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Thread Number: 76688
/ Tag: Modern Dryers
Safe to use a dryer that sat outside for 3-4+ months? |
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| Post# 1005537 , Reply# 1 8/30/2018 at 16:50 (2,058 days old) by wishwash (Indiana) | ||
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The good cleaning and inspection is really your check if it is safe... If anything is wrong, fix it. Look for chewed wires or mouse nests. | ||
Post# 1005577 , Reply# 3 8/31/2018 at 05:48 (2,058 days old) by retro-man  (- boston,ma) |
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We have members here who keep a gas dryer outside under their decks to use in the summer time. I don't see a problem with using yours, once you clean out the mice and nests. Since you are going to check it all over should not be a problem. Jon | ||
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Post# 1005594 , Reply# 4 8/31/2018 at 11:48 (2,057 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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If a dryer has been sitting outside in a damp location In addition to normal cleaning oiling etc, be sure that the operating and safety thermostats work correctly, it is possible that the contacts can become corroded and stuck closed, on a gas dryer after you have it serviced and all hooked up try operating the dryer on a heat setting with the door fully open [ finger holding the door switch closed ] the burner should fire up and then shut off within 30 seconds or so on the burner box safety thromostat. And of course the gas burner should shut off instantly when the door is opened, it is possible the the gas valve could stick if water got into the open gas pipe when the dryer was sitting unused which usually ruins the gas valve assembly.
John L. | ||
| Post# 1006499 , Reply# 6 9/8/2018 at 15:37 (2,049 days old) by Blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts) | ||
"try operating the dryer on a heat setting with the door fully open [ finger holding the door switch closed ] the burner should fire up and then shut off within 30 seconds or so on the burner box safety thermostat"
Would this be a quick, reliable test to see if thermostats are working, or just the safety thermostat? Never really thought of this; makes sense. | ||
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Post# 1006502 , Reply# 7 9/8/2018 at 16:00 (2,049 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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