DIY How to Cut Electric Bill in Half: Part 3 Clothes Dryer Free Ideas | Missouri Wind and Solar 

Thank you for this video! Instead of the orange lid, I went with the removable black lid so I wouldn't have to cut off tabs. Also, instead of self-tapping screws, I went with 10-32 flat head screws with nuts on the other side to tighten. I discovered the dryer dock you show in the video isn't available at Home Depot; they have a cheap one that bends when you tighten the clip on it, and it doesn't snap firmly into place. I ordered the one you have in this video from Amazon. Another thing I did differently is I cut a piece of aluminum window screen material and closed it inside the lid, to catch any wayward lint that might not make it down to the water. I fill the bucket about 3/4 full with water, rather than half. I think the closer it is to the top, the less likely any floating lint can escape it. One final tip: ask a donut shop for a bucket. They have empty buckets they might give you.

This is on my bucket list

This is also work very well; no, extremely well for growing large amounts of black mold. My wife and I suffered from good health until we installed this red neck heater, but mow between the headaches and Namonia, it's totally worth the investment. Next I think I'm going to install a wood stove seeing as how the tire shop down the road has an endless supply of tires for me to burn. The btu rating is 10x that of regular firewood. Love sticking it to the man. Thanks for the helpful informative video!

If you add a tablespoon full of a Lemon dish soap, it will break the surface tension of the water, have better lint absorption, and the air will smell nice. If you notice the smell isn’t as lemony, then it’s probably time for a water change. This also helps chase off mosquitoes.

Thanks for the making of this video and idea on the cutting my electric bill ! I'm gonna give it a try and see how good it works . Thanks again !

I have the little box which diverts the moist hot air into my basement . Humidity levels in the house are on the low side during cold weather . The furnace dries the inside air and the moist dryer vent helps put moisture back into the house . I clean that small screen filter after every drying cycle . Your idea seems to be a step up from what I'm using .Thanks for your video !

You could probably take the disc of lint out of the bucket when you change water and set to dry out then make a bunch of fire starters to use lighting you fire for cooking out doors.

I like the idea of putting the dryer with the dryer door facing the wall. This saves power as no one can open the door and use it.

Good idea though. 💡 💭... I've done it for two yrs now. Savings 💰 about $38 to $53 bucks.... Thank you Frank Zappa

I am an hvac and plumbing technician. First video i ever saw of yours. Ingenious idea. I will as well pass the idea along after i try it myself. Thank you sir. I just think the problem with most of our society today is people dont care even if it saves them money. I do and will say thank you!

I would also put a screen over the top to catch any other lint getting by. the water will not catch it all. good idea.

Genius idea! Thank you - It worked great for me!!

Cut in reverse with that style Drill bit in thin metal or plastic. It makes a better clean hole. Also nice Video and well explained. Good Job'

At our old house we didn’t have a place to hook up the dryer vent so it would go out the wall. We put a piece of pantry hose on the pipe and just cleaned it out every few cycles so it didn’t stop up. It was kinda like keeping the vent filter clean.

Ingenious! I own a gas dryer; however, I will pas the info to others. Thanks for sharing YOUR outstanding idea.

wash and dry at night when you need more heat.

Thank you so much .I have my laundry room on the second floor ., in my bricks old house with hard metal siding. This so easy and genius !!!! 😀😀😀

I am going to build that with my girls. They will enjoy that thanks Jeff! I want to learn how to cool too!

When I did this 20 years ago, I had a hell of a time killing the mill dew in the basement. Don't do it.

Thanks, Jeff. Played at 1.5x and it was perfect. Edit: 1.75x

"DO NOT do this with a gas dryer" - You know someone did this and is probabaly doing it right now... Becasue you know, not everyone can or will bother to check if their dryer is gas or electric.. "Oh it plugs into the wall socket, it's electric" derp.. Wouldn't a 4" hole saw be the thing to use to make the dryer dock hole? I mean if you have one of course... Also self tapping screws on plastic... I would have drilled the holes and bolted the dock onto the lid.. Also maybe use stainless steel bolts too so they don't rust in time Other than that nice video man.. Benefits are some extra heat in your room wherever the bucket is placed and it will smell like whatever dryer sheet you put into the dryer XD

On a gas heater use a piece of metal duct with holes drilled in one side and a tee at the lowest end slip over the dryer vent and cap off the ends use a small 6 inch fan to push the hot air out of the chamber.

Ps... periodically remove the link screen on your dryer.. electric and gas dryers. Wash with soap and water, then replace. Purpose for doing this is to remove the film that builds up from fabric softeners. That film blocks air flow and results in longer dry times. 🌷

If you're making $80K a year, you probably don't worry about what the electric will be this month. I live entirely on Social Security. You CAN live on SS and not have to work, if you pay attention to the 101 little things around the house, like this. I appreciate these tips, because they let me SAVE a little cash every month.

I do it a little differently. I don't use the bucket, I attach the aluminum hose to a mask I fitted to my mother & law and run the dryer motor backward when she starts talking. The old hot airbag can dry a full load in about 7 minutes.

I bought an item that works the same as you spent all the time making for very cheap 23 years ago at Lowes. all i had to do was put water in it and attach it to the vent hose so very simple.

ty jeff, i'm going to do this. as our dryer is in the boot room thats always very cold

Homedepot bucket! present everywhere!

yeah that "humidity" is also a great way to grow mold.... most clothing loads contain about 18 lbs of water...now, all that water is going into the laundry room which is generally a closed space...in addition all that moisture will condensate on you walls attracting dust

Pi r squared. a 4 inch hole (or hose) allows 12.5 inches of air flow. So ur vent holes area should equal about 12.5 inces. 15/16 th has an area of .94 inches so you'll need 14 holes to not restrict the vent

Mine works and it’s not junk and it does not throw went anywhere so I don’t know what he’s talking about that does keep the humidity up in the air which is great!You screw it to the wall it does not dump sideways or anything and it does not evaporate that fast

Nice idea as you said the cheap plastic squares are junk. My only suggestion is to keep the aluminum flex pipe as short as possible (within reason), as the more turns and twists you have slows down the air flow. True story, I was called in to finish a house that was abandoned by the builder. The heat umps could not heat over 68 and on the cooling side did not cool below 80. When I looked in the attic all the heating and cooling lines were flex pipe, effectively doubling the distance or more. Some of the flex pipes had an actual run of 70- 80 feet, without ripping all the flex pipe out nothing could be done. The buyer (the house had been built on spec) was informed of the problem, as per the lender that hired me. He bought it "as is" as he had family in the HVAC trade and could have the work done for less than I could do it, plus he had plans to remodel the entire house. In most of NYS there is no required license to be a builder "you just need the hat" I have seen decks fall off houses, slab houses sink six feet do to no compaction, one of the worst the builder laid out the house on the only area that perc'd, requiring bring a hell of a lot of "run of bank"( some call bankrun) for anabove ground system, this was over 35 years ago and the systems for above ground systems did not exist then.

Great idea My set up I have 4 car garage The vent goes through the garage All the lint blows inside freaking mess I followed ur directions . I am bald I found your video Thank you

This flex vent is flammable and illegal they say. I have replaced them right away by semi flex system after having this information.

Gonna have to rig something... my apartment in the utility area doesn't have much bucket room...

I'll be implementing this directly!! Thank you sir!!

Definitely works but lots of lint and dust problems

This video is going to save me about 500 bucks

You can typically go to your local bakery and get free 3&5 gallon icing buckets. I just leave them outside for a couple days and let the neighborhood raccoons clean out the leftover icing.

Just a thought you could use the lint water if you make your own Bio Bricks jut add your paper mulch and mix. Dry as you normally would to dry your Bio Bricks.

Unfortunately, many, many people won't be able to tolerate the airborne lint that DOES still get through. It will also run the humidity level VERY high in your house, high enough to cause mildew problems. Finally, if you use it in a closed laundry room, it will be literally dripping wet in that area, your drying cycle time will become quite long, and you'll slip and fall and incur medical costs just trying to get back in there to shut it off!!! You CAN reclaim a lot of that heat, but you'll end up having to build a filter box, or use a "cleanable" furnace filter, and run your furnace fan whenever you use the dryer and a device like the one shown. Electrostatic furnace filters are great, but will probably be overloaded and the cloud of saturated steam MAY harm the electronics driving your very expensive (but fantastic for normal conditions) electronic air cleaner. Whatever type of furnace filter you use or prefer, it WILL be heavily loaded or overloaded quite quickly. JUST BE AWARE OF THESE FACTORS!!!

I use electric scissors. ( To cut my electric bill in half) ha! But this is a really great idea 👍. Thanks again for your time and help .

This is good but depend on how your house is made. in quebec the (new)house are sealed (novo climat 2.0 technology) the air in the house cant escape without air exchanger (and a good one) so more humidity in the house mean mildew will form

This is perfect ! Because my laundry rooms always cold ..

brilliant , never seen this before. thank you...

They make a small box you fill up with water , works for me

I did this for a while then got one of the low profile ones. It sits on a shelf. Great idea though buy a hygrometer to see what it does to indoor humidity.

Hey thanks for the video. This is a great idea. We have a small cottage with an electric dryer and probably not much insulation in the walls.

Venting of any dryer into the home has been frowned upon for decades. Early 70's started seeing in-vent-hose boxes that would vent some of the dryer exhaust into the room with the dryer. No water was used with these as the moisture coming off the wet clothes being dried provided a bunch. The humidity that was being put into the air in that part of the home started causing mold and related health hazards. And if you fire up a dehumidifier to remove the moisture, save the cost of the dehumidifier and vent directly outdoors. Forget the inline vents and these cans. Also, as a scum layer develops on the water inside, lint coming into the bucket will just start blowing out of the vent holes in the bucket. Add filtering, you block airflow as the filters clog. Determined to be a poor idea way back in 70's as an energy saving item.

NO, I did something similar in my basement, musty smell, only way to get rid of it is to gut the basement.

Jeff. Thank you. That’s brilliant.

i love this idea. i have a mini version from amazon of this but havent used it. will the water create fruit flies of a sour smell. i have an electric dryer but not using anything at all in the back, its on my balcony. alot of lint behind the trap though

I saw another video that stated the aluminum hose that you are using is flammable?

Nailed It!!!.

Thanks Jeff

Now do a real-world set up so one could actually put clothes IN the dryer....

Thanks so much , very useful👍

Great video, but is a bucket a good place to vent your frustrations?

Respect the craft!

Great job. The Energy Cabal don't like stuff like this.

Great job!

Seems like a good idea until I remembered that I only do two or three loads of laundry a week. Even then it only helps in the winter. If you have a houseful of kids and you are washing clothes every day it might be worthwhile.

Figure area of vent hole & divide by area of each perimeter hole equals hole diameter required.

Can you vent a portable ac into a bucket something along the lines like this maybe with out the extra holes on top

I'm in AZ. I want to pull hot air from my attic to heat my drier.

can you make LOOOoooooooonnNNGER

Seems like a good idea if you spend all day drying your clothes and if you dry your clothes every day. On average people use their washer and dryer machines once a week. If you need constant heat in your home, I don't see how this idea will save you money, since you would need to have your drying running constantly.

I love your video but the only downside to this apparatus is with the excess moisture in the air you now have the development of mold developing in your home.

As a temporary solution only, never use an indoor vent kit of any kind for long term solutions. not only is it a potential fire hazard, it becomes a health issue to especially when venting inside a confined laundry room

Set up in Garage and had dust all over my car and everywhere else!! I kept the bucket water clean but it didn't help!!

You’re gonna burn your house down brother.

A squirt of Jet-Dry type liquid into the bucket might further enhance the dust capturing ???

be good to use solar for the dryer too

I got a dryer. Don't use it. Ever. Dry my clothes by the sun or by hanging them up in the winter inside where it's always warm. Cuts my electric bill 100%.

nice, was going to heat my garage like this. then i started hanging my clothes to dry, never use my dryer

Can do this with gas if it’s in your garage!

I have not tested this, but common sense says most of the lint would get blown right back up with the airflow, the water is not going to be able to catch much of it... for this to have a chance of working, the air would have to be pumped thru the water slowly, but that would pretty much stop your airflow. If this would work, your air purifiers and vacuum cleaners would have been water based. It don't.

I live in a small home. Would this still work if I placed the bucket on top of the dryer itself? I’m thinking gravity plays a part here and the answer is no. But, I’d like to be sure. Thanks! Awesome video!

What about the BetterVent indoor dryer vent

Omg, this dude rocks. You jerks below me with your mean AF comments are messed up. That's just wrong, he's awesome. He does resemble Frank Zappa tho, yeah...

Very informative! Liked.

the dryer truck can only be used on a electric dryer. A Gas dryer MUST BE EXHAUSTED TO THE OUTDOORS because the air from a gas dryer contains high amounts of CO and CO2

I always enjoy your videos brother!

dad attached a pair of panty hose to the end of the dryer hose. that worked fine. added lots of water to the air.

1:29 “this isn’t anything new, I’m sure others done this as well”... 4:19 “I came up with this myself” .... ...back in the 1980’s👀

How about all that moisture inside the house condensing on cold surfaces and mold spreading everywhere?

Can some one tell me how this cuts the bill ? Does it make the dryer efficient or throw heat Amd drop the heat bill ?

What about the microplastics in the air. Most clothes have some form of plastic be it polyester or nylon etc etc.

Still has the original dryer too I see! 😂

Amazing,thank you jeff

nicely done

Great work👏🙌

how long would the dryer need to run to raise the humidity a few percentage points in a average 1500 sq ft home

Can I leave the bucket outside the house in my backyard here in Florida and doing this how much do you cut the bill ?

This is a great idea BUT..... if you add another Shorter aluminum hose Inside the bucket going Into the water, it will trap All the lint and blow up clean hot bubbles of warm air. It will Not Obstruct the air flow. If you look at Oxygen next to a hospital bed, it works the same way. Or look at a video of a Rainbow vacuum cleaner, same thing, taken from oxygen idea. If you let the lint keep blowing down on top of the water, it will eventually start to gather on top and stay dry, thus blowing loosely and out of the holes you drilled. Sorry but this idea is way better.

THANK YOU.

I usually cut my power bill in half with a pair of scissors.

Added benefit: a cold house motivates me to do my laundry now. Thanks for posting.

And that's how you build a mold generator to ruin your home