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| john degemis (Degemis)
Registered Member Username: Degemis Post Number: 57 Registered: 3-2008 Posted From: 71.92.155.232  Rating: N/A |
I am installing a Splendide washer/Dryer vents out the rear around 2 1/2 inch opening. I was thinking abought runing the vent out the roof with 2 inch PVC and a reg. roof vent. Or out the bottom of the coach. I rather not put a lint filter in the line the one it has adds a few inches to the depth and seams funky. I see they sell a vent kit that mounts on the outside wall of the coach. It would look bad and I wounder about air flowing into the unit when going down the hiway. Any thoughts? | ||
| Tim Brandt (Timb)
Registered Member Username: Timb Post Number: 292 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 74.244.14.221  Rating: N/A |
Mine dryer is out the side as is the downflow hood on my range and I haven't noticed any issues with inflow but I do understand the concern with how it looks. FWIW the one for my hood is much more unsightly than my dryer. In this picture you can see the hood vent below the second window while the dryer is below the third window. http://members.tccoa.com/timb/Flx/100_5825.jpg | ||
| john degemis (Degemis)
Registered Member Username: Degemis Post Number: 58 Registered: 3-2008 Posted From: 71.92.155.232 Rating: N/A |
Thanks Tim. Do you know what kind of vent it is. I can not see it very well? | ||
| George M. Todd (George_mc6)
Registered Member Username: George_mc6 Post Number: 789 Registered: 8-2006 Posted From: 64.55.111.6 Rating: N/A |
John, I haven't done one in a coach yet, but as an air conditioning contractor, dryer vents are a part of doing a house. So, a couple of thoughts: Nothing can be in the pipe which WILL catch lint. (We are prohibited from using screws to join metal pipe for obvious reasons.) If you use PVC, make sure the flow is from male end to female end at joints, for the same reason. Use long radius elbows if you have to turn. Dryer exhaust is WET, and condensation will form on the inside of a cool pipe, and run back down. I think a standard RV type plumbing vent cap will plug up, so: Can you go out the bottom? HTH, G | ||
| Luvrbus (Luvrbus)
Registered Member Username: Luvrbus Post Number: 689 Registered: 8-2006 Posted From: 74.32.92.133 Rating: N/A |
John as a owner of a Splendide they will not dry no matter how you vent the unit but FWIW mine is vented to the bottom of the coach.I had to use the central vac piping for a vent I tried it regular PVC and it would always plug at the bend good luck | ||
| Tim Brandt (Timb)
Registered Member Username: Timb Post Number: 294 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.165.176.62 Rating: N/A |
John it looks like a standard houshold type vent with sever little hinged slats. It's made out of plastic and connected to the dryer with a standard flexible hose. Looks like this http://www.castiastone.com/blocks/images/MB9.jpg | ||
| Chuck Newman (Chuck_newman)
Registered Member Username: Chuck_newman Post Number: 314 Registered: 1-2005 Posted From: 99.0.41.3 Rating: N/A |
John, We have a Splendide 2000 with a 3" vent. Contrary to popular opinion on this board (and maybe elsewhere), it washes and drys just fine on several occasions as a backup to the house units. And yes, it does take about 40% longer to dry a load than the 240vac house dryer unit. But it will not cut into our fulltiming schedule at all. I have the standard heavy weight aluminum flexible 3" vent (not thin foil type) purchased from HD. The W/D is mounted just in front of the drive wheels slightly off centerline in the bathroom. It will vent down through the floor. No visible vent. No air flow noise. Someone posted here recently on this subject that some park owners didn't want to see coaches with dryer vents as it indicated the owner was using too much water, too much power, and the park was loosing money at the laundry, etc. I don't think that attitude is common, but I am sure it does prevail with some park owners. | ||
| Luvrbus (Luvrbus)
Registered Member Username: Luvrbus Post Number: 690 Registered: 8-2006 Posted From: 74.32.92.133 Rating: N/A |
John, the Splendide does not have a drying element it dries by self condensing and 1 1/2 to 2 hours is a lot more than 40% drying time.My wife loves the unit but she hangs the clothes on a line to dry good luck | ||
| john degemis (Degemis)
Registered Member Username: Degemis Post Number: 59 Registered: 3-2008 Posted From: 71.92.155.232 Rating: N/A |
It has a high heat and half heat setting and a cool down period. Thanks everyone for the input. I decided to order a low profile vent that is paintable and vent straight out the side (made for this unit). I hope it will look good. I think the ease of installation the ease of cleaning any lint build up and the fact that it will give the dryer the best venting and hopefully the best performance. |