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Originally Posted by jamesqf
do your wash in the middle of the day, with free hot water :-)
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I really never wash in hot, but you are right, that's a dead-simple solar heating system!
Looks like the new washer will save me 15 gallons and .07 Kwhrs of electricity on every load! Lets say I do four loads of laundry a week.
4 x 15 gallons = 60 gallons per week.
60 x 5 (number of weeks we usually go between emptying the 2000 gallon waste-water holding tank.) = 300
300 / 2000 = 15%
I just saved 15% on my water utility! With my typical usage, that saves me $140 a year! (Holding tank pumping is expensive - it currently runs $90 for every five weeks!)
I paid $250 for the new-to-me washer and dryer.
If I sell the old pair for $100, that brings my real cost to $150, which means the new washer PAYS FOR ITSELF in a year and 5 weeks!
That's based on four loads of laundry per week. If I do more, the payback is even faster.