A Video to show you the difference between a Vented and a Condenser Tumble Dryer 

Thanks for the info, very useful 👍

Do you own one? Which model?

You wrote everything well...just used/mi spoke condenser instead of vented...

Buts it’s summer it’s like 35 degrees everyday and sunny outside I don’t think I need a dryer then.

...mmm not strictly true. The warm air returned to the room is damp air and can be a cause for colds and flu, also not a good idea for asthma sufferers. Even though dryers are condensing it is always a good idea to have a window open so the damp moist expelled air can escape. If ever you walk into a room where a condensing tumble dryer has been on with no window open it may feel warmer but the air smells and feels damp. A really good video though, so well done.

+RuislipAppliances Thanks Ruis. But is there any way to use my current American dryer or even swap out a component of some sort? If not I would hate to toss out this dyer. One of the benefits about this dryer is that it has a huge capacity.

firecloud77 these are European machines. When it's warm enough for air conditioning, we would dry clothes outside! Dryers are something we use more when it's cold and wet outside, in which case the heat from the dryer is a welcome bonus.

+Ydkoll US dryers are hooked up to a dedicated 240V circuit with a 30 Amp breaker. Typical current draw of such dryers is about 80% of circuit's max capacity - around 24 Amps. That, combined with 240V, results in a 5.7 kW power draw by such appliance. European dryers are designed to use common electrical plugs that are rated at usually 13 or 16 Amps (depends on the country). With 230V, being the common voltage around here, such setup can supply about 2.8 - 3.6 kW. Evaporating a given amount of water from the load requires a particular amount of energy. US dryer, being more powerful, will deliver this heat in roughly half the time of its Euro counterpart. It will do it by using hotter air or just venting more of it through the clothes. If you want to use your US dryer in Europe, that should be possible, although you need to setup dedicated electrical circuit that can supply required current. Also, all rotating parts (fans, drum) will run about 17% slower due to lower frequency of the electrical grid (50 Hz instead of 60). Power output should be the same, though.

Michał Matuła Thank you for taking the time to explain in such detail and giving me hope as to what to do about my situation. I practically was ready to toss out my dryer. I fully understood what you meant by having or setting up a dedicated electrical circuit (which makes sense). And that is exactly what i did. However, when I turned on the dryer, the light came on, the drum rotated but no heat came out!! I think the big question here is can you alter or swap out the part in exchange for European part to accept 50 Hz? I don't mind if it runs slower as long as it heats about the same.

Ydkoll Grid frequency only affects rotating parts (induction motors, to be precise) and those are working fine, as you mentioned. Well, clocks sometimes count time based on that frequency so they run a little slower with 50Hz (it doesn't have to be the case, though). Also, motors designed to run on 60 Hz will tend to slightly overheat at 50 Hz and should run on a bit lower voltage (-10% let's say). It doesn't have to be the problem if it's cooling is efficient enough to handle a bit of extra heat. It's odd that it doesn't heat since heating elements don't care for the frequency at all... Maybe there's a wiring issue. Those dryers use 240V for heating but electronics (and perhaps motors) often run on 120V - an additional transformer may be necessary since Euro electrical systems don't supply such voltage. It doesn't have to be very powerful since these are responsible for only a tiny bit of the overall power the whole appliance consumes. How to wire it all up depends on the dryer and the electrical system, it's quite hard to tell over the Internet. I guess you should get someone qualified to look at it and if it doesn't help then just don't bother and sell it (who knows, someone might be interested) or throw it out...

Michał Matuła You have very helpful with your input. Unfortunately I have had 4 or 5 electricians to get this started and I have had no luck. I guess maybe its just best to toss it out since I can't even sell it, much less even get it to operate.

And fill your home with damp air and lint 🙄

Tyler Heard air, taken from the room in which the dryer is located. If you open the flap at the bottom, you find a heat exchanger, basically a stack of plates that work like a car radiator. The air inside the dryer is circulated through the heat exchanger, and cool room air is blown over it, cooling it and causing water to condense inside it. It runs to the bottom where it is pumped out. The cooler, dryer air goes back through the heater and into the dryer again to pick up more moisture. These dryers do raise the temperature of the room they are in, and work better in cooler surroundings- if your dryer is located in a small utility room or perhaps under the stairs or in a similar location it improves performance significantly if you keep the door to that space open.

I have Bosch wdym

Please say which is best dryer

A is pretty much only reachable using heat pump technology.

zombiekush760 They never take as long as estimated. The UK doesn't really have a dryer culture like the states, we use them only when it's too wet to dry outside. These are deceptively large, they will take a full washing machine load. Of course gas dryers are faster, but because the UK has much stricter gas safety regulations than the states they have to be professionally installed, negating any savings especially since most people use their dryer only occasionally. Plus, unlike the states, electric appliances can be plugged in anywhere, we have over 3kw available at every outlet so electric dryers are seen as more convenient, they can be plugged in anywhere - an internal room, a cupboard etc.

Tim Campbell No. you're confusing this condenser dryer with a heat pump dryer. Condenser dryers work like regular dryers, but use cool air from their surroundings to cause the hot, steamy air inside the dryer to condense as it passes through an air to air plate heat exchanger. This means it does not need a vent. A heat pump dryer works as you describe- basically it has a fridge style compressor, which heats the air in the dryer but at the same time cools a heat exchanger causing water to condense out. They are vastly more efficient, but more costly to buy and complex.

no thats a heat pump dryer