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Re: Is It Dry Yet?

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Post by pavel_lishin »

Scoundreller wrote: post #126
hinkley wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t know about economical but there are devices that sense current flow in a line without a tap, just from the EM fields. People with wood shops use these to automatically turn on the dust collection system when any power tool is turned on. Between small production sizes and the relay there are probably cheaper DIY solutions. OP is just using a smart plug, so no real electronics involved.

These clamp on systems may not work too well on North American 240V circuits like a dryer since the emf will cancel, no? You have two 120V feeds exactly 180 degrees out of phase with eachother. Unless you unravel the wires a bit and just clamp a single conductor. Or maybe I have this all wrong.

Huh, I thought 240V circuits used some sort of three-phase system.

Re: Is It Dry Yet?

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Post by SkyPuncher »

dfc wrote: post #129
valicord wrote: post #87

Not to knock other people's hobbies, but our dryer plays a loud jingle when done, no Internet connection required. Do other models not have this feature?

The thing that I am not sure of is why it's so important to know when the dryer finishes? And if it's that important how does it slip your mind that the 45 dryer cycle started at the top of the hour? Is it a kids thing?

For me, I want to know when to switch the Washington the dryer. I both tend to forget and do all of my laundry in a single day.

I want to build something like this that reminds me many times that I need to switch the laundry.

Re: Is It Dry Yet?

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Post by SkyPuncher »

valicord wrote: post #87

Not to knock other people's hobbies, but our dryer plays a loud jingle when done, no Internet connection required. Do other models not have this feature?

My laundry is behind a door on the far end of the house to keep the droning down. It’s pretty easy to miss the ding - especially if the Tv or music is playing.

Re: Is It Dry Yet?

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Post by r2_pilot »

np- wrote: post #71
r2_pilot wrote: post #67

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Into the house, clearly. Hopefully their air conditioning removes humidity too.

Ventless driers typically use a condenser to pull out the humidity, condense it into water, and drain it into the same drain your washer uses. If it's working correctly, the humidity shouldn't be going into the air.

Cool, I learned something. But it also does seem like that would take additional energy(due to the particularly high enthalpy of water, if I remember my concepts correctly) so at least where I am, venting the excess moisture is the most expedient method.

Re: Is It Dry Yet?

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Post by ygra »

r2_pilot wrote: post #144
np- wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ventless driers typically use a condenser to pull out the humidity, condense it into water, and drain it into the same drain your washer uses. If it's working correctly, the humidity shouldn't be going into the air.

Cool, I learned something. But it also does seem like that would take additional energy(due to the particularly high enthalpy of water, if I remember my concepts correctly) so at least where I am, venting the excess moisture is the most expedient method.

Venting the moisture also vents the heat. A modern dryer uses a heat pump for both heating the air and pulling the water out of the air. Although I guess with lifetimes of the devices and the relative cost of power (or gas even) between NA and EU they might be much more common around here. With an insulated house you also don't really want to have too many holes in the building, especially not ones intended to remove heat.

Re: Is It Dry Yet?

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Post by badgerbbbadger »

BugsJustFindMe wrote: post #107
seeknotfind wrote: post #77

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All 3.8MB of the cover image are appreciated by me :)

There are two cover images on the page, for 8.3MB total. It's pretty wild.

Heya! Thanks for pointing this out. I've loaded these pages so often (and mostly from local) and lost sight of the terribly large images. I've compressed both of them for a smoother experience.

Re: Is It Dry Yet?

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Post by ta1243 »

np- wrote: post #71
r2_pilot wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Into the house, clearly. Hopefully their air conditioning removes humidity too.

Ventless driers typically use a condenser to pull out the humidity, condense it into water, and drain it into the same drain your washer uses. If it's working correctly, the humidity shouldn't be going into the air.

Or indeed into a container which you then empty
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