On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 06:51:24 +0100, R wrote:

On the larger scale why have a hose pipe conveying expensively
heated air directly to the outside? Why not use a condensing drier?

Personally I don't like them as they blow hot air into an already hot
room,

The two condensing dryers we have had don't vent into the room they
recirculate the air within the machine and condense the moisture out of it
with cold water as it goes round. This water use might not be a good idea
if you are on a water meter. Both of these machines dumped more heat into
the room when doing a boil wash than when drying.

On the even larger scale why use any extra energy to dry clothes. A
traditional pulley, as they are called here, dries clothes without
any extra energy consumption

er no the energy to evaporate the water has to come from somewhere. In
this case the space in the house, meaning that the space heating may come
on for a bit more than it would without. However that is minimal IMHO, the
biggest snag is the increase in internal humidity. A modern sealed box
house would really need to have a window or two opened or forced
ventilation of some sort (bathroom door open and fan on).

Lovely idea........if you have somewhere to put it,

Stair wells are quite handy.

Someone to install it assuming limited DIY skills, a ceiling strong
enough to hang it from

Isn't this person about to hack a hole through a wall for vent pipe. A
couple of screw pullies into the ceiling joists strikes me as somewaht
simpler.

and are strong enough to haul a full load of damp washing up over 7ft.

The washer doesn't have a spin cycle? The washing would be heavy without
being spun but then it would also be dripping and not particulary suitable
for hanging up indoors...

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