On 10/20/2013 11:43 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> A lot of my friends in foreign countries have such things. AFAIK they
> are not available here. But I have seen something for a dryer if you
> have no vent to the outside. I was sold this mistakenly at a hardware
> store on Staten Island. I went to get new hose for a dryer vent. I
> told the guy that I was sure that we had a vent to the outside. But he
> was like... You live in an apartment? You need this! It was sort of a
> small bucket looking thing that attaches to the hose. I think you fill
> it with water. It collects the lint. And you have to empty it, perhaps
> each time you use it. Not really sure since we never used it since we
> did need exactly what I said we needed. I learned to hate that hardware
> store. They were notorious for selling us things we didn't need.

The indoor vent kit just shoots the hot, moist, air into the house. The
apartment we were renting had one of those. It got lint all over the
place. We didn't know you're supposed to fill it with water. You could
make one yourself and vent the dryer into a large bucket of ice. I
figure 20 lbs might be enough for a load. This would catch the lint and
remove the moisture from the air. Maybe it would cool the house too.