Why tumble dryers catch fire. (a warning)

[ProDave]

Sometimes I see things in my line of work that astound me. This being one of them.

 

 

 

What you are seeing there is the vent hose of a tumble dryer just lying on the garage floor. That's a solid mass of dry fluff eminating from the hose across the garage floor. I would expect most of the hose itself to be similarly full of fluff.

 

If it had caught fire, no doubt a manufacturing fault would have been blamed and there would be calls for the manufacturer to recall the product.

Just how people can live like this astounds me. I wonder what the landlord would think if his house had burned down through the neglect of the tenant and what would have been a 100% avoidable accident?
 

[Nickfromwales]

Yup, looks like an accident waiting to happen. 

Im particularly fond of the incorrect plumbing of the PRV on the multiblock of the UVC. It comes along to the front t&prv and goes up 10" or so before teeing in above the home made tundish. Whoever signed off that UVC for G3 isn't much of a worrier. 

Non tres bien. 

[ToughButterCup]

7 hours ago, Nickfromwales said:

plumbing of the PRV on the multiblock of the UVC. It comes along to the front t&prv and goes up 10" or so before teeing in above the home made tundish. Whoever signed off that UVC for G3 isn't much of a worrier. 

 

And they say that sometimes I'm too fond of talkin' tech.... I'll get my coat.

[ProDave]

I hadn't spotted the plumbing fail. So it's a double fail photo, two for the price of one. you get value on this forum.
 

[SteamyTea]

Back in the 1990's I had one of the exploding Candy washer dryers.  All they did was fit a thermal fuse to it.