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bbkieffer
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PeaNut 284,458
November 2006
Posts: 1,173
Layouts: 4
Loc: Minnesota
 |  Posted: 2/5/2013 7:20:37 AM
My husband and I disagree...
If you were to stick your hand in your dryer (hasn't been used for a few hours) would you feel cold, outside air? We live in MN and it is cold here! Barely zero degree temps for over a week.
If I stick my hand in our dryer, you feel an instant cold draft. I don't think it's sealed right or something. He doesn't want to do the work...you get the picture.
If you open your dryer right now (provided it hasn't been used in several hours) how is the air?
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GoBucs!
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 16,888
June 2001
Posts: 2,802
Layouts: 8
Loc: CNY
 | Posted: 2/5/2013 8:31:55 AM
Mine is not as cold as our outside temps, but it is definitely colder than room temperature. I've been noticing it for the past few months, but have never noticed it in previous years. I've been meaning to tell my husband, but I keep forgetting. |
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writermom1
Thrift Whisperer
PeaNut 114,407
November 2003
Posts: 22,289
Layouts: 66
Loc: At the intersection of Hooterville and Stars Hollow
 | Posted: 2/5/2013 9:56:09 AM
Yes.
Leaving the dryer door open is like having a window open. I do my part to insulate by letting the clothes pile up in there  |
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Basket1lady
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PeaNut 465,906
April 2010
Posts: 1,905
Layouts: 0
Loc: Northern Virginia
 | Posted: 2/5/2013 10:04:11 AM
My dryer vents to the outside. There isn't a seal or anything. It's definitely cold! |
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BabyBokChoy
PeaAddict
PeaNut 68,435
February 2003
Posts: 1,349
Layouts: 370
Loc: Minnesnowta
 | Posted: 2/5/2013 10:04:42 AM
There is definitely a cold draft inside the dryer, no question about it! So the temperature inside a dryer is colder than my nicely toasty heated home  You WIN! lol. |
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kmk1112
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 11,642
February 2001
Posts: 7,907
Layouts: 66
Loc: Ohio
 | Posted: 2/5/2013 10:05:41 AM
I would worry if it wasn't cold because the vent needs to be clear to outside. | |
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Gsquaredmom
One step closer to Pea hD
PeaNut 259,367
April 2006
Posts: 7,946
Layouts: 0
Loc: Chicago suburbs
 | Posted: 2/5/2013 11:24:50 AM
Why would you want it to be sealed?
It vents to the outside and you have to pull new air in from the room as it cycles the moist air out.
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OntarioScrapper
AncestralPea
PeaNut 233,804
November 2005
Posts: 4,321
Layouts: 12
Loc: Campbellford, Ontario, Canada
| Posted: 2/5/2013 8:26:10 PM
Yep, cold. It only needs to be warm when you turn on the dryer. |
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