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Although this video was originally going to be just about this application-specific pump, I thought it would be good to explore the technology of the machine it's used in.

Most of the components in these machines are a common rebranded type, so spares are readily available online. The unusual rubber impeller design means this type of pump might find other uses like lathe coolant circulation for a home workshop.

https://youtu.be/rrkxJjgd3cE

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Condenser laundry dryer pump

This video is partly about a special purpose pump, but also explains how a very common European unvented tumble dryer works. They're extremely efficient and require no external exhaust vent. The simplicity of the design is stellar, with one main motor for drum rotation and the hot and cold air-path fans. The fans are the centrifugal type, so even when the machine changes drum direction briefly, the fans still push air around. The water extracted from the clothing is pumped up to a pull-out reservoir which can then be poured into a sink. Alternatively, some of these machines can be plumbed directly to a drain. By recycling the hot air in a loop, these machines have high efficiency, and also contribute to heating your home in winter. Unfortunately they also heat your home in summer, which isn't so good. They also do leak a small amount of fine lint which adds to the usual dust issue in homes, but most of the lint is caught in a small lint trap that is cleaned before each cycle. Because we have very high power available at all sockets in a UK home (32A 240V power circuits) we can plug these machines into any socket in the home. It's common to have the laundry equipment in the kitchen, but the dryer could be put in any spare room in the house. If you enjoy these videos you can help support the channel with a dollar for coffee, cookies and random gadgets for disassembly at:- https://www.bigclive.com/coffee.htm This also keeps the channel independent of YouTube's algorithm quirks, allowing it to be a bit more dangerous and naughty. #ElectronicsCreators

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David Reader

Oh if that's what i think it is (anmd it looks exactlty the same) it's one of the indesit models that was subject to the safety recalls - my ex partner's one had to have at least 2 modifications made by the manufacturer. It appears yours is a different age just by the power cord/plug thiough. Hers has a white cable .. and did have white moukded plug untiil it melted that & I replaced it. I've recently replaced my ancient vented dryer with a heat pump model. They have dramatically overcomplicated them - what was wring with "low/high" and time? .. tjhis has a bazillion of nonsense programmes and on at least one the last 15 minutes can take another 2 hours ... the state of modern software and user interfaces is dire .... but it does dry a much larger loads then my old one while using less power overall, so that's good. I will confess also that my buying devcision was swayed by one simple yet genuis thing they did on it .. I always found that water reservoir on the indesit a nightmare - awkwardly long, heavy, and guaranteed you a wet floor. The new Hovver models have the water tank inside the door window - it just lifts out/off vertically from the open door the water level is visible thriough the door.

Circuitmike

Interesting! I never knew there were dryers with heat exchangers that *weren't* using heat pumps. I'm in the US and just got a heat-pump dryer last year. It does need a 240v power supply, so it's not "plug in anywhere" here in the US, but there are some models that only require 120v. As others have noted, it takes longer to dry than the sort with an electric heating element, but it uses a lot less power and I'm very happy with it.