Elaine Jones wrote:

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posted on 3 Jan 2008 by Tudor Hughes
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The reason tumble driers are popular is because electricity is
cheap and it doesn't hurt one's pocket too much to have one.

Living on a NW facing slope in N.Wales a tumble drier is essential
November to March in order to get anything dry - hanging out in a
garden with no sun is a nogo.

If it's wet outside, I hang up the washing on an internal line over the
bath. Before tumble driers, this used to be common practice.


The advantage of a tumble drier is that fabric conditioner is not
required as towels etc. are much softer; especially so in the case of
terry nappies as use of fabric softener can lead to a spotty bum.


Fabric softener is not recommended for use with towels as it reduces
absorption.

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Graham P Davis wrote:

Elaine Jones wrote:

Quoting from message

posted on 3 Jan 2008 by Tudor Hughes
I would like to add:

The reason tumble driers are popular is because electricity is
cheap and it doesn't hurt one's pocket too much to have one.

Living on a NW facing slope in N.Wales a tumble drier is essential
November to March in order to get anything dry - hanging out in a
garden with no sun is a nogo.

If it's wet outside, I hang up the washing on an internal line over the
bath. Before tumble driers, this used to be common practice.

With the addition of a dehumidifier nearby, this approach works really
well. Our dehumidifier will easily dry a washing machine load overnight
and presumably also also helps warm the house (partially by recovering
latent heat of evaporation? - not sure - a bit vague on the physics!)
It also produces distilled water which I use for topping up batteries.

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