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Dina

it's time to replace the family electric clothes dryer

which make/model is considered efficient or otherwise recommended (ie. smart
programming or options to reduce power use) ?

home depot sells LG - any good?
 
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Pooh Bear

Dina said:
it's time to replace the family electric clothes dryer

which make/model is considered efficient or otherwise recommended (ie. smart
programming or options to reduce power use) ?

home depot sells LG - any good?

LG's probably as good as any. How do you judge a good washing washine btw ? Oh
you mean power consumption. I'd judge it by reliability and how well it washes.

Graham
 
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GeekBoy

Dina said:
it's time to replace the family electric clothes dryer

which make/model is considered efficient or otherwise recommended (ie.
smart programming or options to reduce power use) ?

home depot sells LG - any good?


HD also sells rope. Can't get more efficient than that. ;-)
 
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Dina

GeekBoy said:
HD also sells rope. Can't get more efficient than that. ;-)

considering the outside humidity (RH) is at 87% with rain every day, a rope would
underperform...
 
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JoeSP

Dina said:
it's time to replace the family electric clothes dryer

which make/model is considered efficient or otherwise recommended (ie.
smart programming or options to reduce power use) ?

home depot sells LG - any good?

Electric heating elements don't have relative efficiencies to any
significant extent. Basically, all the energy goes to the heat that dries
the clothes. The best way to use an electric dryer efficiently is to use
more air and less heat. A diverter valve on the exhaust vent can give you
some free heat and humidity in your house if you want it in the winter.
 
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Ecnerwal

"JoeSP" <[email protected]> said:
Electric heating elements don't have relative efficiencies to any
significant extent.

There was someone who came up with a more efficient electric dryer a few
years back - used a dehumidifier to get considerably more efficient
drying. Don't know if they made it or went under.
 
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mike wilcox

Ecnerwal said:
There was someone who came up with a more efficient electric dryer a few
years back - used a dehumidifier to get considerably more efficient
drying. Don't know if they made it or went under.
I've good my clothes on lines in the basement with a dehumidifier
running ;~)
 
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You

"JoeSP" <[email protected]> said:
A diverter valve on the exhaust vent can give you
some free heat and humidity in your house if you want it in the winter.

only if you put some pantyhose over the outlet and clean the lint out
often........
 
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JoeSP

Mary Fisher said:
It's amazingly efficient during a hard frost.

Mary

What's that they say about where you live? If you can see the next town,
it's going to rain, and if you can't, it is raining.
 
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