My dryer isn't drying

[Jeevsie]

Why do you think? I've already disconnected the vent and there was lint clogged in the hose and vent in the wall, but I cleared that and I still don't see a difference. Can lint get trapped in the dryer?

 

[P4D]

Did you see if the vent to the outside is blocked?

 

[Jeevsie]

The vent at the wall was pretty blocked, but that didn't help. Or did you mean where it comes out outside?

 

[goofybevo]

Where it comes out of the house. That's probably where it's blocked.

 

[NickDanger]

It's almost always lint. They have vent brushes as long as 10'.

Is it not drying AT ALL or is it just taking forever? Not doing anything at all could be a thermocoupler on a gas dryer. If the clothes are gradually getting drier, it's a really good bet that the lint is clogging up the moisture's ability to escape.

 

[Mrmyke709]

There's also a couple of thermal fuses, or the heating element could be bad if it's electric.

I replaced my element, then the 2 thermal fuses before it worked.
Kenmore.

 

[Jeevsie]

It's drying, it just takes about an hour and a half for a load when it used to take about 50 min.

I will look for said exit outside of the house. Is this one of the plastic deal-ies vented downward? This isn't on the roof, right? It's electric, BTW.

 

[MrPhlegm]

It could be vented into your attic if it's electric, try looking there.

Ours is that way

and lint gets all in the attic.

 

[NickDanger]

Is that code in sunny fla? Stuff I have read is not real keen on systems that try to push lint uphill.

With what you described, it could be that a single heating element is out, but the most obvious problem is a lint clog somewhere. And yes, it's the plastic or aluminum triangular deal that has a plastic door that blows down.

 

[Lat22]

I vote for the element.

 

[Snoop_Dogg]

Mine did this last year. I had to replace the heating element.

 

[Orange Infused]

Mine did this about 2 years ago, and Mr. OI (who is "handy" challenged) was ready to go buy a whole new dryer! (his usual solution for most things that stop working properly) One of MY home repair books suggested the lint clogging problem, so I checked it out, and sure enough some little birdie had built a nest in the vent cover at some point during the winter (I guess because it was warm), and that caused a good bit of the lint to catch on there, and not blow out properly. I removed the remnants of the bird nest, and lint came POURING out of there for probably close to 5 minutes.

The dryer immediately started working properly, and I saved the cost of a new one.