I received a call from my wife on Friday upset that our dryer no longer worked. I came home to investigate and quickly determined that the exhaust tube was blocked. Somewhere along the 25-30 foot tube there was a complete blockage of lint that I could neither see nor reach. We have a home warranty, but I knew it wouldn't cover this, so I called a local well known repair service and was told it would cost at least 97 bucks to have the clog removed. I said nuts to that, and I went to Lowe's and purchased something called a LintEater. It's a little brush that connects to your power drill and brushes the inside of the exhaust tube. There is also a handy attachment that hooks up to your vacuum or shop-vac. A good brushing coupled with some shop-vac action was the one-two-punch I needed to remove the lint clog. Check out how much I got out of there!
Aside from being disgusting, it is also apparently a fire hazard. If your dryer seems to take longer to dry a load of laundry, or if you have a long dryer exhaust tube, consider cleaning it out or having it professionally cleaned out. It will save you your dryer, some electricity, and might even save your house from burning down.
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Or you could have used the Joe Kelley method: http://krmg.com/blogs/the_krmg_morning_news_blog/2008/08/video-problems-and-solution-wi.html
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