Dryer Maintenance Program

According to a US Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) report released in May 2003, over the course of one year there were 15,600 dryer fires in the United States, resulting in 20 deaths, 370 injuries and $75.4 million in property damage.

The following conditions can cause fires in dryers that are not properly maintained:

• Lint begins to accumulate inside a dryer chassis upon first use. Lint accumulates on the dryer's components, including the heater and the dryer floor. This accumulation occurs even when the dryer's lint screen has been cleaned after each usage, and the dryer is properly ex hausted.
• Seals in the dryer's interior ex haust venting may not be adequate to prevent linty air from escaping into the dryer's interior.
• Lint that accumulates on the heater housing can easily ignite under conditions of a failed high-limit thermostat and a blocked ex haust vent.
• Lint accumulating near the heater intake can ignite before the high-limit thermostat switches the heater element off.
• Lint ingested by the heater and embers ex pelled from the heater outlet can easily ignite additional lint or fabric in the air stream, resulting in additional embers in the dryer system and ex haust vent.
• The high-limit thermostat may prematurely fail when subjected to high ambient temperatures.
• The temperatures measured inside the heater box , heater intake, and intake into the tumbler increased when the ex haust vent was partially blocked or fully blocked. The temperatures inside the tumbler, blower and ex haust vent decreased when the ex haust vent was partially blocked or fully blocked.
• When the ex haust vent was blocked up to 50 percent, the temperatures inside the dryer were similar to those measured when there was no blockage of the ex haust vent. When the ex haust vent was 75 percent or 100 percent blocked, temperatures in certain areas inside the dryer increased significantly.
• In general, the dryers only cycled on the high-limit thermostat when the ex haust vent was 75 or 100 percent blocked, which caused the temperatures near the heater to increase significantly.
• When the primary thermostat was bypassed (simulating a thermostat failure), the dryer operated at higher than normal temperatures - temperatures similar to those measured when the ex haust vent was blocked 50 to 75 percent. In general (3 of the 4 dryer designs tested), a failed-closed primary thermostat did not cause the dryer to cycle on the high limit thermostat for the unblocked ex haust vent condition.
• It was observed that the ex haust vent airflow (V2) steadily decreased as the dryer operated. This was caused by the lint screen progressively becoming blocked with lint.

Our dryer maintenance plan includes the following:

• Cleaning the interior cabinet and ducts of your dryer.
• Inspecting the ex haust pipe from the dryer to the wall.
• Inspecting the dryer vent.
• Inspecting the power cord.
• Inspecting washing machine and cleaning any filters.
• Inspecting washing machine supply lines.

A Bargain Appliance Repair's maintenance program is designed to eliminate the causes of dryer fires, reduce energy bills, and avoid the need of repair or replacement in the future. Regular maintenance is far less costly than repair and replacement.

For pricing details, please visit our Maintenance Program Pricing page.

Ready to set up maintenance service for your dryer? Give us a call at (904)-306-1315 or set up maintenance service online!