Have you ever noticed your laundry taking too long to dry? While most of us automatically assume the dryer itself is to blame when laundry takes more than 1-2 cycles to dry, that’s often not the case. Unless your dryer is antique, it’s more likely there is another issue. One potential cause is a clogged vent. If the dryer vent is obstructed by debris or lint, the dryer will not work properly. You’ll notice the drum will spin but the heat can’t keep up. A sensor in the dryer w

A clothes dryer works by forcing hot air through a turning drum. Wet clothes placed in the drum are then dried by moving hot air. It is possible for a full load of wet clothes to contain as much as one and a half gallons of water. Lint, consisting mostly of small fibers from the clothes and debris in or on the clothes, is created from the clothes as the clothes tumble in the drum. While much of the lint is trapped by the dryer’s filter, lint is also carried through the ve