shaft 34 has a drum belt pulley 36 at its distal end with a drum drive belt 38 extending around the pulley 36 and around a circumferential groove 40 in the dryer drum 18 the configuration of the ambient air clothes dryer 10 as well as the configurations of other embodiments disclosed herein requires no heavy stiff high voltage and or high amperage electrical cable as is universally required for the heating elements of conventional electric clothes dryers moreover no gas line connection is required as there is no use of a gas heater for the incoming air of the present dryer thus the present dryer is relatively lightweight in comparison to conventional dryers with their heating systems and requires no more power than is capable of being supplied by a conventional household electric cord in some embodiments the motor s may be 12 volt dc enabling them to be powered from a motor vehicle electrical system if so desired the light weight and simple power requirements of the present ambient air dryer allow it to be moved about readily to various locations as desired accordingly external transport wheels 42 may be provided beneath one or both ends of the housing 16 with a pair of support legs 44 being shown beneath the opposite end of the housing 16 in the embodiment of fig1 a handle 46 may be provided across one side of the housing shell 16 to facilitate lifting of.