My daughter called me while she was staying at my other house. She said she smelled gas (mercaptan) and felt lightheaded when she went to get her clothes out of the gas dryer which is located in a small laundry room. She also told me she had to run the dryer twice to get her things fully dried. I asked her if she smelled gas when the machine had not been run for a while and she said no. My guess is the burner is partially clogged from contaminants in the natural gas supply and incomplete combustion is producing carbon monoxide as well as leaving some gas unburned. This issue in addition to clogged venting is another thing to monitor if one has a gas dryer.
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