Inside drying close on a line

[SmellyCat]

So the dryer uses a huge amount of electricity. 2500 watts, I've hung some horizontal poles in the laundry room from the ceiling, I place wet clothes from the washer on hangers. I have a oscillating fan blowing around. Clothes dry in about a day. In the winter this worked well. in the summer, Im going to try runnin a dehumidifier in the laundry room to sped up the drying do to the increased humidity in the summer. The dryer costs about 75 cents an hour while the dehumidifier is about 8 cents an hour. I just use the dryer little to get towels fluffed etc. I think I'm saving money. sC

[euromodder]

If you use the dryer, you can put a drying line close to its hottest side, and recover some of the dryer's waste heat

[Miller88]

I'm an apartment dweller, so I can't do a clothes line. However, I *am* on the second floor and have a balcony.

In the summer, I put the drying rack on the balcony. I can usually dry clothes in 24 hours. In the winter, I use a drying rack and usually point a box fan at them. Otherwise it makes the apartment damp.

The dryers are horrible where I live - they are commercial 120V dryers. $1 a drying cycle. Drying a light load of laundry is usually 3 or 4 cycles.

[drainoil]

When I was a kid my mom, aunts, grandmas all had outside clotheslines. I recall seeing them in neighbors backyards, etc. Now its rare to see them at all.

[Ryland]

I'm thinking about getting one of the wall mounted umbrella clotheslines Brabantia Wall Mounted Umbrella Dryer in Clotheslines

They fold up really small when not in use and allow you to hang stuff outside where it drys really fast due to the sun and wind!

In doors I use a wood cloths drying rack that folds up, the old ones are great.

[kegel]

Strange... here in Croatia it's the complete opposite. Everyone dries their clothes on a drying line or on a drying rack, yet people who own a electric dryer are very rare.

[kegel]

We use these mostly:
Then there are space saving ones:
And the most common used is a rope tied on two ends so it fits tight.



Most of our streets look like this, on every single backyard, frontyard, window etc... is a drying line

[syncro_user]

We always had a clothes line outside when I was little. Direct use of solar energy to save power. Here I put the clothes up in the sauna while it warms, which dries them completely in less than an hour. There are some in there right now. When the sauna's ready I take the clothes out, have the sauna, then put on the nice (still warm) dry clothes.

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by SmellyCat

So the dryer uses a huge amount of electricity. 2500 watts... The dryer costs about 75 cents an hour while the dehumidifier is about 8 cents an hour. I just use the dryer little to get towels fluffed etc. I think I'm saving money. sC

Based on the info you provided, electricity rates are $0.30/KWH! Do you live in Hawaii? The average rate in the U.S. is about $0.10/KWH.

I bought a used natural gas dryer off Craigslist for $50, and the fuel cost is about 1/3 that of electric in Oregon.

Generally I dry until cloths are just barely damp, and then hang them up in the closet.

[euromodder]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

Based on the info you provided, electricity rates are $0.30/KWH! Do you live in Hawaii? The average rate in the U.S. is about $0.10/KWH.

No, he lives in Croatia / Europe ...

I'm paying 0,22 euro / kWh - that makes 0.29 USD - which happens to be about as cheap as it gets here.
It's 100% locally produced wind, water and solar electricity , and I own (a small) part of the cooperative company making it.