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Recovering heat from a dryer is not trivial: the output air from a dryer has a bunch of lint in it (yes, even with the lint filter in there!), so either your he
by bzbarsky 8y ago
Recovering heat from a dryer is not trivial: the output air from a dryer has a bunch of lint in it (yes, even with the lint filter in there!), so either your heat exchanger or the filter in front of it or both will get clogged pretty regularly.
- Yetanfou 8y agoThere are several electric tumble dryers which use a heat pump to recover heat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothes_dryer#Heat_pump_dryers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothes_dryer#Heat_pump_dryers
- Scoundreller 8y agoWhich also don’t require a vent. I just hang my clothes and let the evaporating water cool the place a bit.