The Dryer
By Roger ~ November 29th, 2005. Filed under: Ramblings.
Honestly, does anyone ever “tumble dry low”? Or even “medium”? My dryer is always set to the timed “high heat”. Whenever I use any other setting, the clothes don’t dry all the way.
By Roger ~ November 29th, 2005. Filed under: Ramblings.
November 29th, 2005 at 9:40 pm
And how much is your electric bill?
November 29th, 2005 at 11:41 pm
Hey, it could be worse. My appliances don’t even really work.
November 30th, 2005 at 7:46 am
That’s a good question, Eric. Looks like it has averaged $60 per month through this last year. Sadly enough, last year’s average was $46 per month.
November 30th, 2005 at 10:07 am
Oh, Happy 30th, BTW.
November 30th, 2005 at 9:21 pm
Ours is always on low. If I use medium or high, it shrinks things. Sometimes I have to run it more than once, but I’d rather do that than have my clothes no longer fit.
December 1st, 2005 at 10:20 pm
Same… only thing I use the dryer for is towels and stuff, I can’t afford to lose length on anything… and in the summer we don’t use it at all… $$$ and all.
December 4th, 2005 at 7:52 am
Roger is too “sophisticated” to use a clothes line.
December 6th, 2005 at 8:54 am
What is the possibility that running the clothes through the dryer twice on low heat uses the same energy as running it through once on high heat? Then, it also takes more time to do your laundry. When there are multiple piles waiting to be done, you don’t want to have to run something through the dryer multiple times. Things that will shink in the dryer should be labeled as such, and I do “reshape and dry flat” the thing whose tags call for such treatment.
And yes, clotheslines suck. I hate hard clothes.
December 6th, 2005 at 9:16 am
There are things that say “tumble dry low.” (Most of my things say that.) That means they will shrink on higher heat. I try not to have a laundry day, but to do a load here and there so it doesn’t pile up. Then I don’t have multiple piles waiting to be done.
My laundry system works for me, what can I say? I’m glad yours works for you, but I can’t dry my pants on high heat because I need them to be able to fit.
(In fact, an aunt gave me some that were a size too big, but she got them on clearance so I couldn’t return them. I dried them on high heat and now they fit. So I’m not making this up.)
December 6th, 2005 at 9:18 am
PS – I am sure it does use more energy, but it uses less heat, which is my main concern. Two times through on low does not have the same shrinkage effect as one time through on medium or high.
December 6th, 2005 at 5:55 pm
I wish I did laundry more regularly like you. :yes: