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Diamond
- Joined
- Mar 5, 2009
- Location
- California, USA
I saw a video today about a man who built a dryer out of a 4 inch square box iron 3 feet long.
Standing the box piece on end a 1 inch pipe ran down the middle with a opening at the bottom.
Stainless steel wool was loosely packed inside then the ends were welded. A fitting on the top
of the square box is the input for hot air. The air travels down the box through the steel wool
and then up through the center tube and out the fitting on the top of the box.The bottom of the
square tube was drilled and tapped for a manual drain. He made two of these and connected them
in series.
I don't care for the iron idea due to rust and scale so it made me think about doing something
similiar using 3 or 4 incn copper pipe. When I went to the industrial supply store a 20 footer
of 3 inch copper costs $407. Wow. When I look at some of the crazy pipe arrangements that people
do I decided to look into a design like this.
Why I think this is a good idea is that the larger diameter pipe will slow down the air velocity
and allow better condensation on the stainless steel wool. Any opinions.
Standing the box piece on end a 1 inch pipe ran down the middle with a opening at the bottom.
Stainless steel wool was loosely packed inside then the ends were welded. A fitting on the top
of the square box is the input for hot air. The air travels down the box through the steel wool
and then up through the center tube and out the fitting on the top of the box.The bottom of the
square tube was drilled and tapped for a manual drain. He made two of these and connected them
in series.
I don't care for the iron idea due to rust and scale so it made me think about doing something
similiar using 3 or 4 incn copper pipe. When I went to the industrial supply store a 20 footer
of 3 inch copper costs $407. Wow. When I look at some of the crazy pipe arrangements that people
do I decided to look into a design like this.
Why I think this is a good idea is that the larger diameter pipe will slow down the air velocity
and allow better condensation on the stainless steel wool. Any opinions.