My dryer wasn't drying clothes completely on the the automatic sensing cycle which required additional drying cycles to get clothes dry, sometimes as many as three cycles. This prompted me to start poking around to do some maintenance. The culprit was dryer lint. There was an excessive build up of dryer lint in the lint trap housing, the blower fan and its housing and in the exhaust ducts. I cleaned close to 5 pounds of lint out of the dryer. What I found in the unit's cabinet was scary. The lint and dust had built up heavily in there as well and it was around the heating assembly and tube. There was a lot of it and it had been burning. I'm really fortunate to have not had a house fire. I cleaned everything out and the dryer is working better than it has in years.
I'm going on a major appliance clean up and inspection this weekend. All the major appliances are being opened up and all the dust and dog hair is getting brushed and vacuumed out from fans, electrical/electronic parts and ventilation holes cleaned out. I'm going to do the water heater as well and drain the sediment from the tank. It should have been getting done before but that singed and burned lint and ash really got to me. This stuff is happening every 6 months from now on.
I'm going on a major appliance clean up and inspection this weekend. All the major appliances are being opened up and all the dust and dog hair is getting brushed and vacuumed out from fans, electrical/electronic parts and ventilation holes cleaned out. I'm going to do the water heater as well and drain the sediment from the tank. It should have been getting done before but that singed and burned lint and ash really got to me. This stuff is happening every 6 months from now on.