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Thread Number: 94667
/ Tag: Modern Dryers
New Gas Dryer—just need hooked up! |
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Post# 1193149 11/7/2023 at 10:29 by DaveAMKrayoGuy  (Oak Park, MI) |
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Got a new dryer to go with my new washer but can’t use yet due to the suddenly antiquated copper connection needing to be replaced with something more modernized!
— Dave | ||
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Post# 1193225 , Reply# 1 11/8/2023 at 13:30 by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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Post# 1193228 , Reply# 2 11/8/2023 at 14:36 by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Post# 1193274 , Reply# 4 11/9/2023 at 09:07 by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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Post# 1193279 , Reply# 5 11/9/2023 at 14:10 by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Well here she is all hooked up & running with her first load!
Looks like it was alright to use my existing line after all… Called someone who could come over to do it and copper was okay to keep… — Dave | ||
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Post# 1193280 , Reply# 6 11/9/2023 at 14:49 by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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Copper is still perfectly fine where I live. Different jurisdictions do have different rules of course.
Only actual issue I have ever heard against copper is that in some areas the gas has higher amounts of hydrogen sulfide and it causes a black scale to form inside the lines. The scale can plug the gas valves so in those areas it is either threaded pipe or CSST stainless. Glad you got it hooked up and working. Gas is such low pressure that it is easier and safer to work with than electrical wiring, but people are paranoid of it. Just do the work carefully and check for leaks. Mercaptan is our friend :) | ||
| Post# 1193281 , Reply# 7 11/9/2023 at 15:21 by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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| Post# 1193315 , Reply# 9 11/10/2023 at 06:49 by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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Post# 1193353 , Reply# 10 11/10/2023 at 19:05 by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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I wonder why there needs to be vital access to monitoring the burner in a gas dryer--I often did peek through cracks around the lower kick plate on the old dryer and with that would probably like to pull out the knock-off to see the new dryer's burner but what's the difference or significance with the burner of a gas vs. an electric that doesn't have or permit that immediate access...
I prefer the drop-down door, the door opening to the right would bump into the washer and hamper access, though the door could be rehung so it could open left if I wanted and could be done at point of ordering or at the point of the installation of... As for the lint filter, some have top-mounted ones which the trap comes directly out of the top of the dryer without an access door covering it, neat but the old dryer had the lint trap in the door,, so that was strictly where I wanted it to be and got... In all, a great appliance but if my Lowe's didn't haver it in the gray to match the washer I'd wish I'd had the time to go to the Best Buy next door or the couple home depots in the area to see if I could have ordered it there, but the white of one appliance and gray of theater doesn't really matter, after a few months between getting the new washer in gray that they'd long-been mis-matched... -- Dave | ||
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Post# 1193365 , Reply# 11 11/10/2023 at 22:49 by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Like I said I like the drop-down door, and it doesn’t matter if the dryer isn’t a Whirlpool product where it originated, I don’t have and have never had a problem unloading the dryer and appreciate the shelf it forms for folding my dry laundry…
First time using Extra Power on a comforter and a bath towel: — Dave | ||
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Post# 1193370 , Reply# 12 11/11/2023 at 04:52 by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Overall I like hamper doors best on dryers | ||
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Post# 1193449 , Reply# 13 11/12/2023 at 01:15 by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Sad postscript for the old dryer,:
Of which the much investing did got her heating perfectly but my reason for replacing was the drum rumbling around when she was running—clearly wasn’t worth paying hundreds again for suspension repair, as I’m careful with my loads going in… The person who’d installed the new dryer and I carried the old out, but loaded her on his truck and he’d stated he wanted to just take to a scrapyard, whereas I’d wanted to just set her on the curb hoping she’d still get a good home—hopefully the scrapyard not just junks her but still mines out the still good drying parts! — Dave | ||
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Post# 1193457 , Reply# 14 11/12/2023 at 06:20 by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Rumbling 27 inch Kenmore gas dryer
The old dryer only needed a nine dollar roller even if you paid somebody to repair it the repair cost should’ve been well under $200.
Dryers like automobiles, do you need repair occasionally, nothing wrong with getting a new one if that’s what one wants, but a dryer like the one you got rid of had a 40 year expectancy with just a few repairs necessary over that time usually. John | ||
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