FW: About your Clothes Dryer

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This was forwarded to me. I thought it was worth sharing.

--HAPPINESS and BUTTERFLIES Lynn Intuition is part inspiration & part educated guess, TRUST YOURS

Bet you didn't know this about your Clothes Dryer...........

I had a wonderful morning, the heating unit went out on my dryer!Why does everything seem to fall apart this time of year!???The guy that fixes things went in to the dryer pulled out the lint filter.It was clean. We always clean the lint from the filter after everyload of clothes. He told us that he wanted to show us something.He took the filter over to the sink, ran hot water over it.Now, the lint filter is made of a mesh material - I'm sure you knowwhat your dryer's lint filter looks like.WELL......the hot water just sat on top of the mesh!!! It didn't gothrough it at all!!!He told us that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh that'swhat burns out the heating unit. You can't SEE the film, but it'sthere.This is also what causes dryer units ! to catch fire potentiallyburn your hous

e down with it!He said the best way to keeyour dryer working for a very longtime ( & to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out & wash it with hot soapy water & an old toothbrush (or other brush)at least every six months.He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long!How about that???!!!! Learn something new everyday!I certainly didn't know dryer sheets would do that. So, I thoughtI'd share!Note: I went to my dryer & tested my screen by running water on it.The water ran thru a little bit but mostly collected all the waterin the mesh screen.I washed it with warm soapy water & a nylon brush & I had it donein 30 seconds. Then when I rinsed it the water ran right thru thescreen!There wasn't any puddling at all!That repairman knew what he was talking about!PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK.NOT

ONLY COUL D IT SAVE SOMEONE'S HOME,BUT IT COULD SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE.

Happiness and Butterflies

Lynn

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[Guest guest]

Thanks

for alerting this to us Lynn. I tried it, and my lint filter when filled with

water ran thru just fine. I use non-scented dryer sheets so I wonder if that

makes a difference? Maybe the perfumes in the scented

ones have oil in them? Oil would act as a barrier.

Smiles,

Jackie

From:

MSersLife [mailto:MSersLife ] On Behalf Of happybutterflies@...

Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006

8:52 PM

To: MSersLife

Subject: FW: About

your Clothes Dryer

This was

forwarded to me. I thought it was worth sharing.

--

HAPPINESS and BUTTERFLIES

Lynn

Intuition is part inspiration &

part educated guess, TRUST YOURS

Bet you didn't know this about your Clothes

Dryer...........

I had a wonderful morning, the heating unit

went out on my dryer!

Why does everything seem to fall apart this time of year!???

The guy that fixes things went in to the dryer pulled out the lint filter.

It was clean. We always clean the lint from the filter after every

load of clothes. He told us that he wanted to show us something.

He took the filter over to the sink, ran hot water over it.

Now, the lint filter is made of a mesh material - I'm sure you know

what your dryer's lint filter looks like.

WELL......the hot water just sat on top of the mesh!!! It didn't go

through it at all!!!

He told us that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh that's

what burns out the heating unit. You can't SEE the film, but it's

there.

This is also what causes dryer units ! to catch fire potentially

burn yo! ur hous e down with it!

He said the best way to keeyour dryer working for a very long

time ( & to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out

& wash it with hot soapy water & an old toothbrush (or other brush)

at least every six months.

He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long!

How about that???!!!! Learn something new everyday!

I certainly didn't know dryer sheets would do that. So, I thought

I'd share!

Note: I went to my dryer & tested my screen by running water on it.

The water ran thru a little bit but mostly collected all the water

in the mesh screen.

I washed it with warm soapy water & a nylon brush & I had it done

in 30 seconds. Then when I rinsed it the water ran right thru the

screen!

There wasn't any puddling at all!

That repairman knew what he was talking about!

PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK.

!

NOT ONLY COUL D IT SAVE SOMEONE'S HOME,

BUT IT COULD SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE.

Happiness and Butterflies

Lynn

your

Mom, Sister, Aunt, Gramma or Friend

Live each day

as if it is a memory in the making.

Yahoo! Mail

Use

Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments.