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It's not the fastest clothes dryer, but I often use one that runs on fusion in outer space.
by spodek 10y ago
It's not the fastest clothes dryer, but I often use one that runs on fusion in outer space.
- ergothus 10y agoFor apartment goers (or those that live in uncooperative climates) the reliability of such a system is a bigger problem than the speed. But for those that can use it, it is indeed a great system.
- jdavis703 10y agoCan you put your clothes on a fire escape? Or in your bathroom (works great if you have a bathroom with a window).
- FullMtlAlcoholc 10y agoAlternatively, a clothes rack on a balcony or receiving direct sunlight through a window or glass sliding door, with both slightly ajar works well. One benefit of this is that your clothes last much longer.
- _delirium 10y agoIn the winter, I find they dry quite quickly if I just put the clothes rack indoors near a radiator.
- celticninja 10y agoHowever never hang clothes on a radiator to dry, this is the least efficient method of using your radiators.
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoIf you have city central radiated heating, then making the radiators less effective is just a bonus of getting your clothes to dry a bit faster.
- celticninja 10y agoI'm not sure how common that is, the only place I have heard of it is in some Scandinavian countries but if you know otherwise i would love to hear about it.
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoAll of northern china is like this. I'm sure much of Russia is also, its a pretty common thing spread by the soviets (socialized heating....).
- ergothus 10y agoEvery apartment complex I've lived in has had rules banning hanging clothes (no idea about enforcement). Also, for any group larger than 2 I imagine the clothes would not dry fast enough to keep up. And most bathrooms are small and often without a window. Not a complaint, just pointing out that sun-drying is often not a real choice. Often it is.
- jasonmp85 10y agoMany management types will attempt to tell you that you can't hang clothes on a line. In nineteen states, such rules are explicitly prohibited by state law: http://www.sightline.org/2012/02/21/clothesline-bans-void-in-19-states/ http://www.sightline.org/2012/02/21/clothesline-bans-void-in... . They have the cheeky name of "right to dry states". A related thing often banned is external over-the-air antennas, protected by US federal law.
- vitus 10y agoWell, the focus in that particular article is on HOA bans, not apartment ones. For instance, the Hawaii law (the first one I clicked on that seemed particularly cut-and-dried) is restricted to single-family homes and townhomes. "The purpose of this Act is to prohibit real estate contracts, agreements, and rules from precluding or rendering ineffective the use of clotheslines on the premises of [b]single-family dwellings or townhouses[/b]." [0] http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2009/bills/SB1338_CD1_.pdf http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2009/bills/SB1338_CD1_....
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoLiving in Beijing, we never dried our clothes outside the apartment. We had racks in the kitchen for that. I don't think management companies can ban drying inside! It sounds unenforceable.
- sambe 10y agoIt's considered reasonable to endanger lives to dry washing? (I don't live in the US).
- jdavis703 10y agoWell obviously don't be stupid where you put the clothes, (I.e. don't block egress).
- Nition 10y agoOne day we'll invent a technology device to answer the age old question: "Still wet or just cold?"
- sbierwagen 10y agohttps://www.amazon.com/SSEYL-MS-C-Textile-Moisture-Meter/dp/B00ZH9GI00/ https://www.amazon.com/SSEYL-MS-C-Textile-Moisture-Meter/dp/...
- Nition 10y agoPerfect, of course this exists. It even has a FUN button for when waiting for the clothes to dry gets too boring.
- obituary_latte 10y agoWhat really struck me as remarkable was this bit: "Digital display with back light gives exact and clearly reading although you stay at the somber conditions" I wish my TV could do that...
- hugodahl 10y ago4.47$ shipping, and it's not even next day? Pass! /s
- seanp2k2 10y agoYeah I'll wait for the ETEKCITY version for $16 with prime shipping.
- Tharkun 10y agoI press it to my face to answer that question. Somehow my face is much more reliable at telling the difference between cold and wet than my hands.
- Nition 10y ago
- Quequau 10y agoI live in a tiny flat in Austria. The vast majority of my washing dries overnight provided I actually get it done around lunch time... even when it's raining. I don't even put it outside most of the time. If I'm in a major hurry, mostly due to self inflicted procrastination, I'll point a regular fan at the rack as it dries.
- jp555 10y agoI used to hang my clothes indoors when I was living in Europe (some apartments had clever retractable hangers built above the bathtub), and even when raining they would dry in less than a day.
- duncan_bayne 10y agoWe did that, right up until we had three kids and full-time jobs :)
- prawn 10y agoWe dry ours (2A+2C) inside on hanging racks, but it takes up a fair bit of space. In a smaller house, we'd have no chance.
- seanp2k2 10y agoYou also need adequate cubic footage to absorb the moisture dependent upon the humidity inside. If you run the AC, that helps keep the humidity lower, but it's probably more expensive than just running the dryer.
- mason240 10y agoWhy on earth is this being downvoted?
- hughes 10y agoBeamed energy is here!
- sargun 10y agoI've heard it has anti bacterial properties as well. Unfortunately, they come at a pigment destroying cost.
- mozumder 10y agoDoesn't the UV end up fading the colors?
- chrischen 10y agoProbably about the same as wearing your clothes outside I'd imagine.
- taberiand 10y agoYou go outside?
- r00fus 10y agoHang inside out.
- nnain 10y agoA big (practical) problem is that you might not be around to take the clothes of the clothline in time and they end up 'roasting' for extra hours/days. Sunlight definitely does fade the colors.
- comicjk 10y agoHanging clothes in direct sunlight is overkill, and probably reduces their useful life due to the UV. All you need is sufficient moving air. I hang mine under the deck or just on racks indoors.
- nnain 10y agoSunlight isn't an overkill. It's a great germ killer (You have to be cautious not to leave them out for too long, lest the UV/Heat damages the colours). You can use a lot of detergent to remove the last bacteria; but household detergents are a big source of water pollution.
- fpoling 10y agoHm, I thought the best way to kill germs is to wash clothes at 60C/140F or higher.
- riffraff 10y agoit is a good way, but it's also a good way to ruin some more delicate clothing.
- amelius 10y agoOr you could throw your clothes into a geyser [1] :) > (...) The group put their soiled clothes in a pillowcase and threw it into the geyser’s cone. When it erupted, the clothes were sent flying over a hundred feet into the air. When they collected them, the churning, heated water had indeed cleaned them. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14146482 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14146482
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- jo909 10y agoNot sure why everybody assumes fusion powered implies direct sunlight. Drying clothes in the shade is also powered by the sun, because the air only has "unused" moisture capacity because it was heated at some point. To repeat the cycle forever it will need to cool down and then be heated again.
- yummybear 10y agoWasn't space fusion established as carcinogenic?
- hugodahl 10y agoOh really? I thought those were just little balls of lint and fabric. Now I feel like a jerk.
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- willyt 10y agoOnce both my kids wet the bed every night for a week. 3 loads a day. Even on a sunny day in Scotland a duvet won't dry on the line in 1 day.
- johnny_reilly 10y agoI feel you.
- seanp2k2 10y agoBed-wetting children get cheap blankets and mattress protectors (plastic sheets), not duvets!
- test1235 10y agoI'm at the top end of Scotland - we can barely dry towels and trousers, nevermind duvets.
- david-given 10y agoYears ago (on Mull), I saw someone selling drying tents: basically, a large tent with open ends and clotheslines inside. The shape apparently draws air through the tent. They said that even on cold, wet days, clothes dried quickly because of the air movement, and of course, no energy consumption. Never, ever seen one since, and a quick web search for 'drying tent' shows up nothing but kit for pot growers.
- Cerium 10y agoI've seen indoor ones with fans. Looked like a fabric armoire with a box fan underneath. It blows air through the clothes to dry them faster.
- robert_tweed 10y agoThis would also solve the other problem that stopped me drying things outside in Scotland: the garden tended to attract a lot of birds. I won't go into details, suffice to say the results were less spectacular than I had been led to believe.
- ComputerGuru 10y agoLucky you. Try doing that in Chicago or Miami and your clothes will stink like holy hell thanks to the humidity.
- Cerium 10y agoIf you use an air conditioner, you can do it the Chinese way. In humid cities people hang their clothes near the AC exhaust, since it is "free" hot air. In a super humid city I've seen clothes dry that way in only a few hours.
- sten 10y agoIs this really free? Doesn't it just lower the efficiency of the AC unit?
- detaro 10y agoWhy would it lower AC efficiency? It doesn't use the exhaust air for anything. (Obviously you shouldn't block it)
- Cerium 10y agoNo, the fans are quite strong and have an effect up to a couple meters away. I think it is more like a cat sleeping on the hood of a car. The waste heat needs to go somewhere, might as well put it in my clothes.
- eximius 10y agoThey hang it near, not on top of the vent. And if the exhaust is outside the unit (balcony, etc), it would have basically no effect.
- kyriakos 10y agoStar based clothes drying is always better