I was thinking about this anomaly yesterday. Then I remembered that most US electrical outlets are at 110 Volts instead of the more usual world-wide standard of

I was thinking about this anomaly yesterday. Then I remembered that most US electrical outlets are at 110 Volts instead of the more usual world-wide standard of 220 volts. So most stuff in the US is under-powered by EU or Australian standards. Being under-powered, it would take longer to dry your clothes. (That's also why they don't seem to use electric kettles in the US commonly as is normal in 220 volt countries)