Bringing Back The Clothes Line: No Dryer Needed!
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When I was little, my best friend’s family never dried their clothes in their dryer but on a clothes line or indoor rack next to the radiators. In my house, we did use a dryer. I never understood their reasoning until now. Why use all that electricity or gas when you can just hang your clothes out in the sun (or partial sun in my case)? This is how it’s been done for thousands of years before the industrial revolution, so why change? According to the US Dept of Energy an electric dryer can use between 1800-5000 watts of power. That’s a lot of electricity! Even if you supplement your dryer usage by hanging stuff out half the time, you’d be saving a bunch of money and resources. So that’s what we’ve decided to do. It’s even catching on among our fellow eco-villagers - every time I walk by the line, it’s got someone else’s clothes on it! Thanks to Rhett and Amy at Greentime for the inspiration!
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October 30th, 2007 at 1:15 am
[…] When I was little, my best friend’s family never dried their clothes in their dryer but on a clothes line or indoor rack next to the radiators. In my house, we did use a dryer. I never understood their reasoning until now. Why use all that electricity or gas when you can just hang your clothes out in the sun (or partial sun in my case)? This is how it’s been done for thousands of years before the industrial revolution, so why change? According to the US Dept of Energy an electric dryer can use b… Original Post PodTech.net: Technology and Entertainment Video Network […]
November 1st, 2007 at 9:27 am
You can use a spin dryer to dramatically reduce drying time and costs. A spin dryer only uses 300 watts or less, and in only 2-3 minutes can remove as much water from the clothes as tumble dryer does in 30-35 minutes. Even if you use a tumble dryer to dry them completely afterwards it still saves a great deal of electricity. Moreover spin dryers are much gentler on the clothes so they will last longer.