"DavyW" wrote in message
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Dear All,

anybody got any information on the cost of using a tumble dryer? I'm
looking for approximate costs, i.e. cost to dry 5KG of washed towels.

Then, are there any comparisons the show the cost of drying with a
condenser dryer compared to a vented dryer. I guess that the condenser
should be more efficient as it isn't pumping wet heat out of the
dryer, but some example figures would be good

Thanks for any help

Davy

When I was looking for a tumble dryer I noticed that on the enery
efficiency chart thingy each machine has one it (you know, the thing
with the coloured A-G bands) there is a box which lists the energy
consumption of a load. A lot of dryers said 4.2kWh (I think) - the one I
bought said 3.4kWh (these figures are from memory). This is for a
stardard weight load with a standard amount of moisture left to remove.

When I received our dryer the manual also listed 'real world' figures
for drying time and energy consumption for different sized loads having
been spun at different speeds in the washing machine. Many of these had
energy consumption in the 2-2.5 kWh range.

HTH

Neil