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Old January 30, 2007   #10
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Originally Posted by COgarden
The purpose of a clothes dryer is to remove moisture. All that moisture would be going into your enclosed growing area. By using the exhaust you would have some terribly high humidity in whatever greenhouse setup you wanted to heat. Loads of condensation, etc. Not to mention the inconsistency of the warming, etc. ------------
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I did consider the moisture issue. In one normal load of laundry after final spin cycle, I think there is less than a pint of water to be dried. When the hot air is blown into the greenhouse, the moisture will immediately condense on the cold greenhouse walls ( that's how a dehumidifier works). So you, hopefully, will end up with nice hot air with plenty of CO2 to make bigger and more tomatoes.

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