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Questions pertaining to clothes dryers

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Can a gas dryer be converted into an electric dryer?

I am moving to an all electric apartment and have a gas dryer. It is 3 years old. Can it be converted to an electric dryer? How would I find someone to do this?
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Do dryer sheets interfere with the dryness sensors in a dryer?

I have always used dryer sheets, specifically, to remove the static from my clothes. I purchased a new High Efficiency Dryer/Washer combo from LG, and they sate that if you use Dryer sheets, you void the warranty. I read somewhere that dryer…
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What could cause clothes to come out of the dryer with tiny burn or scorch marks?

I have a fairly standard Hotpoint vented electric tumble dryer, which normally works as you would expect, drying clothes, venting the humid air out the side wall, and with a lint trap I empty every load. Over the past couple of months, though, I…
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Is it safe to use a clothes dryer while waiting for foam gasket for dryer blower wheel to arrive?

Can you safely run a dryer without the foam gasket around the blower wheel? We're waiting for the part to come in, and the repairman said it would be okay to use it. We have a GE Spacemaker that is about 24 years old. While repairing soemthing else…
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Should my dryer cord's neutral and ground be connected to the same terminal?

I installed the dryer cord like the dryer diagram and the dryer was not working properly so I had an exchange. When sears came to install the new dryer they connected the neutral of the cord and the ground of the cord on the middle joint of the…
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What is this thing inline with my dryer vent?

Just bought a condo with appliances included, and the dryer is underperforming. Went to check the vent hose and saw this:
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Why does my dryer get too hot?

I've just moved houses and set up our dryer in the new house. It seems to get much hotter than it used to: hot to touch on the top surface, and my wife said it smelled like charcoal. The two things I can think of that are different are the plug and…
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Dryer plug won’t seat

Just tried to plug in my dryer. Both the receptacle and the plug look compatible, but the receptacle won’t take the dryer plug in fully. Took a picture of the receptacle, looks like the vertical slot on the left side has something blocking the way.…
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Why two external dryer vents?

In the back of my house I see two external dryer vents. I am sure one isn't for the dryer. I live in a townhouse and all the townhouses have these two vents so its not a reroute job.
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Why did my dryer shut off in the middle of drying a load?

My 14-year old Kenmore Laundry Center Dryer, Model #417.98702891, shut off in mid-load the other day. Internet research led me to believe it could be the thermal fuse. I first checked the vent lines and they are clear, so I proceeded to disassemble…
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What is on my dryer vent cover?

I have a gas Speed Queen dryer and something keeps accumulating on the heat duct vent cover. I've replaced the cover once thinking something melted on it, but it's happened again. Other than the melted gunk sometimes getting on clothes, there's no…
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Electric Dryer with possible wrong Cord

I moved my electric dryer to another room, and in doing so I realized it needed a longer cord for it. Searching the internet I found that the plug on my dryer is a three pronged / type plug with the third straight down. I noticed these are for…
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Is this lint buildup in my tumble dryer really lint?

I have been having problems with my tumble drier (Asko T794C) thermal protection going out frequently and decided to have a look. The tumble dryer is a built-in so the air intake is on the front panel: Upon a closer look into the air intake I found…
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Is it safe to exhaust a portable electric clothes dryer indoors?

Is it safe for us to breath in the house if the portable dryer vent blows into the house?
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What is this dryer part, and how do i fix it?

This happened a couple days ago to my dryer. It's soft and goes around completely. What happened, and how can I fix it?
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