Ever wonder why..................

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JimInOz

·Jan 18, 2021·Melbourne Australia

clothes dryers catch fire?

Pull it apart and check it out.

The inlet to the heater elements.

Eeeewe!

I know, I should be working on watches, but the belt snapped in the dryer so I thought I'd give it a deep clean after five years of operation.

And to clear the confusion for @STANDY.

It's what Victorians use to dry clothes, it's just like a Hills Hoist, but in a big white cabinet the size of a beer fridge.

😁

 

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JimInOz

·Jan 19, 2021·Melbourne Australia

Couldn't figure out why the dryer would leak sometimes.
Seems that the float that triggers the pump switch wasn't a float any more, more like a sinker.

So I made a new one (pays to save the corks from your single malts doesn't it! 😁).

All fixed and tested, now just waiting for a new belt.

 

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TasMike

·Jan 19, 2021

I think you need me to send you another watch

 

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JimInOz

·Jan 19, 2021·Melbourne Australia

TasMike

I think you need me to send you another watch

Wait until the dryer is fixed (tomorrow hopefully).

I'd hate to say to SWMBO "Sorry Darl, can't fix it now, got watch work to do!"
(It would not be conducive to harmony in the residence).

 

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STANDY

·Jan 19, 2021

My cloths dryer is energy efficient @JimInOz 100% solar

TasMike

I think you need me to send you another watch

He could do the beautiful Smiths I sent him as a gift 😗😗

Edited: Jan 19, 2021

 

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Panjo

·Jan 19, 2021

Oh man, you need new winding stem to fix that dryer, not the belt

 

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JimInOz

·Jan 19, 2021·Melbourne Australia

STANDY

My cloths dryer is energy efficient @JimInOz 100% solar




He could do the beautiful Smiths I sent him as a gift 😗😗

It's in the queue Andy. I'd like to get a bit more confident with smaller movements before I do it though. But don't worry, you'll be the first to see it when I finish.

 

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rob#1

·Jan 19, 2021

You’ve inspired me to take mine apart - maybe it’s all gunked up also and that’s the reason it trips the safety switch 😲

 

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Vercingetorix

·Jan 19, 2021·Spam Risk

In other words, even clothes dryers in Australia want to kill you?

 

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Togri v. 2.0

·Jan 19, 2021·Wow! Custom title... cool

I didn’t think clothes dryers were a thing in Australia. With those temperatures can’t you just always dry the clothes outside 😕😕

 

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Evitzee

·Jan 19, 2021

Togri v. 2.0

I didn’t think clothes dryers were a thing in Australia. With those temperatures can’t you just always dry the clothes outside 😕😕

You'd be waiting a long time for your clothes to line dry in a place like Melbourne, often damp and rainy.

I had an idler pully assembly disintegrate on my dryer last year, upon tearing down I didn't find all that much lint on the parts. If you have a buildup of that much lint you might check your exhaust for clogs or impediments to free flow of air.

 

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Togri v. 2.0

·Jan 19, 2021·Wow! Custom title... cool

Evitzee

You'd be waiting a long time for your clothes to line dry in a place like Melbourne, often damp and rainy.

Makes sense. All my information on Australia and Australians comes from Watching Crocodile Dundee 1 & 2, when I was a kid😁😁

Edited: Jan 20, 2021

 

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RonJ

·Jan 19, 2021

Togri v. 2.0

Makes sense. All my information from Australia and Australians comes from Watching Crocodile Dundee 1 & 2, when I was a kid😁😁

Weren't the Crocodile Dundee movies documentaries?

😲 😀 .