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4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Decreases drying time Feb 05, 2007
By william
"will"
The dryer vent booster has cut down drying time by 1/2 hour. My vent outlet is very long and this has made a big difference. It took 3 hours to install
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Great product! Jun 24, 2008
By S. Reeder
"newsy1"
It was easy to install in about 20 minutes. It really has boosted the air output. It's great for laundry rooms located away from outside walls.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Dryer jet Apr 18, 2008
By Jon Robert M. Handshy
This product saved me a lot of money and hastel. My laundry room was in the middle of a finished basement giving me only vent access to the garage. With the Dryerjet I was able to pipe vent it to the outside.
A+
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
A Few Annoyances, But Overall A Good Product Dec 04, 2009
By J. E. Nelson
When I moved into my new house, my family had an issue with the dryer literally leaving burn marks on the clothes. The venting run for the dryer was between 20 and 30 feet with two 90 degree corners (one at the dryer and one at the roof vent). I had no idea what the issue was and thought maybe the dryer was not moving enough air and the heat had nowhere to go. Well, this fan did not fix the scorched clothes issue (turned out to be a crack in the seal around the door) but it sure made huge improvements in the performance of our dryer.
If you are looking for a booster fan for your dryer, this is one of the easiest ones to install. Many models require a moderate amount of wiring. Many cheaper models require that you mount the fan to a joist or similar stable object, run electricity to the fan involving tapping into electric from somewhere and installing an electric box close to the fan, and finally purchasing a separate pressure switch or hard wiring the fan control to the dryer. After all that, many fan models highly suggested installing a secondary lint trap. Call me lazy, but to me, that sounded like too much work.
Then I found the Acme Miami Dryerjet Booster. The fan came with a pressure switch and required no secondary lint trap. Installation was much easier. You set the booster fan behind the dryer, plugged it in, run a new piece of dryer vent hose into the top of the fan and attach your existing hose to the side port (basically following the arrows). The pressure switch is installed by drilling a hole into the vent pipe, inserting a sensor into the duct, taping the sensor in place, and fine-tuning the switch my adjusting a screw on the housing of the fan. I found a roll of metal/foil duct tape (not the regular gray duck tape) to be quite handy to secure all the ductwork to the motor to prevent slippage and to tape the sensor in place. The fan works great. Drying times have been cut by about 25% for most loads and almost in half for big bulky loads.
Overall the product works great, but there were a few things I did not like about the product:
1. The product is designed to stand up vertically. If you want to mount the system horizontally, you have to change the pressure switch system. It would require removing the switch from the metal fan housing and mounting it onto a wall or solid object in the same position as if it were still mounted on the booster fan.
2. As the system is meant to sit vertically when it comes from the factory, the exhaust output from the dryer has to go from the low output of the dryer to the high input on the fan. The output of the fan comes out of the low port and out of the house. The resulting ductwork reminds me of an interstate highway interchange, especially if the dryer duct runs up into the attic or roof. In my opinion, there could have been some much better designs than this. My training in Mechanical Engineering is not extensive, so it is possible I am wrong about the design, but the current design is a bit inconvenient with the ductwork.
3. Unless you mount the unit above the dryer somehow, the fan sits in the floor beside or behind the dryer. The fan requires about 9 to 10 inches of space. This could be an issue if space is limited in your washer/dryer area. As I did not have 10 inches between the washer and dryer, I had to put the unit behind the dryer. So now the dryer sits a little more than 10 inches away from the wall. A factor to consider if your laundry space is tight.
4. The pressure sensor that turns the unit on and off needs to be adjusted a few times a year. I have been using this for about 18 months now. As I mentioned, the pressure sensor has an adjustment screw. I am not sure why, but about every 6 months, the booster fan will not shut off. This requires me to pull out the screwdrivers, remove the cover, and adjust the screw.
Overall, the ease of installation of this product outweighs the annoyances I have with the product. With a piece of flexible dryer duct, a way to cut the flexible duct, some metal tape, a few screw drivers, and a way to punch through the duct (I used a drill, but what you could use depends on the type of duct), the unit can be installed by even the most unknowledgeable person in under 30 minutes. As the unit is easily accessible, even having to adjust the sensor every 6 months is a minor annoyance. Overall, if you have the space for this product to set on the ground, I would recommend it.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
be aware of installation options Jun 02, 2009
By A. donato
My dryer vented to the garage - what a mess. This should help out; I can vent out the side of my house with a long pipe run (>30'). Unit is powerful, quite, and is good at shutting on/off in sync with the dryer; which is better than some competitors that will cycle 10 minutes on, 60 seconds off.
The only caveat, which isn't clear in the listing, The pressure sensing unit has to be in the vertical positions - which may limit your installation options. I had this all laid out and ready to install for when I received the unit, but unfortunately had to re-pipe the system to work
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