Thread Number: 68805
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Hotpoint 17351 dryer. Looking for info please? |
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Post# 915956 , Reply# 1   1/16/2017 at 17:15 (2,627 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK)   |   | |
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I believe you can remove that vent as its just to prevent the dryer being pushed against the wall and the air being sucked back in.
Take it off and you need to find a plastic housing that screws in the middle of the opening and you connect a normal hose to the plastic aperture. Please note I am not sure how you will locate a plastic housing unless someone has one on the back of an obsolete dryer but that one thats on yours is not meant to have a hose fitted to it. Good luck in your quest :) Austin |
Post# 916010 , Reply# 3   1/17/2017 at 04:34 (2,627 days old) by clairemarion86 (Glasgow)   |   | |
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Is anyone able to tell how I can tell manufacture date from the serial number? Tia x |
Post# 916013 , Reply# 4   1/17/2017 at 05:40 (2,627 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Hi Claire you have a great dryer there, quiet and fast depending on the spin speed of your washing machine...does that metal vent kit unscrew from the back of your dryer or is it rivited ?
This is what a flexible hotpoint vent kit looks like without that metal vent gard. This designed to be fixed onto a wall vent or put through an open window when in use. Its best to use a hose to vent away the steam as it will build up inside your house and can cause considerable mold and damp etc. |
Post# 916015 , Reply# 5   1/17/2017 at 05:45 (2,627 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Here is a kit which can be used permanently through the wall and / or through the window if the hose is long enough and your existing metal guard can be removed leaving screw holes to which the white plastic ring can be fitted.
The most efficient dryer venting is one that has the SHORTEST possible vent for the steam to escape. CLICK HERE TO GO TO chestermikeuk's LINK This post was last edited 01/17/2017 at 06:22 |
Post# 916019 , Reply# 6   1/17/2017 at 05:57 (2,627 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK)   |   | |
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Post# 916020 , Reply# 7   1/17/2017 at 06:16 (2,627 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth)   |   | |
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Sorry guys to jump in abruptly here but the parts Mike andOzzie have suggested dont fit this dryer.
This is the earlier venting style and uses a smaller atatchment on the back of the dryer. The one Ozzie suggested if you notice is diffterent to the single screw fixing in the middle of the cup thing as seen in Mikes picture. These earlier dryers have a \_____/ shaped metal bracket protruding on the back of the dryer once Claire has removed the upward vent metal attachment. On this \_____/ shaped thing is the single screw hole for the earlier vent attachment cup as per Mikes pic. The one Ozzie suggested wont fit over this fixing bracket as it is too shallow. We are bound to have a spare one amongst collectors - or someone who knows where one is. Bear with me until this evening and il see if I can get more info across. |
Post# 916021 , Reply# 8   1/17/2017 at 06:28 (2,627 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth)   |   | |
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Ive just re checked Claires pictuire and this does seem to be an unusual dryer. I dont think the upward vent will come off, I think it is factory fitted.
If you also notice, there is no \______/ bracket. Im going to suggets this is a rareish model and is original. Ive no idea who for and why it was sold but it looks like Hotpoint now offered a model without vent house - Best Buy maybe. Or it has had a modification not to use a vent hose if you knew it was going to live somewhere a hose was not needed like a garage or well ventilated room. Paul (another member) ought to know more about this models sales/features - however im not sure an easy venting fix here will work without swapping the back panel for one to take the hose. I suspect drilling and screwing a vent hose kit on the back panel could present problems with drum interferance and filter interferance. |
Post# 916030 , Reply# 10   1/17/2017 at 07:27 (2,627 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Hi Claire, dont give up getting something to fit, it does appear its a rare vent and as its riveted you may need to get creative and fit a hose onto the top of the metal vent you have on then back.
Something like this could be fitted and taped onto the top of your metal vent and the hose fitted to it, if you can measure the actual square outlet and contact a few outlets you may get a workaround !! See Ebay Number 170852437396 if this link doesnt work from my phone. CLICK HERE TO GO TO chestermikeuk's LINK on eBay |
Post# 916039 , Reply# 12   1/17/2017 at 08:39 (2,627 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 916070 , Reply# 13   1/17/2017 at 11:40 (2,627 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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I`m sure Claire is finding out just what she can do and what wont work with her new dryer Steve, its probably due to the fact that we have much higher spinning best residual moisture efficiency washers that would cause much less condensation and lint so producing far less dust that the large US dryers after a poor toploader spin !!
Please let us know the vent size Claire to see if we can source an adaptor and keep us informed on your vintage project , they are great dryers !! This post was last edited 01/17/2017 at 13:52 |
Post# 916075 , Reply# 15   1/17/2017 at 13:20 (2,627 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth)   |   | |
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Claire
I would suggest going to a coal/wood fire shop and asking to purchase 1/2 or 1/3 of a metre of this metal foil ducting - 4inch diameter or 4 and a half inch would be perfect. www.flexifluedirect.com/product_i... Then make one end rectangle and see if it fits right over the vent enabling you to crimp one corner for a tighter fit OR make 4 slits at each corner of the rectangle enabling you to duck the foil tube into the vent snuggly. This will then leave you with a solid structure to duct tape to the dryer, and something to then connect a plastic flexible hose onto. Modern flexible plastic dryer vent hose has a 4 inch diameter for your reference. I thiknk the chimney ducting comes in this diameter to meaning the plastic dryer hose should fit and stretch slightly over the metal tubing www.flexifluedirect.com/product_i... |
Post# 916097 , Reply# 19   1/17/2017 at 17:34 (2,626 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)   |   | |
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""Steve, its probably due to the fact that we have much higher spinning best residual moisture efficiency washers that would cause much less condensation and lint so producing far less dust that the large US dryers after a poor toploader spin !! ""
No one nor did I mention ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR WASHERS in UK and what they were capable of doing (rather not doing). 1st of all, It's Claire's concern about "dust & condensation" mentioned 3 times. SO, it's an issue for her. I agree. One would post again stating Vent it outside first. Don't care who's Mum did it when and where. Not a good practice, even if your all the same old Hoovers since their existence did have a good extraction. BTW, I'll challange you on one of your hoover machines with any vintage US made machine. |
Post# 916159 , Reply# 21   1/18/2017 at 05:32 (2,626 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Hey Steve, ya could have gotten my attention with Mike, Servis Sooze or Ya C**T, that usually works round here, but hey why personalise it !! I guess I was hoping you could have offered to a newbie member advice about the health benefits of damp /mold/ dust from what you see in your daily work.....
The point about moisture is due to our damp wet rainy climate (and the fact we use fast spinning washing machines before the dryers) our clothing is usually spun to within an inch of its life being A:we do have more efficient faster spinning machines, B:the drying process is much quicker and C: skinflints as we are we hate watching those leccy meters spin around especially with our non subsidised energy tariffs and companies... I`ll pitch anyday with our vintage HOTPOINT or HOOVER weshers if you wish on Spin Efficiency, cant match the gas guzzling though...ha ha.
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Post# 916160 , Reply# 22   1/18/2017 at 05:40 (2,626 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Hi Mathew, have you or anyone else seen this type of vent before ? its bugging me where I`ve seen those bars...could it be an older English Electric perhaps ?
Claire great to see this place offering all sorts of advice to your problem, I hope you give it a try with a working vent, quiet dryers as well with it being a polypropylene drum, all those modern zips, buttons and fixed belts make a lot less noise clanking around....If you do decide to pass it on please let us know, am sure many of our fellow collectors will give it a home for the future. ps. the stories we could tell of stuff "if only you came last week" and "I sent it to the tip" we would have just about every model produced , thankfully you didnt!! |