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  1. 03-09-2018, 7:36 PM #1
    Stephen Tashiro
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    Clothes dryer power cord touching vent hose

    Is there a standard way to deal with the situation where the power cord of a clothes dryer and the dryer vent hose would be touching? - some sort of insulation to put between them?

    ( In a house I'm dealing with, there is no way to route the power cord and the vent hose to be clear of each other. )
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  3. 03-09-2018, 10:12 PM #2
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    Ok, I'll bite: whatcha talkin' about? Why would the cord touching the vent be a problem?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Friedrichs View Post
    Ok, I'll bite: whatcha talkin' about? Why would the cord touching the vent be a problem?
    They will rub together as the machine runs, eventually they will rub through and if it is a metal vent, or metal spiral wire, it may arc and burn or at least require replacing the vent hose or cord or likely both in a few years.
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    Something non conductive and heat proof, like a bit of fiberglass insulation, maybe even the aluminum foil covered stuff for insulating vent pipes.
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    Do you have a picture? I can only see this happening if there is a vertical rise to the dryer vent.
    Possibly an actual appliance store, and not a big box store, may have some of type of restraint clip for the installation.If not pit some foam pipe insulation around the dryer cord. It would be easier than the vent.
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  7. 03-10-2018, 9:12 AM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Dufour View Post
    They will rub together as the machine runs, eventually they will rub through and if it is a metal vent, or metal spiral wire, it may arc and burn or at least require replacing the vent hose or cord or likely both in a few years.
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    Really? I've never heard of such a thing.

    Does this only happen to people whose PVC dust collection starts fires, too?
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  8. 03-10-2018, 10:45 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Dufour View Post
    They will rub together as the machine runs, eventually they will rub through and if it is a metal vent, or metal spiral wire, it may arc and burn or at least require replacing the vent hose or cord or likely both in a few years.
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    Assuming that the cord is just hanging next to the vent, or laying on it, it's extremely unlikely that the vibration would wear through the cord in our lifetime. I have seen a situation - with a LOT more vibration - and the cord zip tied to the vibrating member, where it wore through, and that took years.

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    Probably only a problem here in California. I have seen this stuff on cars so theoretically it could happen with dryer motions.
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  10. 03-11-2018, 8:48 PM #9
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    One possiblity is you could use zip ties and mounts to keep the cord away from vent hose.
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  12. 03-12-2018, 2:04 PM #11
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    I just went and looked. Our cord is laying over the vent tube. Has been for six years. No wear.
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