In Search Of gas dryer Tech. Precision Vortex located in central Ohio.

[mk162]

that's about what our gas bill is, most of it is damn fees and such.

new gas ovens are so cheap to operate.  Ours also went down yesterday.  2nd time in 9 years and it was because we cracked the ceramic insulator on the igniter when we took it out to clean it.  The first time it went down was the blower motor failed after 6 months(it was faulty and the motor manufacturer replaced it).

[blue moon]

for anybody else reading, we are running a 60" belt that can cure 1,400 shirts in an hour. 40 hours per week is costing us $86/month in gas!

pierre

what's the oven length Pierre?

Steve

4 in and out, 8 of heat.

pierre

[ScreenPrinter123]

1400 an hour with 8' feet of heat sounds pretty good.  What temp is your dryer set to?  We have 12' of heat and 1400 an hour would be tough on anything but left chests but we keep our temp and belt speed low because we only have one press feeding it.

[blue moon]

I think fastest we ran it is around 1200. 1400 was my guess, but more than anything else, it was to prove the point about the low cost of gas. I would imagine that even at 1200 we are pushing the dryer quite a bit, probably at 375 and 25-30 seconds? Maybe even faster, I can check when back at work tomorrow if need be.

pierre

[ScreenPrinter123]

No need I was just curious to see if you ran your temp much higher than us, which you don't.

[Stinkhorn Press]

For your own safety I would suggest you get the origional schematic and have this properly wired! So much for buying used!!

anyone have any leads on tracking old precison vortex schematics down?

[Homer]

For your own safety I would suggest you get the origional schematic and have this properly wired! So much for buying used!!

anyone have any leads on tracking old precison vortex schematics down?

Just pm'd you. I have an extra copy of blue prints and a manual I can send. J

[Sbrem]

for anybody else reading, we are running a 60" belt that can cure 1,400 shirts in an hour. 40 hours per week is costing us $86/month in gas!

pierre

what's the oven length Pierre?

Steve

4 in and out, 8 of heat.

pierre

That's pretty good for 8 feet of heat. The 60" makes all the difference for loading up a belt...

Steve

[Stinkhorn Press]

For your own safety I would suggest you get the origional schematic and have this properly wired! So much for buying used!!

anyone have any leads on tracking old precison vortex schematics down?

Just pm'd you. I have an extra copy of blue prints and a manual I can send. J

THANKS HOMER!! blueprints and schematics are super handy!
even better is that I didn't need to use them!

Winston is finally back in the states (for the moment anyway) - we spent 2 hours calling back and forth yesterday and TODAY I AM RUNNING MY FIRST JOB THROUGH THE DRYER THAT HAS BEEN SQUATTING LIKE A TROLL IN THE CENTER OF MY SHOP FOR 4 MONTHS.
sorry for yelling.
THANKS WINSTON!

Turns out it wasn't my bad contractor. Wiring was as it as supposed to be - but the chance that it *wasn't* made tracing it a bit harder.
It was a toasted solenoid. That's all. One of two, so I'm running without the second one till I can get the new one in.

Will also need to install a gas pressure indicator so I can control how much gas it's attempting to use. so, little things!
I even hauled my electric dryer out of the shop immediately. Woo!

[Homer]

excellent! glad it worked out, Winston bailed me out a few times on mine as well.