Dryer Vent Bends Kill Efficiency

 Let's talk electric clothes, dryers, and the duct work behind them. For every bend you have in the duct work, you efficien, you lose efficiency in the runtime. The cycle of the dryer itself. And it works out in that every 90 degree bend, you essentially add five feet of duct work. So if you have three nineties in the exhaust duct for a dryer, you're essentially adding 15 feet of vent space.

And this particular system here, the way this is connected. There's a 90. There's another 90 right there. So one. Two, and this gets ducted straight out of this wall. So there's another 90 behind the wall. So one, two, and then three. And it, this particular one runs another 20 feet out this direction.

So with the 15 feet plus to 20 feet run, it's essentially 35 feet of duct work. But what's interesting is having three. 90 degree bins in this duct work can decrease the efficiency 30 to 50%. So that's gonna mean longer dry times, higher energy usage. Your sensors are gonna be working a little extra.

The because of the bends, your blower motor's gonna get resistant, so it's gonna be working harder, but. This is one of those things to think about in multifamily maintenance. While you're doing your preventative maintenance or doing apartment turns, make sure your duct is not crushed. Make sure you have plenty of.

Usable space that you're not, crushing the soft duck. You want to use something rigid. You wanna use something hard that won't kink collapse, and you want to try to run it in as straight a line as possible. So make sure you're dryers have some space off the wall. They're not pushed directly up against it to prevent kinking.

And again, make sure your exhaust vent are. Clean because the more heater resistance or more below resistance the longer run times, that's the more the motor's gonna have to work. The more lint that could build up in those traps that could increase fire hazards. Yeah, 30