“I was having a wonderful morning, until the heating unit went out on my electric dryer!

I called ‘the man’.

The repairman went in to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. We always

clean the lint from the filter after every load of clothes. He told us that he wanted to show

us something.

He took the filter over to the sink, ran hot water over it. Now, the lint filter is made of a

mesh material - I'm sure you know what your dryer's lint filter looks like.

WELL.....the hot water just sat on top of the mesh!!! It didn't go through it at all!!!

He told us that ‘dryer sheets’ create a film over the mesh restricting the air flow and that's

what burns out the heating unit.
You can't SEE the film, but it's there. This is also what causes dryer units to catch fire and potentially burn your house down! He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a very long time (and to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out & wash it with hot soapy water & an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every six months.

He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long! How about that???!!!!

Learn something new everyday! I certainly didn't know dryer sheets would do that

Note: I went to my dryer & tested my screen by running water on it. The water ran

through a little bit but mostly collected all the water in the mesh screen. I washed it with

warm soapy water & a nylon brush & I had it done in 30 seconds. Then when I rinsed it

and the water ran right thru the screen! There wasn't any puddling at all! That repairman

knew what he was talking about! “

TELL YOUR FRIENDS! NOT ONLY COULD IT SAVE SOMEONE'S HOME,

BUT IT COULD SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE !!