[Greenbuilding] Venting dryer to home! - invention on Shark Tank tv show

[Steven Tjiang]

I have always wondered if a relatively simple HRV add-on for dryers would
be marketable.  It doesn't have to be as efficient as the full house HRVs.
 Of course with a dryer you'd have to handle the lint and alot more
condensate. The exchanger would have to be easier to clean.  In fact it
could just be a long length of smaller duct inside a larger duct with a
small fan booster and a good lint filter.

When I was in Zurich last month I happened upon an appliance store (not a
high-end one) and all they sold were heat-pump assisted condensing dryers.
 The Swiss are way ahead of us.

---- Steve (KZ6LSD)

On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 7:40 AM, sanjay jain <sanjayjainuk at yahoo.co.uk>wrote:

> A recent Shark Tank tv show (where people ask investors (sharks) to invest
> money in to their businesses/start-ups) had a guy who was selling a
> modification to a dryer. It raised the dryer for ease of use and vented the
> exhaust to the home to save energy.
>
> He even managed to convince his local Lowes store to sell a few!
>
> Call me crazy but I'm guessing that's going to cause a BIG mold problem.
>
> ~sanjay
>
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