Hotrodding a Clothes Dryer

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Unit opened the door on the clothes dryer to check it while it was still running, the light didn't come on inside and the dryer kept right on running. She had to torque the master control to OFF to make it stop.

Take the top off it it, BFS for a pry bar and an LFS to remove the 2 screws that hold the top to the lint chute. That seemed backward, seems the lint chute should come up with the top of it, but it doesn't.

Troubleshoot. It's the door switch, made in China. Unit's ordering us one, $5.55.

In the meantime, I'm thinking about how to make the clothes dry faster. We got a nifty two-sunflower radiant shop heater from Dan Stokes, it sits on top of a propane tank. (((Thanks again Dan, I won that trade - you only got a spaghetti dinner you had to doctor up to make it be right.))))

So, since the dryer will heat and tumble with the door open with that bad door switch, we can set up that propane shop heater in front of the dryer going with the door open, and use that most excellent propane heat to dry the clothes even more while it's tumbling the clothes around and heating from the inside, too.

What could go wrong? Hotrod clothes dryer. I think it'll work. Film at eleven....

[Dan Barlow]

Will work better than using nitrous. Any questions , I refer you to Finnegins episode #12

[DanStokes]

SUNDAY - SUNDAY! See Peewee's propane fueled madness!!!!! Flaming clothes all the way down the quarter mile!!!!

Dan

[Deaf Bob]

Wana real hot rodded clothes dryer?
Put up a line outside!
Dries them stiff...plus clothes last longer!

[Matt Cramer]

Wana real hot rodded clothes dryer?
Put up a line outside!
Dries them stiff...plus clothes last longer!

And it doesn't heat up our kitchen nearly as much. I put one up this spring.

[Deaf Bob]

And it doesn't heat up our kitchen nearly as much. I put one up this spring.

Bad part is when foolish neighbors burn their yard waste...

[STINEY]

Reminds me of George Carlin.

We put a box in our bigger box to dry the stuff that comes out of our other box that makes the stuff wet. That's after we take it out of the box that we brought it into our bigger box and wear the stuff for a while.

And that one box makes our bigger box too hot, so we have another box to cool off the bigger box. And if it gets too cool, fire up the one box that makes the bigger box warmer.

Don't forget the box that keeps stuff cool inside itself. And the box that warms stuff up. And the OTHER box that warms stuff up.

Whew!

[Deaf Bob]

“I’m a modern man, a man for the millennium. Digital and smoke free. A diversified multi-cultural, post-modern deconstruction that is anatomically and ecologically incorrect. I’ve been up linked and downloaded, I’ve been inputted and outsourced, I know the upside of downsizing, I know the downside of upgrading. I’m a high-tech low-life. A cutting edge, state-of-the-art bi-coastal multi-tasker and I can give you a gigabyte in a nanosecond!
I’m new wave, but I’m old school and my inner child is outward bound. I’m a hot-wired, heat seeking, warm-hearted cool customer, voice activated and bio-degradable. I interface with my database, my database is in cyberspace, so I’m interactive, I’m hyperactive and from time to time I’m radioactive.

Behind the eight ball, ahead of the curve, ridin the wave, dodgin the bullet and pushin the envelope. I’m on-point, on-task, on-message and off drugs. I’ve got no need for coke and speed. I've got no urge to binge and purge. I’m in-the-moment, on-the-edge, over-the-top and under-the-radar. A high-concept, low-profile, medium-range ballistic missionary. A street-wise smart bomb. A top-gun bottom feeder. I wear power ties, I tell power lies, I take power naps and run victory laps. I’m a totally ongoing big-foot, slam-dunk, rainmaker with a pro-active outreach. A raging workaholic. A working rageaholic. Out of rehab and in denial!

I’ve got a personal trainer, a personal shopper, a personal assistant and a personal agenda. You can’t shut me up. You can’t dumb me down because I’m tireless and I’m wireless, I’m an alpha male on beta-blockers.

I’m a non-believer and an over-achiever, laid-back but fashion-forward. Up-front, down-home, low-rent, high-maintenance. Super-sized, long-lasting, high-definition, fast-acting, oven-ready and built-to-last! I’m a hands-on, foot-loose, knee-jerk head case pretty maturely post-traumatic and I’ve got a love-child that sends me hate mail.

But, I’m feeling, I’m caring, I’m healing, I’m sharing-- a supportive, bonding, nurturing primary care-giver. My output is down, but my income is up. I took a short position on the long bond and my revenue stream has its own cash-flow. I read junk mail, I eat junk food, I buy junk bonds and I watch trash sports! I’m gender specific, capital intensive, user-friendly and lactose intolerant.

I like rough sex. I like tough love. I use the “F” word in my emails and the software on my hard-drive is hardcore--no soft porn.

I bought a microwave at a mini-mall; I bought a mini-van at a mega-store. I eat fast-food in the slow lane. I’m toll-free, bite-sized, ready-to-wear and I come in all sizes. A fully-equipped, factory-authorized, hospital-tested, clinically-proven, scientifically- formulated medical miracle. I’ve been pre-wash, pre-cooked, pre-heated, pre-screened, pre-approved, pre-packaged, post-dated, freeze-dried, double-wrapped, vacuum-packed and, I have an unlimited broadband capacity.

I’m a rude dude, but I’m the real deal. Lean and mean! Cocked, locked and ready-to-rock. Rough, tough and hard to bluff. I take it slow, I go with the flow, I ride with the tide. I’ve got glide in my stride. Drivin and movin, sailin and spinin, jiving and groovin, wailin and winnin. I don’t snooze, so I don’t lose. I keep the pedal to the metal and the rubber on the road. I party hearty and lunch time is crunch time. I’m hangin in, there ain’t no doubt and I’m hangin tough, over and out!”

[Deaf Bob]

So...according to Carlin, hotrodding a clothes dryer is possible

[sueunit]

The real problem with installing a line outside is the POLLEN in these parts. I remember when my mom hung clothes on a line "outback", of course I also have vague recollection of the wringer washer too.