On Sun, 06 Mar 2016 16:40:54 -0000, trader_4 wrote:

On Sunday, March 6, 2016 at 10:49:55 AM UTC-5, Mr Macaw wrote:


I can put my dryer anywhere I want in the house. I'd find it very annoying to have to rewire the house when I want to move it.


Where would you want to put it, the living room?

A different part of the kitchen / utility room / garage .....

Here we generally
have an area that set up for the washer, eg water faucets to screw
the hoses onto, drain for it, and then the dryer goes right next
to it, with a 240V receptacle provided.

The dryer needs no water supply, so doesn't have to be there. For example I've got the washing machine and dishwasher in the kitchen near the sink, so they take the same water, but there's no room for a dryer aswell. The cooker and fridge are also in the same area for convenience when cooking.

The dryers are also vented
outside, so if you can move yours around, what do they do with the
venting?

Most dryers have a condenser nowadays, if they don't you can fit one (simply a small tub of water the hot air goes through).

same as for the electric stoves and ovens.

Yes a stove has its own circuit here - 240V 30A.

Irons are 120 volts,

Ours take long enough to heat up, yours must take all day.

Takes just a few minutes. Not a problem really. While it's warming
up there is usually something else that can be done at the same time,
right there.

Bad idea, you forget the iron is on!

but not many use them now.

Why would you stop using irons?

Permanent press clothes and taking things like dress shirts to the cleaners.

What is a permanent press clothe?

Coffee pots, microwaves, and toasters and other plug in devices for the
kitchen are usually 120 volts.Problem is that unless several circuits are
ran to the kitchen you can only do one or two things at a time.

What amperage are your outlet circuits? We tend to have 240V 30A for the whole house on one loop. So you can run two or three big things without overloading, never have to think about it.

We have multiple 15A or 20A 120V circuits for receptacles and/or lights.
Many circuits have both on them. How many circuits depends on the size
of the house. But having 12 to 20 of them isn't unusual.

That's a lot of wiring.

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