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and it’s fairly environmentally friendly, as the energy demands of a yokushitsu kansouki are modest compared with a tumble dryer. [citation needed] What I rea
by causality0 2y ago
and it’s fairly environmentally friendly, as the energy demands of a yokushitsu kansouki are modest compared with a tumble dryer.
[citation needed]
What I really want is a dryer that uses the hot air from my AC to dry clothes.
- HPsquared 2y agoSounds like a good low-cost product. A duct, a box and a few rails to hang the clothes on.
- dymk 2y agoThe citation is that they use a heat pump. They’re 3-4x as efficient at heating compared to resistive heaters.
- causality0 2y agoTumble dryers can also use heat pumps now.
- dymk 2y ago99.9% of them do not. “Tumble dryer” means resistive or gas heating unless otherwise specified.
- causality0 2y agoWhat are you talking about? Even ten years ago heat pump dryers made up 43% of dryer sales in Europe, and it's only gone up. https://storage.topten.eu/source/files/EEDAL15_Eric_Bush_Heat_Pump_Tumble_Driers.pdf https://storage.topten.eu/source/files/EEDAL15_Eric_Bush_Hea...
- dymk 2y agoWell that's interesting, I didn't realize it was so different in the EU. I suppose differences in energy prices and political willpower might explain it. In the US, the idea of a heat pump dryer is still more or less a foreign concept due to the price.
- squarefoot 2y agoOr the heat released from the back of a fridge. I always wondered why nobody made one that used that heat for some purpose.
- perilunar 2y agoI've seen houses where the heat from the fridge vents to a drying cupboard on the floor above.