http://www.podtech.net/home/4458/bringing-back-the-clothes-line-no-dryer-needed Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:54:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 http://www.podtech.net/home/4458/bringing-back-the-clothes-line-no-dryer-needed#comment-226037 Corey K. Tournet Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:27:19 +0000 http://www.podtech.net/home/4458/bringing-back-the-clothes-line-no-dryer-needed#comment-226037 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. 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.

]]> http://www.podtech.net/home/4458/bringing-back-the-clothes-line-no-dryer-needed#comment-225001 best techno blogs » Bringing Back The Clothes Line: No Dryer Needed! Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:15:32 +0000 http://www.podtech.net/home/4458/bringing-back-the-clothes-line-no-dryer-needed#comment-225001 [...] 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 [...] […] 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 […]

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