Reply to: Heat Pump Tumble dryer

[northernladuk]

I dried all the washing on the line yesterday.

The towels are like sandpaper.

I love my towels like that. Scratchier the better.

[DoctorStrangelove]

I dried all the washing on the line yesterday.

The towels are like sandpaper.

[d000hg]

spare room????
This goes up in front of the log burner. Dries in no time.

But it would be a vaguely interesting comparison.
Not sure you'd need a dehumidifier though. Do you not spin the clothes before hanging them up?
Or is your house damp/small?

Why would I want my living room full of wet clothes? It's Victorian house but that would be like stepping back 100 years. Maybe get out the copper bath too? We have a dedicated laundry room and dehumidifiers are a huge boon.

[SueEllen]

spare room????
This goes up in front of the log burner. Dries in no time.

But it would be a vaguely interesting comparison.
Not sure you'd need a dehumidifier though. Do you not spin the clothes before hanging them up?
Or is your house damp/small?

They dry much much quicker with a dehumidifier running.

And they aren't expensive to run. You just need to put it in a room you aren't using for a few hours.

They are cheaper to use than a tumble dryer.

[Lance]

Those don't really work unless you keep the room warm and well-ventilated. Heating a room is energy-intensive and requires a fair bit of space.
We use them but have to run a dehumidifier especially in colder months. It would be (a bit) interesting to compare the energy use of a dryer compared to the energy use to heat and dehumidify a spare room.

spare room????
This goes up in front of the log burner. Dries in no time.

But it would be a vaguely interesting comparison.
Not sure you'd need a dehumidifier though. Do you not spin the clothes before hanging them up?
Or is your house damp/small?

[d000hg]

not every solution needs to be expensive and energy intensive

Those don't really work unless you keep the room warm and well-ventilated. Heating a room is energy-intensive and requires a fair bit of space.
We use them but have to run a dehumidifier especially in colder months. It would be (a bit) interesting to compare the energy use of a dryer compared to the energy use to heat and dehumidify a spare room.

[Lance]

Not great when it rains every day for weeks or it's freezing or you live in a city with filthy air

not every solution needs to be expensive and energy intensive

[d000hg]

Not great when it rains every day for weeks or it's freezing or you live in a city with filthy air

[DoctorStrangelove]

I used to have one like that, it worked great but it was far lower. At that height you're really only going to get the ones on penny farthings.

Ah. That explains:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ndle-bars.html

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Well done.

[WTFH]

I used to have one like that, it worked great but it was far lower. At that height you're really only going to get the ones on penny farthings.

[quackhandle]

Hence why, in my OP, I stated for this coming winter.

qh

[Lance]

No, just a more economical way of drying your clothes, albeit at the expense of time.

qh

[quackhandle]

oops. I was confused but I thought this was about a washing machine though, not CH.

No, just a more economical way of drying your clothes, albeit at the expense of time.

qh

[TheDude]

Microsoft operating system them?

[Lance]

Maybe some confusion around this. This isn't a heat pump for the CH this is just a method of drying clothes.

qh

oops. I was confused but I thought this was about a washing machine though, not CH.