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

[Bob klahn]

Sanjay,

I haven't ween this variation (and probably won't bother looking) but 
diverters have been around manyt years; my "favorite" was the water 
trap, to catch the lint, before the (already moist) exhaust was dumped 
into the house air, usually near the floor beside or even behind the 
dryer.   The mold potential is likely to be mitigated only by the excess 
air leakage lowering the indoor relative humidity - or  by being sucked 
into the nearby unsealed air handler filter slot.

On the other hand, raising the equipment for ease of use is a good idea, 
imho, but that's not new either.  Amazing what they can market, or even 
patent, these days.

Warn anyone who will listen.  Or just profit from diagnosing and/or 
remediating the outcome.

Bob Klahn

IOn 3/9/2012 10:40 AM, sanjay jain 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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