Dry times

[Kitty]

What does everyone have their cool down times set to on their dryers?

Because the dryer was not as hot I saw the need to reduce the cool time to less than most. When presented to us several years ago we never found anyone to notice we eliminated the cool down. But we never calvulated the business espense. What is the loss in revenue when you do this? By reducing dry time you decrease income, but yet you get very appreciative clientlelle. Which is better? Lower cool down increases gas rate and reduces per load income. Will anyone notice? Will it make any noticable difference in drying times?

[shad]

Cool down is a safety feature. It helps to eliminate spontaneous combustion, especially items such as tea towels which may contain fat if not washed correctly. also cool down only applies to the last coin used. Mine are set to 3 mins. I advertise this fact so that customers are more likely to put in muliple coins, than feeding dryer 1 at a time. P.S. keep up the work kitty I enjoye your threads, they are both entertaining and informative.

[Anonymous]

Cool down has another important safety feature. It prevents you from getting sued when your customers end up with burn scars from hot metal zippers and buttons that leave imprints on their skin. I would not want to have people touching metal items which come out of the dryer at 180 degrees, cool down prevents that.

[KJD]

I agree with Kirby with it being a safety feature. If you have HOT dryers you need the cool down. My ADC Stacks are set for a 2min. cool down and then sometimes it leaves the internal temp between 130 and 140 degrees which is still to hot to touch if you have tender hands.

[Gary C]

still at 180 degrees they can reach in any time and have that happen. Would that not put you in the same postion? I run my dexters at 165 to 170 and my maytags at 145 to 150. Less concern and less shrinkage.

Gary

[pete f]

I have run my dryers with 1 min cool, down and 180 temp ( Dexters) I am re thinking becuase the clothes come out HOT, maybe to hot sometimes. Then again, people love a hot dryer..Maybe a 2 min cool down would be better.

Kirby's commenst have some truth, but may not matter. I have SQ slimlines in one store, rotary knob style, and got a call one day from a customer who said she burnt her arm reaching in to get some clothes. These dryers are factorty set, temp and cool down.

[Gary C]

Pete, Why not drop the temp 5 or 10 degrees and see what happens. With a 1 min cool down people will probably not notice and you will save on gas.

Gary

[pete f]

Never having a dryer complaint makes it hard to mess with them. :)

[Kari]

How can you tell what your cool down temp and time is set to and how do you change it?

[Fred50]

Kari,

Cool down temp = 0. That is that no flame is on during the cool down period. As far as your particular dryers go, you have to check your manual.

[Anonymous]

Mark, Mark Mark - cool down equals zero? Never seen a dryer that has refrigeration built in. Cool down equals ambient temperature :)

[Kitty]

Thanks for your nice comment Shad I appreciate it.

Cool down in dryer temp should differ from dryer to dryer. I think most are manufacture set at 2-3 min? Some dryers are not near as hot as presumed? We had dryers that were not accepted by the clientelle and we were forced to reduce the cool time. Is this common practice?

What is the average expense when you reduce the cool time?

[Ryano23_98]

Thanks for your nice comment Shad I appreciate it.

Cool down in dryer temp should differ from dryer to dryer. I think most are manufacture set at 2-3 min? Some dryers are not near as hot as presumed? We had dryers that were not accepted by the clientelle and we were forced to reduce the cool time. Is this common practice?

What is the average expense when you reduce the cool time?


with the cool down , the dyer shuts down and clientelle thinks the dyer only got that hot . i droped cool down to 1 min. 2-3 too long in the winter time here in the north

[MichaelCa]

I employ a 'flex-time' on my cooldown:

A.) 3 min. cool-down on HIGH

B.) 2 min. cool-down on MED

C.) 1 min. cool-down on LOW

No complaints so far (several months)