Re: Clothes Dryer Heat-Settings Comparision?

  Sounds like a homework or test question.  I like it!!  Make some
assumptions and see how the numbers come out.   --Phil

Nehmo Sergheyev wrote:

> A gas clothes dryer has an "air fluff" setting. This means it turns
> around and blows un-heated room-temperature air over the clothes.
> Eventually, the clothes will dry using this setting.
>
> Assuming average natural gas and electricity costs, assuming average
> household humidity, disregarding the inconvenience of the longer time
> for the job using air fluff, disregarding ware & tear on the machine,
> would it cost more or less in utilities to use air fluff rather than
> some heat setting?
>
> What if it were an electric heating-element dryer? What would the
> utilities' cost comparison be then?

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  Phil Munro                      Dept of Electrical & Computer Engin
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