Dryer Vent Booster Fans
About the booster fan
The newly developed booster fan was designed for your dryer vent problems that have caused many hazardous fires. Most people are unaware of the potential danger dryer vent ducts can cause on your home and the environment. Most residential dryer vents installations are too short or too long which reduces the airflow and in turn causes a blockage and could damage your dryer vent. Usually, another problem that happens quite often is that these ducts tend to get crushed or bent because they are crushed too far back against the wall. The result is longer dryer cycles high energy use and costs and higher wear and tear on the dryer itself.
Your solution to dryer vent blockage
There is now a solution and it is known as a booster fan. The fan line in the duct should be at least 15 feet or more from the dryer. With the dryer booster, a sensor is used to sense if the dryer is turned on. When the sensor senses the dryer is on, the fan will turn on. After the dryer has stopped, a timer is turned on and the fan will stay on and will continue to remove the humidity and lint from the duct for approximately 7 minutes. Dryer boosting essential in the most of the clothes dryer installations today.
Many companies are now showing videos of how much lint is removed from your dryer vent thanks to the boosting fan. Another solution to avoid lint from accumulating and preventing a blockage is to add a second lint trap placed inline your dryer booster fan. This will grab all the lint that escapes your dryer's interior built-in lint trap and no lint will pass through the dryer boosting fan.
Booster fan upkeep
The booster fans are designed for minimal upkeep and include the following:
- The fan bearings come already lubricated so no additional lubrication is required
- The fan propeller may accumulate lint - you should check it occasionally. It also depends on how frequently you use your dryer.
- If you notice the propeller getting louder, that is usually a sign that it could have some accumulated lint and requires to be cleaned out
- To clean the propeller, unplug the power supply at the source, pull out the duct from the fan inlet any wipe off any lint that has build up on the impeller after you are finished, you can reconnect the duct to the fan.