Maybe a strange question, but our vented 2000 (still works fine) runs the water drain pump while drying. I have seen other posts that indicate this is normal. Mine runs for about 9 seconds, then off for 8 seconds. It does this always while on dryer cycle.
My issue is the noise drives me insane

. Has anyone opened one of thee up and installed a switch for the water pump? I would switch it on once in a while to drain any stray water, but have it off the rest of the time. Do not know if this will cause issues with the control circuits.
Don't what to trash it just for the noise until it dies.