I purchased a townhouse for my son to go go college. The dryer vent is shared with the neighbor and goes 30/40 feet down a common wall to the outside back. Was not happy with the air flow as my son described how hot the dryer was getting. He is a boy so he really does not do laundry at home, so it must really get hot.
So last weekend I ducted the dryer vent out the front of the town house through the garage, up to the hip roof and out the eve. Yep.. a long run. Added a booster fan and now getting some serious air flow.
Now for my question.. with that long run of metal with air and lent going through I'm concerned about static build up. If I get a discharge with all that dry lent.. may cause a fire.
I have two options.. one is to use the ground that is part of the wiring of the booster fan. The other option is to use the copper pipe on the hot water heater. Both options are easily wired.
Thoughts?
So last weekend I ducted the dryer vent out the front of the town house through the garage, up to the hip roof and out the eve. Yep.. a long run. Added a booster fan and now getting some serious air flow.
Now for my question.. with that long run of metal with air and lent going through I'm concerned about static build up. If I get a discharge with all that dry lent.. may cause a fire.
I have two options.. one is to use the ground that is part of the wiring of the booster fan. The other option is to use the copper pipe on the hot water heater. Both options are easily wired.
Thoughts?
