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Do dryer "condenser" kits work well enough? (www.aliexpress.us)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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There are kits like this sold online, the one linked, specifically type 4 with a drawer, work as follows.

Put about 1-2 cm of water in, optional an icepack.
Run your dryer.
At the end of the cycle, dump the collected condensed water, optionally swapping the ice pack.

Do these work well enough to dehumidify dryer output in a rental environment?

Edit 1: For those recommending me to buy a ventless / condenser / heat pump dryer.

Feel free to send me $50-100 each, as I cannot afford one.

Do note, I do have a vent near where my dryer is, it is just very loud. Thus why I was thinking of supplementing it with this.

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[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not remotely. I had an indoor vented heated dryer and needed a huge dehumidifier running all the time. It actually just evaporated the water inside too, and made it even more humid. It DID catch the lint though, and I feel like the water helped with that.

I would recommend against one that was permanently mounted to the wall, like the one that was linked. Wall mounting is fine, but you're gonna need to give it a good clean every few loads. It's gonna get nasty.

[–] doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

good point about the complexity, does your room also not have a vent?

[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nah, this was in a basement, far from windows

[–] doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

I wish we had the money for condenser dryers...