Clothes Dryer Heat Reclaimer

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Originally Posted by Daox

Paranoid.

Those chemicals are on your clothes which touch your skin all day long. I wouldn't be bothered by the tiny amount you possibly might breathe in. I'd be more concerned with the particles of lint.

Good point... I'll maybe do a bit more research on this, but maybe I CAN actually just pipe my dryer vent into the furnace cold air return? I have the fan running constantly (at the advise of my local furnace repair shop) to circulate the air in the house and regulate temps better... so maybe this would help to reclaim the heat AND increase humidity in the dry winter air. Should be easy enough to rig up a filter pre-heating duct.