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Home made drying system

Jan. 10, 2017, 6:28 p.m.
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I'm making a builtin for my mudroom. I'm also plumbing in a boot/glove drying system.

I've got the electrical and fan setups good to go, all I've got left to figure out is heating.

I see a lot of people use light bulbs as source for heat but was wondering if there was something else I could use?

Jan. 11, 2017, 8:39 a.m.
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Ceramic emitter is what I want.

Jan. 11, 2017, 9:07 a.m.
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We have a furnace room that I just mounted a 2 wall racks in. The lower rack is for pants/shorts and the upper for jackets. We also have a boot dryer mounted in there that can do 2 pairs at a time. Presently gloves go on the hot water tank but I want to put a wire shelve in.

Jan. 11, 2017, 9:42 a.m.
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Computer fans in a box that has pvc pipe sticking out for gloves and boots is the usual home made setup

I have a commercially made home dryer that let's you just circulate air or some heat with the flick of a swit h, you don't really need much heat and you wana be careful you don't melt something especially intuition liners if you are experimenting

I also got one of those things that sits on the heater duct with the pointy bits and it works well

Jan. 11, 2017, 9:56 a.m.
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We have a furnace room that I just mounted a 2 wall racks in. The lower rack is for pants/shorts and the upper for jackets. We also have a boot dryer mounted in there that can do 2 pairs at a time. Presently gloves go on the hot water tank but I want to put a wire shelve in.

This - we have dryer, furnace and hot water tank all in one enclosed room (laundry room). Its dryer than the Sahara desert and things dry super fast.

Jan. 11, 2017, 10:55 a.m.
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I thot about plumbing some ducting [HTML_REMOVED]pipe into the furnace ducts to make a boot n glove dryer

Jan. 11, 2017, 3 p.m.
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The heat from your house and air movement should dry the items out. I know I hang my rain gear in an HVAC room at work (it's a fucking wind tunnel) and my stuff is dry the next shift.

Why slag free swag?:rolleyes:

ummm, as your doctor i recommend against riding with a scaphoid fracture.

Jan. 11, 2017, 8:15 p.m.
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I have no furnace room.. and I've recently spray-foamed the home. So air movement has been severely restricted.

I fear for my Intuitions, but I fear my children's stank more. If I screw up and need new liners, so be it. Lesson learned.

Jan. 11, 2017, 8:24 p.m.
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https://www.maxxdry.com/product/Heavy_Duty

but then my ex gf gave me one of these ^^ from canuck tire

like I said they don't use much heat, sez 230W on the bottom, has a timer

Jan. 11, 2017, 8:37 p.m.
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Rocking one of those fuckers now. But I've come to realize only peasants have those things in their house. For me to get ahead I need it to be hidden and operated from a switch.

Once that is complete, I will achieve transcendence and find complete happiness.

Jan. 11, 2017, 9:22 p.m.
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sounds like true enlightenment, namaste muther fucker eh?

Jan. 11, 2017, 9:32 p.m.
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You fucking know it.

Keep your eyes out for my book on Amazon. Happiness is so close.

Jan. 12, 2017, 3:59 p.m.
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Buy a small $20 electric hearter and gut the little thing for it's heater and fan.

Find one with individual heat and fan control. Set heat to low and crank the fan.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/1-500-Watt-Convection-Electric-Portable-Heater-and-Fan-732906/100652434

I've thought of trying to do a little heated closet in the garage with fan to circulate air for wet mtb gear.

Jan. 12, 2017, 7:54 p.m.
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foldable dryer rack in front of the fire place.

Jan. 13, 2017, 11:02 a.m.
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http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/142795-Home-made-boot-dryer/page2

post # 34, # 17, # 29 … some good ideas and some good info

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