but the internet is the wild west and even normal stores have "marketplace sellers" that ship whatever direct from wherever.
KittyKlimt6
Great. Now I gotta search for the 2nd.
SecurityBadger
Where would the 2nd lint trap be? There's the one in the machine, usually slides out of a hole in the top.
Colopty
cdlong
There's often one at the bottom of the door opening, it just depends on the configuration of the dryer. I've never seen both on one machine.
OlemGolem
That moment when you look something up to end an argument and find out you're either both right or both wrong.
milikl
And BOTH admit to being wrong. The world is a better place
OlemGolem
Woah now, that'll take another millenium before we develop to be like that.
RevengeIsIceCream
Both!
McPuffinStuff
mondeca
1. How big is that dryer vent?
2. I've got to see the vacuum on the other end of that hose!
dbox
Still should brush it out.
NeoAcario
Ahh yes, the fire hazard pipe.
WhiskyBravo
JAYSUS
Evenmoreuselessname
I bet this feels so good if you're a house
Affray
Feels mighty mighty.
stochasticdadjokes
My first thought was, "why is he vacuuming with the dryer vent pipe?" 🤦♂️
laternamagicalux
I still wonder that.
Seethreepeeoh
We’ve cleaned one lint trap, yes …
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ilhares
... but what about second lint trap?
madeejit
"That's my husband's lint trap"
varonicaED
I don't think they know about second lint trap!
mondeca
Looks like lint's back on the menu, boys!
VincitQuiSeVincit
The lint trap is shut. It was made by those who are dead and the dead keep it. The lint trap is shut...
VagabondEngineer
They have a cave sock....
RenaissanceFaireMan
Does someone have a picture of a dryer with two lint traps? Maybe with red circles?
Colopty
marsilies
I found this via Google Search:
CarlBassett
That's a condensing dryer. The one in the door is the lint trap and the lower thing is the condenser. It's an aluminium matrix that the hot dryer air passes through one way and cool air from the room passes through the other way. This cools the dryer air and the moisture condenses and is collected or drained. It's not meant to trap lint but will gradually collect lint and needs to be washed every few weeks.
LaffertyDanie1
A what? I have never heard of two lint traps, but maybe I've been extremely close to burning down every place I've ever lived.
TheLastBootyBender
My old dryer had one trap inside the machine, and one on the vent leading outside.
The vent trap had a feature that you could partially close the vent so your dryer heat could warm the house in the winter
cdlong
Me neither.
donpat
Some installations will have a lint trap in the duct work, close to the dryer, to catch stuff that makes it out of the dryer. It won't catch everything but it does help the duct work from getting clogged. My setup also has a little mesh on the vent outside to prevent birds and animals from getting into the warm tube. That also needs to be cleaned periodically. There are even some types of dryers that actually do have a second lint trap deeper in the machine.
BarnegatLight
If you have a stacked unit that vents through the ceiling, you may have a second lint trap - The two places I lived with stacked units had them
LaffertyDanie1
I have stacked units so your comment made me check but no second vent for me
BarnegatLight
It's often in the ceiling, like here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=178068816425488&vanity=RealtorJonathanChan
LaffertyDanie1
I checked, I have that offtake into the ceiling but no lint trap. It's a kinda old shitty building that I probably should but they pretty obviously cut a lot of corners whenever they refurbed
fikusforyourhouse
Where is it in this case?
onlymostofthetime
now I'm going to google my clothes dryer to see if I have one. that being said, I've never owned one nor seen one in the wild where there are two lint traps, so this might not even be a thing where I live.
arawhotdogsuspendedinatupperwareofvaseline
First one I encountered is here in Italy
onlymostofthetime
I wish I was there with two lint traps and not in dumbfuck fascist america with only one.
arawhotdogsuspendedinatupperwareofvaseline
I'm sorry... I have to go back to visit family for Christmas/apply for a new visa so I'll be right there with ya
Colopty
The second lint trap is more common in Europe, if you're in the US you've probably not encountered it since US dryers use a different design that involves drilling a hole in your wall for the heat pump.
LaffertyDanie1
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NorthmanoftheNorth
Yeap, as an euro fag, I can say that our designs resirculates the hot air back into the room. I only last year learned that it's common in US to dump the hot air outside.
Considering how much dust accumulates in my bathroom with two lint traps, I wholly understand your decision to just duct it to atmos.
Colopty
Does serve mentioning that the whole deal with drilling a hole in their wall for that dump basically obliterates the insulation of the house, making the entire building less energy efficient. Drying a load in a US dryer also uses twice the energy of an European one, though they do get the job done faster. So, y'know, tradeoffs.
dohcohv
Keeping the heat inside is also a negative in the summer.
I've been tempted by dryers that recirculate the air, but they take much longer. With my old washer I wouldn't be able to keep up with 5 people. I got a new washer that does a much better job of removing water so my drying time is down to maybe 30min, so a recirculating dryer that would take an hour isn't that bad.
MissPhoenix56
I have worked on every type of dryer imaginable and never encountered one with a second lint trap, and yes, in the US, so I second the “probably European” idea.
JustAnotherPOG
I am American, and I have owned a ventless dryer that had two lint traps. Way less common design here though. It was just cheaper/easier for me to get a ventless dryer than to have a vent installed in the really awkward dryer location I wanted.
MissPhoenix56
One of GEs most asinine designs, yeah let’s put a sealed system in a dryer, fantastic idea.
seansteve
When I noticed my dryer taking longer to dry even though we cleaned the lint trap every time, I discovered a plastic cage on the hood of the dryer vent outside the house. It was clogged with lint. I think it was intended to keep animals out.
jakedafish
Animals out, and all that sweet sweet flammable lint in. ;-)
JamesInTasmania
I use a solar powered dryer, it leaves the lint outside, between the two trees the line is strung between.
NothingPrince
So do I but mine powers my house and possibly 3 other houses
PressthamGravey
It's dark and snowing here. But later today it'll at least be a little brighter and snowing.
tinyfootprints
In Saudi Arabia, usually by the time I finished hanging all my clothes on a line to dry, it was time to start taking them off the line and folding them. The weather was typically hot and bone dry.
zHurk777
I lived in Houston for a while. The air smellls too bad to use a clothesline. humidity + cars/traffic + refineries.
tinyfootprints
Ew
alyssajones123
I live in basically a trailer park and they banned clothes lines for being trashy back in the 80s
squirrelgirl86
The trailer park I grew up in had the same rule
alyssajones123
So stupid. Seriously, we live in 40-year-old modular homes, nobody here gives a fuck about property values
zHurk777
Solar Power Is Woke !!! - magas who have no idea you're talking about a simple clothes line.
Flareside
You should try selling those solar clothes dryers for $20 a piece. I know there are a lot of people looking for alternatives that will save them money.
SorryThatUsernameIsUnavailableAgain
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WhiskyBravo
Insane amounts of pollen have entered the chat...
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activeracer28
Yea, if I could I would. Its currently 9*F outside. Not sure it would dry too well
AK90
*cries in -15c*
WorkingHard
I tried out that technology in Ireland. After full drying cycle, clothes were wetter than straight out of the washing machine spin cycle.
Kehy
Living near Seattle, it would be about the same, except sasquatch stole them
HarryHighpantss
I tried it in Australia, and by the time hung out the last of it, the first bit was already dry. Then we played Goon of Fortune.
hotaru251
careful..I hear the Aussies clothes try to kill you once they are let out of the house ;)
eadanke
About the same in the pacific northwest. I'd expect moss before dry clothes.
Kotarisu
I recall living somewhere, and evidently NO ONE cleaned the lint out EVER. When they replaced the dryer vent, it was about 3 meters of almost SOLID lint. Still amazed the place did not burn to the ground...
Bonus points that they repeatedly complained "it takes several cycles to dry anything." Like no shit, sherlock.
iamthemurray
I'm would hope that dryers have some sort of protection on overheating. Most other things with heating elements do, so honestly bless that dryer for holding out lol
LordHosk
We moved into a apartment complex, we told them the dryer in the building didn't work. They said "sometimes it takes two times drying to get the load fully dry if you put in too many cloths"
We said "no they are coming out after 45 minutes still dripping... it doesn't work."
they sent out the maintenance man, who spent 4 hours trying to clear all the lint out of the line, they had to call in a special company who then spent another two hours with a special vacuum tool.
2graves
If they're dropping you overloaded the washer, not the dryer
dohcohv
Or it's unbalanced, or it's not draining properly, or probably some other stuff I forget.
2graves
Yeah bunch of things, but on the washer side. It's the worst
EmailFail
My rental house burned down because the LL never bothered to clean the lint duct and it burst into flames
lukebagpiper2
I cleaned out the dryer at work where the employees had such trouble drying things that they had pulled out the lint trap "because that's the only way it works" the entire 8ft dryer vent was solid lint and there was a pile on the ground outside
Fanon
Is this like an American thing to have an dryer vent for the humid air? In Norway the most common thing is to have a condenser and a water reservoir in the machine that you empty after the dryer is finished.
RunningDroid
It sounds like the ones you've seen are the heat pump based dryers, most American dryers run hot air through the load then push the hot, humid air through a vent to outside.
Fanon
I have seen both here. My new one is a heat pump based one, but the old one had a heater element and a condenser that was cooled by the ambient room temperature.
LaffertyDanie1
The last place I lived I think I was the only one in the building who had ever used laundry machinery before. No one ever cleaned the lint trap and were constantly putting powdered detergent in the loading slots very much only designed for liquid. They also must have worn 7 outfits a day and would not come back to pick up finished loads for hours then would bitch or sometimes turn off my cycle if I took theirs out. Had to move last min during COVID and I made a poor decision, that place sucked.
Dxb105
Maintenance here. Happens so often is scary. Having to remove the blower cover to pull out months of lint sucks. Especially when it's the 3rd time you have done it for one household of 2 people.
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
This is why when we moved our washer/dryer, we made sure the exhaust went straight outside through a single wall. It's not evm 1m long, maybe not even 0.5m, so this wouldn't be able to happen.
periwinklepanda
This is how mine is as well.
eepsheep
That's how ours is too
Quizz25S
My dad, who cleans the lint trap religiously, had to buy a new dryer when his 30 year old one stopped.... You know. Drying. Got the new one and pulled the old one out and the dryer vent was clogged. Cleaned it out, RE-installed the old one, returned the new one to the store. Typical penny pincher lol
marsilies
The lint trap doesn't catch ALL lint, so the exhaust vent will eventually get filled with lint too. Apparently some dryer warranties require cleaning the vent annually to keep the warranty valid, otherwise cleaning every 1-3 years is recommended, depending on usage. https://dryerdoctors.com/dryer-vent-cleaning/how-often-needed/
Kotarisu
Very true, but still does not excuse never cleaning the lint trap ever.
SnarfyMcSnarferson
That's like the time I learned there's a thing called a cabin air filter in vehicles. 20+ years of driving and I somehow never heard of it. And when I went to replace the CAF on my car for the first time in its existence after 10 years of life, that CAF was as black as freshly laid asphalt. Needless to say the ac worked SOOOOO much better after that
thegarts
Most oil change places will check it. They’d love for you
to buy one from them.
SnarfyMcSnarferson
My guess if my oil change place knew upon lookup what a pain in the ass Ford made the fiesta that it was one on their do not offer list
ChippinStrata
With a 200% upcharge
baronvonpoopypants
You are thinking of the engine air filter. The cabin air filter is different and usually found behind the glove box.
thegarts
They check the cabin air filter also.
zimirken
Some cars don't have one.
PumpkinDriver5
This
RainierAlt
Mine doesn't but can. If I turn the fan speed all the way up I get particulate blown at my face that made its way in. Ordered one that was supposed to fit based on an online model filter. What arrived was a rectangle, but the hole isn't. Never tried again.
TheBigBadBonerBiter
You've never taken it in for an oil change or other maintenance? Replacing the CAF is one of the more common "While you're here" upcharges in my experience.
SnarfyMcSnarferson
My guess is the oil change place knew what a pain in the ass Ford made the CAF on the fiesta so they never even bothered
Kotarisu
Mine is located behind the engine firewall, beneath the hood hinge, making it an utter PITA to replace (due to limited vertical clearance). So I just do it myself as do not trust them to do it.
baronvonpoopypants
You are thinking of the engine air filter. There is a second air filter for the cabin. Usually behind the glovebox.
Calicious
I don't think they are. I've never had an oil change that didn't do both the engine and cabin air filters.
Part of the reason I do them myself. Your air filters almost never need replaced at each oil change. Every other time you can just give them a shake to remove some debris.
TheBigBadBonerBiter
I've had both offered to me for replacement.
Atomic2
Yes dealers will often do that because most people just say yes to it and over pay for something that is often* a very easy job. Ironically, on my EV which doesn't need oil changes, the cabin air filter is super easy to access from the "engine bay". On my wife's ICE car, I have to crawl on the ground, remove trim from a footwell, blindly unscrew a screw, and remove a stubborn cap just to access the filter. And then putting the new on in requires some filter origami. Its brutal.
Z0op
Yeah generally not a think you ask, but gets done regardless because its easy money for them.
I got taught to mark the filter, to make sure it actually gets replaced when they bill you for it (which is like, every time you bring it in for service/checkup)
SnarfyMcSnarferson
Easy money if its easy to get to, Ford made the fiesta a serious pain in the ass. Not an easy pop and swap, requires tools
Thisisallyourfault
I've got a Ford Escape and I need a screwdriver to replace mine. Relatively cheap do-it-yourself.