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Old 12-14-09, 01:14 PM   #28
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IMHO, dryers and gas hot water heaters could be a dangerous combo..

I noticed in my daughter's basement, a gas hot water heater with a PVC air input pipe.
There was a second PVC pipe for the warm exhaust gas.

I wondered if there was an air source for the dryer. Didn't see one.
When the electric dryer was running, it seems to be sucking air from the both the PVC pipes going to the hot water heater.
So, what comes in when the heater is burning gas, while the dryer is running? Exhaust gas?
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