Clothes Dryer Air Intake System

Fan and exhaust duct.

Clothes dryer air intake system.

If you keep in mind that any exhausting clothes dryer is a big exhaust fan that if fuel fired also must vent combustion products it is easier to follow. When a typical clothes dryer is running for 45 minutes it s typically removing 7 000 cubic feet of conditioned air from your home. I suspect that the negative pressure created by the dryer may inhibit the air exchanger s operation. Load size and fabric type can affect how quickly the load dries.

The air passes through the holes in the door and out through the big slot in the bottom of the door which leads to the lint screen. I have 4 to the left of the and 6 to the right where i could place vents. The door opening will be a 32 x80 door. The conduit also has an inlet opening positioned within the attic of a building.

With kitchen and bathroom venting part of the air exchange system the only device in the house that can upset the balance between intake and exhaust is the clothes dryer which takes air from inside the house and sends it outside. Air is drawn in at floor level along the front of the dryer. A clothes dryer air intake system comprising. A clothes dryer air intake system including a conduit having an outlet opening for connection to a clothes dryer and being positioned remote from the attic of a building.

Some of my thoughts are. The air is drawn through the lint screen and down a duct in the front of the dryer where it enters the fan. Always use the proper heat setting for the fabric being dried. An inlet connection coupled with an opening of the intake system provides intake air to the heating element.

I could add a register tying in the the heating and air or place a vent to the outside wall behind the dryer. A conduit having an outlet opening being adapted for connection to a clothes dryer and being positioned remote from the attic of a building and also. Lint screen and duct. According to another embodiment a clothes dryer intake system includes a clothes dryer having an intake system for providing intake air to a heating element of a clothes dryer.

Both gas fired and electric clothes dryers require make up air. An air intake system for supplying outdoor air to a clothes dryer the system including an enclosure positioned to substantially cover an air intake of a clothes dryer and a conduit coupling the. Both require ducts to exhaust mechanically and therefore require a means to supply replace that air to be exhausted.