OK, I did some detective work. I think all signs show that there is NO clog, but I wanted to see what you guys thought.
Outside vent:
First, I found the vent outside. It's a run of at least 20 feet, perhaps up to 25 feet. That's longer than most of the examples I found in DIY videos.
Also, there were no flaps. It's got a mesh cover to prevent birds and pests. I looked at our neighbors (it's a tract neighborhood) and it seems like all of the homes have this.
I turned the dryer on and went outside. There was a tangible heat. It's a cold winter day, so there was a slight breeze in the backyard but you could definitely feel heat coming from there. It wasn't very forceful, it felt very similar to the airflow coming out of an HVAC vent in a bedroom ceiling. If there were flaps, I do NOT think it would be forceful enough to open flaps -- but maybe that was a design decision given the distance since there was just a mesh cover?
Outside, there were no signs of lint blowing around -- not immediately under it or around it. The alarm bell is right beneath it and it had no signs of lint build up.
Dryer:
For the dryer itself, I felt the surface. It was definitely warm but I had no issue putting my hand on it and holding it there in various spots. The hottest was near the back. I'd say it felt like a coffee mug five minutes after you poured a fresh cup.
On the inside of the door, there were no signs of lint flying around or building up. In the rubber seal around the door, I found a thing string of connected lint, maybe about 6" long but that could have been collectively building up over years.
There was also NO smell of anything burning.
Lint accumulation:
The lint that has accumulated is all on the lower back of the dryer and the adjacent wall. It's also wrapping around the outside of the tube connecting the dryer to the vent. The dryer is right next to the HVAC intake, so that probably explains why the lint dust seems to distribute mostly out to the nearest vent (master bathroom fan).
That's my amateur detective work with that. Any red flags for clog? Or does it seem sensible to clean the lint off the back wall and wait to see how our new dryer performs when we get it in a few weeks?
Thanks!
Posted by: bigmikechen@yahoo.com
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