Our condenser tumble dryer is making the walls in the room run with moisture build-up or condensation. Exactly why is this happening?

Condenser tumble dryers do not need a vent out hose pipe and really should change all of the water vapour in to water. Nevertheless since they operate at a very high temperature, a condenser type clothes drier will heat air around it and therefore the dampness in the air around it will condense on just about any cold surface, for instance floor tiles, windows, cabinets or even other home appliances close by, or if sited in a garage near a freezer . If it isn’t a high quality dryer it might also enable some damp air from the drying process in to the room also. The only real answer is to create a lot more ventilation or try to make the room warmer.

Condenser type driers are usually a complex item of equipment unlike the much simpler “vented type tumble dryers which usually blow the wet air outside.

A condenser dryer has to not only dry the laundry, but also turn the damp hot air directly into cool water at the same time. This typically makes them less dependable, slow and much more expensive to operate.

However, the fact remains, many folk have no choice, but to have a condenser dryer because they haven’t any where to connect an outside vent kit.

There are a few things you can do to help your condenser drier to be more effective, dry a lot quicker and lower the condensation it might leak in to the room.

1st. Try drying smaller sized loads at once ..

This gives the laundry much more room to tumble around through the hot air and so dry more quickly with less creasing.

2nd . When practical hang the damp clothes on a clothes airer for a few hours first before loading it in your drier. This will help save considerably on drying time, running expense also, since drying time will certainly be reduced, tumble dryer repairs are going to be less frequent.

3rd . Clear the fluff filter each time you use the dryer. A slightly stuffed filter means the clothes dryer needs to work much harder to circulate the very hot air through the laundry. This slows the drying action, squanders electricity and can cause the drier to leak moisture in to the room in your home.

4th . All condenser dryers have a heat exchanger inside them some place. In most cases it is quite a substantial stainless steel container. It is supposed to be taken out regularly and cleaned thoroughly (see the instruction booklet with your specific model). It will come to be clogged up with wet fluff from the laundry that has been dried. The actual heat exchanger has to be washed out at minimum once per month.

5th . Thoroughly clean all the rubber seals with a wash cloth damped in water every month. That’s all of the seals. (Around the door, around the filter and also the front and also back of the heat exchanger cartridge)

6th . Empty the water tray every time. The majority of condenser dryers can hold enough water to cope with 3 loads of laundry, however in practice, that will leave the water tray so heavy when it is filled with water, you will spill some. Additionally, it means the drier has to work a lot harder once the tray is nearly full and that extra water is only going to increase any moisture problems you may be having.

7th . Not all condenser driers are created equal.

I have been selling and offering hotpoint tumble dryer repairs for around 30 years. In my experience the cheapest model never ever works out to be the cheapest option in the long run as they will generally require more maintenance. On the other hand nearly all highly-priced models are never worth the extra money either. Consider buying a type that is in the middle of the price range, not the least expensive, but certainly not the most costly and try to follow as much of the advice as you are able to that I have provided here. It’s all based upon on my many years of experience as a dryer engineer.

Article posted by Aiden Mackle of www.aidenmackle.com