The dryer is just a year old. It dries clothes in a timely manner but with towels, I have to dry them twice (2 hours!)
2006-11-12 16:30:55 · 20 answers · asked by Jenn 6 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
It should only take 30-40 minutes for a normal load to dry. Towels should dry in 45 minutes. You must clean the lint filter either before or after every load so the dryer has a clean filter for every load. You should also keep the area where the lint filter slides in free of buildup on a regular basis.
The most common reason for a long drying time is blockage in the venting. Kinks in the hose, buildup of lint and bird nests or other critter nests in the venting will cause the dryer to take extra long to dry clothes and will eventually cause a thermal fuse to open or the heating element to burn out.
To determine whether the dryer is the problem or the venting is the problem, just take the vent off the rear of the dryer and dry a load of towels to see how quickly they will dry. If you dry them in less than an hour, you have a venting problem.
If you determine there is a problem with the dryer, you can contact me with the make and a model number I will be glad to help you straighten it out or you can call the repairman.
2006-11-12 16:56:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This could be for a few reasons. If you are using dryer sheets and you have a dryer with auto moisture sensing, the dryer sheets can throw off the sensor. I've had that happen a couple of times with customers who bought dryers in the past. Try and dry them without the dryer sheets and see if that makes a difference.
Another common problem is a clogged vent. Turn your dryer on and go to the vent on the outside of your house. See if you are getting a good amount of airflow. If the air flow is poor, replace the vent on the back of the dryer. Make sure the vent is made with rigid metal and not plastic or aluminum.
Finally, if the vent is fine and the dryer sheets aren't making a difference, you may have a problem with the sensor. If you are still within the first 12 months, your dryer is under a manufactures warranty and you should call a repair guy out right away. It shouldn't take two hours. At most, it should take no more than 75 minutes unless the towels are dripping when you take them out of the washer.
2006-11-14 17:12:42 · answer #2 · answered by Wiseass 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drying Towels
2016-11-07 00:25:15 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Towels do take time to dry, especially if you have very fluffy ones. Did you check your lint trap? Although, I'd think that would affect all your laundry, not just towels. You might try cleaning out the lint trap every half hour.
Also, you might try airdrying the towels overnight, then popping them in the dryer for half an hour to make sure they are totally dry and to kill any germs (also to fluff them up again).
2006-11-12 17:07:28 · answer #4 · answered by Madame M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes the lint filter clods and the towels want dry very quick, I have found out I have to clean the lint trap out a few times when drying towells because they shed more lint than normal clothes, try it about every ten or so minutes and see if that make a big difference.
2006-11-12 17:44:27 · answer #5 · answered by barbie_booboo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
towels are thicker so it's definately going to take longer, but if you make sure to clean the filter every time and use a higher heat for the towels than for clothes, it should take less than 2 hours. maybe when you turn the dryer back on, you'll only need to leave it on for half the time.
2006-11-13 05:49:02 · answer #6 · answered by rdnkchic2003 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Towels take longer to dry anyway. Make sure that you don't have too many in a load at a time (I can only wash about 6 bath towels in a load, and I have a super capacity washer/dryer), and that you're drying them on high heat.
2006-11-12 16:41:14 · answer #7 · answered by basketcase88 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Is your dryer " v e n t e d " to the outside?
All dryers MUST be vented to the outside; this is where the water (removed from your clothes)is going . -- - to the outside and out of the area of your dryer.
If the dryer "vents" back into the room where is is located, then this "air" in this" room" becomes "loaded" with moisture from the previous drying loads and therefore.. the following loads take a long time to be affective in drying:
AGAIN: THE DRYER VENT MUST BE
VENTED TO THE OUTSIDE.
Hope this helps msilv9009@yahoo.com
2006-11-12 16:46:29 · answer #8 · answered by msilv9009 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
try cleaning out the lint filter if that's not it pull the dryer away from the wall and take the vent off and clean it out also when you reattach the vent make sure there is no kink in the vent a dryer will not dry properly if its not vented correct
2006-11-12 23:36:11 · answer #9 · answered by kelleyandjohn2000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either you need to clean the lint trap really well with one of those snake like things or your dryer is about to give out.
2006-11-12 16:37:59 · answer #10 · answered by Jen 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋