alternative embodiment another type of closure such as a screw on lid replaces the hinged door of the preferred embodiment in an alternative embodiment there is no removable fan unit in this alternative embodiment the fan and the motor for the fan are mounted in the cabinet in a manner that is not conducive to easy tool free removal in an alternative embodiment the clothes dryer is controlled by moisture sensing means instead of or in addition to a timer in an alternative embodiment the clothes container can be equipped with baffles which would function similarly to the function of baffles in a clothes container of a conventional clothes dryer key to the design of this invention is the large volume of air passing through the clothes dryer the preferred embodiment of this invention can draw through approximately 200 times the volume of air as the volume of the clothes container that is approximately eight times as much as in a typical conventional clothes dryer the incoming air serves two distinct purposes the air replaces air made more humid by evaporation of moisture on the clothes it also supplies heat to the cloths which are cooled by evaporative cooling the invention disclosed here can operate.