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

[Bob klahn]

Sanjay,

Maybe not a big problem in many cases, but a big potential.

It's not a new idea; diverters have been around a long time.  My 
"favorite" is hte water trap for lint, before dumping the humid exhaust 
into the laundry room - often beside or even behind the dryer.  The fact 
that I haven't actually seen too much associated mold was probably due 
to the excess air leakage or the unsealed (often open and sloppy) filter 
slot in the adjacent air handler.

Raising the equipment for convenience is also an old idea.  Amazing what 
can be repackage and sold, even patented, these days.  Warn anyone who 
will listen (most won't).
Bob Klahn


On 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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